Jason O’Mara is set to star in A&E’s new hip-hop crime drama pilot The Infamous alongside Fargo star Bokeem Woodbine.
The drama will be based on real events that occurred in turbulent 1990s Los Angeles leading up to the LA Riots, telling the story of two complicated men on a collision course: a reformed South Central criminal (Woodbine) and an LAPD detective (O’Mara).
According to Deadline.com, Jason’s character Bill Slidell is a hardÂ-charging LAPD officer who is notorious for attracting trouble.
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The pilot will see the 43-year-old actor play a good cop who believes himself to be morally upright, and has some questionable views on race and mountains of family baggage to contend with.
The pilot episode will be directed by Anthony Hemingway, who has also worked on Shameless, American Crime and CSI: NY.
