EXCLUSIVE: ABC‘s Will Trent has promoted Kevin Daniels to series regular for Season 4, set to premiere in 2026. Production is slated to begin in August.
For three seasons, viewers have gotten to know Atlanta police Detective Franklin Wilks (Daniels) as Angie’s (Erika Christensen) AA sponsor and a steady presence in the always-busy police bullpen. Now, Will Trent fans will get to know Franklin further as he takes on a more active role in their cases and stories.
Based on Karin Slaughter’s New York Times bestselling “Will Trent” book series, Special Agent Will Trent (Ramón Rodríguez) of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was abandoned at birth. He endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system, alongside his on-and-off again love interest, Angie. Now, Will uses his unique point of view in the pursuit of justice and has the highest clearance rate in the GBI.
In addition to Rodríguez, Christensen, and Daniels, the series stars Iantha Richardson as Faith Mitchell, Jake McLaughlin as Michael Ormewood, with Sonja Sohn as Amanda Wagner.
Kevin Daniels as Detective Franklin Wilks in ABC’s Will Trent
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Since its debut in January 2023, Will Trent, which was recently Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming, has continued to grow its multi-platform audience year over year, becoming a top-rated network drama on ABC and Hulu. The series grew during its record-breaking third season, outperforming the show’s previous season average, the network touts.
The show surpassed 10 million total viewers after 35 days of multi-platform viewing and finished the broadcast season in the top 10 shows among total viewers in Nielsen competitive cross-platform rankings.
Daniel’s promotion to series regular follows Deadline’s announcement on Thursday of star and executive producer Rodríguez’s new multi-year first-look deal with 20th Television, which produces Will Trent.
Daniels is an American actor from Houston, Texas, with credits that span over two decades. He has transitioned between theater, TV, and film throughout his career. Before his work on Will Trent, Daniels was a series regular on Liz Heldens’ Fox series The Big Leap. He recently recurred as Tiny on the Paramount+ revival of Frasier. Other TV credits include USA Network’s Sirens, ABC’s Modern Family, Netflix’s Atypical, Why Women Kill, Netflix’s AJ and the Queen, and NBC’s Council of Dads. He is repped by Greene Talent and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer.
