Supergirl alum Mehcad Brooks is buying and selling in his Guardian go well with for an NYPD badge.
Brooks is ready to play a detective in Season 22 of NBC’s Legislation & Order, TVLine has discovered. Extra particulars — like his character’s title — have but to be revealed.
Brooks starred as Supergirl‘s Jimmy Olsen, aka the superhero Guardian, earlier than departing the CW collection in Season 5. He returned for the collection finale, which aired in November 2021. His further TV credit embrace True Blood, The Recreation, Essential Roughness and a 2011 episode of Legislation & Order: SVU.
Brooks’ casting comes on the heels of franchise vet Sam Waterston inking a brand new deal to return as beloved DA Jack McCoy. Conversely, Anthony Anderson will not be again as Det. Kevin Bernard subsequent season.
The flagship procedural additionally stars franchise newcomers Hugh Dancy (Hannibal, The Path) as senior prosecutorial assistant Nathan Value, Oldelya Halevi (Good Hassle) as ADA Samantha Maroun, Camryn Manheim (The Observe) as Lt. Kate Dixon and Jeffrey Donovan as Det. Frank Cosgrove.
Rick Eid, who additionally serves as showrunner, beforehand teased extra character-driven tales pending a renewal. “I’m enthusiastic about subsequent season,” he informed TVLine. “I feel subsequent 12 months, we’ll get a possibility to dig even deeper into the character stuff, which actually excites me.”
The Legislation & Order boss additionally alluded to further cameos in Season 22, saying, “I’m certain subsequent 12 months you’ll see some.”
