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EXCLUSIVE: FOX‘s anthology crime series Accused has added Taylor Schilling (Orange Is The New Black), Justin Chambers (Grey’s Anatomy) and Danny Pino (Mayans M.C.) to its Season 2 cast. New episodes will drop this fall.
They join the previously announced actors Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Nick Cannon and Michael Chiklis. The project reunites Pino and Chiklis who most recently co-starred in the MGM+ series Hotel Cocaine.
From FOX Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television, Accused is a collection of intense, topical human stories of crime and punishment. Told from the defendant’s point of view through flashbacks, each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city with an entirely original cast. The series is based on the BBC BAFTA Award-winning crime anthology of the same name created by Jimmy McGovern.
Schilling, Chambers and Pino will star in “April’s Story” where a nurse commits a crime that changes the trajectory of her life. Schilling will play ‘April,’ Chambers will play ‘Tyler’ and Pino will play ‘Jake.’
Accused is developed for American TV by Howard Gordon who executive produces with Gordon, Alex Gansa, David Shore, Erin Gunn, and Daniel Pearle. Gordon and Pearle serve as co-showrunners. Milan Cheylov, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, All3Media America’s Jacob Cohen-Holmes, Jimmy McGovern, Sita Williams, Roxy Spencer and Louise Pedersen for All3Media International also EP.
Schilling is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actress best known for her starring role as Piper Chapman in the Netflix original series, Orange Is The New Black, which ran for seven seasons. She most recently starred in Jason Katim’s Apple TV+ series Dear Edward and as porn star Erica Boyer in the Hulu limited series Pam & Tommy. She will next be seen in the indie feature film, Queen of Bones opposite Martin Freeman, Julia Butters and Jacob Tremblay. She is represented by Untitled Entertainment, Gersh and GGSSC Law Firm.
Chambers is best known for his portrayal of “Dr. Alex Karev” in the Shonda Rhimes medical series Grey’s Anatomy. He was on the show across 16 seasons. His credits also include Barry Levinson’s Liberty Heights with Ben Foster, The Wedding Planner with Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey, HBO’s Hysterical Blindness as Uma Thurman’s love interest and Broken City with Mark Wahlberg. Most recently, Chambers played “Marlon Brando” in the Paramount+ limited series The Offer. He is represented by Gersh, Anonymous Content and attorney Darren Trattner.
Pino currently stars as the general manager of the Mutiny Hotel and Club, “Roman Compte,” in the MGM+ series, Hotel Cocaine. Before that, he completed his run in the fifth and final season of FX’s Mayans M.C., where he starred as “Miguel Galindo” and directed two episodes. Additionally, he played opposite Amy Adams in Stephen Chbosky’s film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen and portrayed NYPD detective “Nick Amaro” in four seasons of Law & Order: SVU. Pino also recently completed the short film, Unión De Reyes, which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in. He is repped by CAA and manager Geordie Frey.
