Season two of The Lowdown is adding an Oscar winner to its cast.
Tommy Lee Jones has joined the critically acclaimed FX series from Reservation Dogs showrunner Sterlin Harjo. Details on his role in The Lowdown are being kept quiet for now.
Jones is the second new addition to the show; Betty Gilpin (Death by Lightning, GLOW) was previously cast, joining returning star Ethan Hawke.
Season one of The Lowdown followed citizen journalist and self-proclaimed “truthstorian” Lee Raybon (Hawke) as he worked to uncover corruption in Tulsa, Oklahoma, focusing on the powerful Washberg family and its patriarch (Kyle MacLachlan), who is running for governor. The season one cast also includes Keith David, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tim Blake Nelson, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Michael “Killer Mike” Render, Kaniehtiio Horn, Tracy Letts, Peter Dinklage and the late Graham Greene.
FX renewed the series in January, and season two is set to begin production in the spring in Tulsa. FX Productions is behind The Lowdown; Harjo executive produces with Garrett Basch, Ethan Hawke, Ryan Hawke, Duffy Boudreau and Scott Teems.
For Jones, The Lowdown will mark his first TV work since HBO’s 2011 movie based on the Cormac McCarthy play The Sunset Limited. Jones directed the two-character production and starred alongside Samuel L. Jackson. The Fugitive Oscar winner’s recent film credits include Prime Video’s The Burial, director Brian Helgeland’s Finestkind and Ad Astra. His best-known work on the small screen is Lonesome Dove, the 1989 miniseries based on Larry McMurtry’s novel; Jones and co-star Robert Duvall were both nominated for Emmys for their roles.
Jones is repped by CAA, Viewpoint and Jacobson Russell.
