EXCLUSIVE: William H. Macy (Shameless) has been cast in Hulu‘s as-yet-untitled Dan Fogelman drama series set inside the world of the NFL with a generational family component.
In a series regular role, Macy will play Hank Durkin. He joins the previously announced series lead Christopher Meloni, who will play Danny Roarke, the head coach of an NFL team.
The series, from 20th Television and Skydance Sports, is written and executive produced by This Is Us and Paradise creator Fogelman and executive produced by Jess Rosenthal with David Ellison, Jesse Sisgold, and Jason T. Reed for Skydance Sports.
Macy is an Oscar and Golden Globe nominee, an Emmy and SAG Award-winning actor, and a writer in theater, film, and TV. He starred in the Showtime series Shameless, for which he was nominated twice for a Best Actor Emmy Award and has won twice for the SAG Award. He played Frank Gallagher, patriarch of the family at the center of the series, working opposite Emmy Rossum and Jeremy Allen White.
Macy’s film credits include Disney’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Amazon’s Ricky Stanicky, Seabiscuit, The Cooler, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Jurassic Park III, Fargo, and Wild Hogs, among others. Macy made his feature directorial debut with Rudderless, the closing film at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
He can next be seen in Edgar Wright’s The Running Man remake from Paramount Pictures, as well as Train Dreams for Netflix, starring opposite Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, and Clifton Collins Jr. Macy is a founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company. He is repped by Independent Artist Group and Atlas Artists.
