Two-time Emmy nomineeDylan McDermottis set to joinChristopher Melonion NBC’s upcomingSVUspinoffLaw & Order: Organized Crime, Collider has confirmed.
The series brings back Meloni’s beloved Elliot Stabler, who return to the NYPD to battle organized crime following a devastating personal loss. As Stabler rebuilds his life, he joins an elite new task force bent on dismantling the city’s most powerful criminal syndicates one at a time. Meloni exitedLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitin 2011 following the show’s 12th season, and the Season 13 premiere referenced Stabler’s retirement from the force.
McDermott will be a series regular on Organized Crime, though details of his role remain under wraps. The actor is no stranger to network dramas, having earned an Emmy nomination for his work onThe Practice, which ran for eight seasons on ABC. He was also nominated for a trio of Golden Globes, winning one in 1999.
Organized Crimehails from creatorDick Wolf, theLaw & Orderfranchise architect who will executive produce the latest spinoff along withIlene Chaiken,Terry Miller,Fred Berner,Arthur W. ForneyandPeter Jankowski. The series is produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, and with production already under way in New York, it is expected to debut later this year.
McDermott has become something of aRyan Murphyregular over the past several years, having worked with the mogul onAmerican Horror Story,The PoliticianandHollywood, the latter of which recently brought him his second Emmy nomination. It’s funny, McDermott is a dependable TV star, and no matter his role inOrganized Crime, he strikes me as a solid addition to the series, but his various shows over the years have never been for me.
No, as a film reporter, I’ve always seen McDermott as more of a handsome character actor. I’ve been a fan of his since I was a kid and saw him play a psycho terrorizingChristine Lahtiin the TV movieThe Fear Inside. His movie credits includeSteel Magnolias,In the Line of Fire,Home for the Holidays,The Perks of Being a Wallflower,Olympus Has Fallen, and he’ll soon be seen alongsideWill Smithinthe Warner Bros. dramaKing Richard, about the father ofVenus and Serena Williams. That’s a pretty good feature resume for a guy who’s generally regarded as a TV actor. I guess what I’m saying is, this dedicatedSVUfan can’t wait for Meloni’s Stabler to come back, and if McDermott happens to be his new partner/captain/D.A. then all the better!
