EXCLUSIVE: Meta Golding (Ransom Canyon, Rabbit Hole), Luke Tennie (Shrinking, Abbott Elementary), Christopher Thornton (The Lincoln Lawyer) and Travis Van Winkle (Fubar, You) are set for recurring roles in HBO Max‘s hit medical drama The Pitt for Season 2.
From creator R. Scott Gemmill and producer John Wells, The Pitt chronicles the urgent challenges U.S. frontline healthcare professionals face through the lens of the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center’s emergency department. Offering a real-time format, the series traces, hour by hour, the medical cases and personal crises physicians and nurses must navigate as they reckon with an overabundance of patients and a lack of resources.
The Noah Wyle-led and executive produced series returns with its sophomore season in January. It is set 10 months after the events of the Season 1 finale and takes place over Fourth of July weekend.
In addition to Wyle, The Pitt also stars Katherine LaNasa, Shawn Hatosy, Taylor Dearden, Patrick Ball, Isa Briones, Fiona Dourif, Supriya Ganesh, Shabana Azeez and Gerran Howell. New Season 2 additions include Sepideh Moafi as a series regular, and Charles Baker, Irene Choi, Laëtitia Hollard, Lucas Iverson, Lawrence Robinson, Brittany Allen, Bonita Friedericy, Taylor Handley and Jeff Kober in recurring roles.
Character descriptions for the four new actors can be found below.
Golding will play Noelle Hastings, a nurse.
Tennie as Dr. Crus Henderson, a PTMC Night shift 4th year resident.
Thornton as Dr. Caleb Jefferson, a PTMC Psychiatric Attending.
Van Winkle as Curtis Larson, an aggressive patient of the ER.
The Pitt received five Emmy Awards from 13 nominations, with wins for Wyle for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, LaNasa for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and Hatosy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Additionally, the show was honored with Outstanding Drama Series. More recently, Wyle received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Drama Series, and the show received a nod for Best TV Drama.
The series is produced by John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, where the company is under an overall deal. Gemmill created the series and serves as an executive producer alongside Wells, Wyle, JWP’s Erin Jontow, Simran Baidwan, Joe Sachs and Michael Hissrich.
Golding is represented by Charlton Blackburne Management, Paradigm and Yorn, Levine, Barnes; Atlas Artists, and Paz Talent represent Tennie; Sweeney Entertainment represents Thornton; and Winkle is represented by Independent Artist Group, Untitled Entertainment, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.