EXCLUSIVE: Curtis Lum (The Night Agent, The Audacity) will join the cast of ABC‘s The Rookie spinoff series The Rookie: North and Prime Video‘s Cross for Season 3.
Expanding the universe, The Rookie: North introduces Alex Holland (Jay Ellis), who believed his midlife wasn’t worthy of a crisis. But after a violent home invasion ignites a dormant purpose, Alex battles a lifetime of failed commitments by joining the Pierce County Police Department as a rookie. Policing from the urban coast to the rural forest where backup isn’t just five minutes away, Alex must prove to his skeptical training officer, his fellow rookies, and himself that he’s finally found something worthy of the fight.
In a recurring role, Lum will recur as Officer Charley Furst. Furst is a cheerful and relaxed officer who has a reputation for always finding the path of least resistance when it comes to the job.
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Theseries also stars Chris Sullivan, Karen Fukuhara, Froy Gutierrez, Janet Montgomery, Mya Lowe, and Malik Watson. It is set for premiere in 2027.
Alexi Hawley will serve as executive producer and writer of The Rookie: North, with Fillion, Mark Gordon, Bill Norcross, and Michelle Chapman also executive producing. Ellis is a producer.
On the third season of Prime Video’s Cross, Lum will guest star as F.W. Jung. Jung provides discreet, ever-changing services for powerful clients, solving problems with meticulous planning and quiet efficiency. Pragmatic and unemotional, Jung views every situation as a problem to be resolved. By the time he speaks, the outcome is already in motion.
Cross, based upon characters created by James Patterson, is a Washington, D.C.-based crime drama that follows Alex Cross (Aldis Hodge), a brilliant homicide detective and forensic psychologist, uniquely capable of digging into the minds of serial killers in order to identify and catch them. In Season Three, the hit thriller will continue to expand the high-stakes world of its lead character.
Cross was developed for television by showrunner and executive producer Ben Watkins and produced by Amazon, MGM Studios, and Paramount Television Studios. Season 2 was executive produced by Craig Siebels, Patterson, Sam Ernst, Jim Dunn, Aiyana White, J. David Shanks, Owen Shiflett, Bill Robinson, Patrick Santa, and Hodge.
Lum was recently featured in the third season of the Netflix series, The Night Agent, from creator Shawn Ryan. He can currently be seen in the AMC series, The Audacity, playing Tim Kwan. He will reprise the role in the show’s upcoming second season. On the film side, Lum will next be seen in the action thriller film Karoshi from Lionsgate, and making his leading role in a feature film debut in The Chinatown Diner from Lawrence Le Lam. Next year he will also lead an ensemble cast in New Diamond Restaurant from Milton Ng, for which Lum is also a producer. Lum is repped by Artium Talent and Trisko Talent in Canada.
