The Rookie spin-off, The Rookie: North, has added another leading cast member, and it’s a familiar face.
Chris Sullivan from This Is Us has joined the show after spending six years playing Toby Damon on the hit NBC program, and now fans will see him in a completely different light.
Per Deadline, Sullivan will play Sergeant Nix, who lands a big promotion to watch commander in the Pierce County Police Department in Washington. However, Nix struggles in the new job as his passion and heart remain on patrol and on the streets.
Sullivan has signed on as a series regular along with Jay Ellis. The latter plays Alex Holland, the lead character and the oldest rookie at the Pierce County Police Department.
The pilot for The Rookie: North is slated to film in Vancouver next month. It will follow Alex Holland’s midlife crisis that forces him to leave Los Angeles behind for Washington and begin a new career. The Rookie creator Alexi Hawley is behind the latest spin-off, as isNathan Fillion.
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If The Rookie: North gets a pickup order, it will be the second spin-off in the franchise. The series was The Rookie: Feds, which only lasted one season.
Sullivan has been busy since This Is Uswrapped in 2022, appearing in shows such as The Calling and Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy. The actor has also done voiceover work on Megamind Rules!,Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate, and Merry Little Batman.
In 2024, Sullivan teamed up with his This Is Us co-stars Mandy Moore and Sterling K. Brown for a rewatch podcast called That Was Us. The three just had their first live show, which included an epic performance by Moore’s husband,Taylor Goldsmith, and This Is Us star Blake Stadnik.
The Rookie airs Mondays at 10/9c on ABC.
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