Broadway's Jacob Ming-Trent to Appear on New AMC Series FEED THE BEAST

Another Broadway veteran will soon head to the small screen!

BroadwayWorld has learned that stage veteran Jacob Ming-Trent, whose credits on the Great White Way include HANDS ON A HARDBODY and SHREK, will appear on AMC's new series FEED THE BEAST, starring David Schwimmer and Jim Sturgess.

FEED THE BEAST follows two best friends, Tommy Moran (Schwimmer), and Dion Patras (Sturgess) who take one last shot at their dream of opening a restaurant.

The cast also includes Michael Gladis as Patrick Woichik, aka The Tooth Fairy, the soft spoken, brutally intimidating local mobster with a penchant for pulling teeth; Lorenza Izzo as Pilar Herrera, a woman who meets Tommy in a grief group, and is desperately searching for true love; Christine Adams as Tommy's late wife Rie Moran, John Doman as Tommy's father Aidan Moran, a shrewd and ruthless businessman and unapologetic racist; and Elijah Jacob as Tommy's ten year old son TJ Moran.

FEED THE BEAST will premiere on Sunday, June 5th at 10pm ET/PT. Following the premiere, the series moves to its regular Tuesday night time slot on June 7th.

Ming-Trent's other stage credits include CYMBELINE, FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS, THE TEMPEST at The Public Theater; the first national tour of THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE and many more. On screen, he's appeared in LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT, 30 ROCK and others.