Netflix has rounded out cast for The Chair, a new six-episode half-hour dramedy starring and executive produced by Killing Eve‘s Sandra Oh and co-starring Jay Duplass. Nana Mensah, Bob Balaban, David Morse (Escape at Dannemora) and Everly Carganilla are set as series regulars in the series which hails from Amanda Peet (The Romanoffs) and Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Filming is currently underway in Pittsburgh.
Written and executive produced by Peet, who also serves as showrunner, The Chair centers around the Chair of an English department, Ji-Yoon, played by Oh, at a small university.
Mensah will play Yasmin ‘Yaz’ McKay, a popular, progressive English professor and close colleague of Ji-Yoon (Oh). Balaban portrays Professor Elliot Rentz, a distinguished English professor set in his ways. Morse is Dean Paul Larson, the...
Written and executive produced by Peet, who also serves as showrunner, The Chair centers around the Chair of an English department, Ji-Yoon, played by Oh, at a small university.
Mensah will play Yasmin ‘Yaz’ McKay, a popular, progressive English professor and close colleague of Ji-Yoon (Oh). Balaban portrays Professor Elliot Rentz, a distinguished English professor set in his ways. Morse is Dean Paul Larson, the...
- 2/1/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Netflix dramedy “The Chair” is rounding out its cast.
Bob Balaban, Nana Mensah, David Morse, and Everly Carganilla have all been cast in series regular roles, Variety has learned. In addition, Ji Yong Lee, Mallory Low, Marcia DeBonis, Ron Crawford, Ella Rubin, and Bob Stephenson have all been cast in guest starring roles.
They join the previously announced cast memebers Sandra Oh, Jay Duplass and Holland Taylor. The six episode, half-hour series centers around the Chair of an English department, Ji-Yoon (Oh), at a small university. Filming is currently underway in Pittsburgh.
Nana Mensah will play Yasmin “Yaz” McKay, a popular, progressive English professor and close colleague of Ji-Yoon. She is repped by Independent Talent Group, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Hansen Jacobson.
Balaban will play Professor Elliot Rentz, a distinguished English professor set in his ways. He is repped by Paradigm and Schreck Rose.
Morse will play Dean Paul Larson,...
Bob Balaban, Nana Mensah, David Morse, and Everly Carganilla have all been cast in series regular roles, Variety has learned. In addition, Ji Yong Lee, Mallory Low, Marcia DeBonis, Ron Crawford, Ella Rubin, and Bob Stephenson have all been cast in guest starring roles.
They join the previously announced cast memebers Sandra Oh, Jay Duplass and Holland Taylor. The six episode, half-hour series centers around the Chair of an English department, Ji-Yoon (Oh), at a small university. Filming is currently underway in Pittsburgh.
Nana Mensah will play Yasmin “Yaz” McKay, a popular, progressive English professor and close colleague of Ji-Yoon. She is repped by Independent Talent Group, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Hansen Jacobson.
Balaban will play Professor Elliot Rentz, a distinguished English professor set in his ways. He is repped by Paradigm and Schreck Rose.
Morse will play Dean Paul Larson,...
- 2/1/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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