Tom Berenger, recently seen in the critically acclaimed TV miniseries Hatfields & McCoys, has signed up for a guest starring role in the new season of TNT’s Major Crimes. The network reports Berenger will guest star on three episodes of the second season of the series, which is set to premiere in June 2013. Berenger will be playing Captain Sharon Raydor’s estranged husband, Jackson Raydor.
Per TNT: “A brilliant lawyer, Jackson has taken a long break from working to follow his real passion, gambling, but he returns to Los Angeles to work as a court-appointed attorney. Charming and charismatic, Jackson becomes fast friends with Rusty but Sharon continues to remain wary.”
Berenger’s credits also include The Big Chill, Major League, Someone to Watch Over Me, Training Day, and Inception.
Details on Major Crimes:
The elite team of Major Crimes is back, headed by two-time Oscar® nominee Mary McDonnell as Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor, GW Bailey as Lieutenant Provenza, Tony Denison as Lieutenant Andy Flynn, Michael Paul Chan as Lieutenant Mike Tao, Raymond Cruz as Detective Julio Sanchez, Kearran Giovanni as Detective Amy Sykes, Phillip P. Keene as tech expert Buzz Watson and Jonathan Del Arco as Dr. Morales.
Graham Patrick Martin returns as Rusty Beck, a homeless teen and material witness taken in by Captain Raydor, and Robert Gossett guest-stars as Assistant Chief Russell Taylor. This season, Nadine Velazquez joins the ensemble as Deputy District Attorney Emma Rios. Major Crimes focuses on how the American justice system approaches the art of the deal as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction.
