Neil Patrick Harris of How I Met Your Mother and Doogie Howser, M.D. will make a guest star appearance in Dexter: Resurrection
For eight seasons and 96 episodes, from 2006 to 2013, the series Dexter ran on Showtime, telling the story of Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who is also a vigilante serial killer. Clyde Phillips was showrunner on Dexter for the first four seasons, and in 2021 he and Showtime brought us the revival series Dexter: New Blood… which, for a time, also seemed to be the end of it all. But that’s not the case. Showtime has tasked Phillips with continue to build up the Dexter franchise, with the prequel series Dexter: Original Sin premiering back in December and a New Blood follow-up called Dexter: Resurrection heading for a June premiere. Filming on Dexter: Resurrection is currently underway – and Variety has just revealed that Neil Patrick Harris of How I Met Your Mother and Doogie Howser, M.D. will be showing up as a guest star! The only information they were able to dig up on his character is his name: Lowell.
Michael C. Hall, who played Dexter Morgan in the original series and Dexter: New Blood, and also provides the in-character narration for Dexter: Original Sin, is back in the lead for Dexter: Resurrection. Hall is joined in the cast by fellow series regulars David Zayas, Jack Alcott and James Remar, with Zayas back in the role of Angel Batista (who worked with Dexter at the Miami Metro Police Department back in the day), Alcott reprising his Dexter: New Blood role of Dexter’s son Harrison, and Remar returning as Dexter’s adoptive father Harry Morgan.
We’ve previously heard that Uma Thurman (Kill Bill) is also in the cast, playing Charley, “the Head of Security for mysterious billionaire Leon Prater. A former Special Ops officer, Charley worked various high-level private security jobs before taking on her position as the resourceful and meticulous right-hand woman for Prater.” Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) is playing Leon Prater himself, “a billionaire venture capitalist. To the world, Leon is a generous philanthropist, but behind his polished exterior lies dark intrigue.” Deadline notes that they’ve heard Leon Prater is the “big bad” of the season. Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones) in on board to play the recurring role of Mia Lapierre, a “renowned sommelier whose alter ego is the ‘Lady Vengeance’ serial killer.“ Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine (The Lincoln Lawyer), Kadia Saraf (Law & Order: SVU ), Dominic Fumusa (Nurse Jackie), and Emilia Suárez (Up Here) are in there as well. Deadline reported that Mwine is set to play Blessing Kamara, “a rideshare driver who radiates unwavering optimism and a man devoted to his family and community.” Saraf is Detective Claudette Wallace, “a razor-sharp investigator known for her methodical precision and unrelenting focus.” Fumusa will play Detective Melvin Oliva, “Claudette Wallace’s partner at NYPD who is the only one that understands his quirky partner.” And Suárez has been cast as Elsa Rivera, “Harrison Morgan’s vibrant and determined friend and co-worker at the Empire Hotel.”
A Showtime Studios and Counterpart Studios production, Dexter: Resurrection is being executive produced by Clyde Phillips, Michael C. Hall, Scott Reynolds, Tony Hernandez, and Lilly Burns. Marcos Siega is the producing director. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution. Siega is directing six episodes, while Monica Raymund will be directing four episodes.
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