Dan Fogler Lands Film Role in 'Balls of Fury'

Dan Fogler, Tony-winner for Spelling Bee has been announced to star in "Balls of Fury," a new film by the creators of "Reno 911" that's set to enter production this Spring, Variety reports.

In the film, a former ping-pong champ, played by Fogler, is brought in by the government to infiltrate a high-stakes underworld tournament and bring down the organizer, a feared crime boss.

Fogler, a 2005 Tony-winner, has been with Spelling Bee throughout the show's journey from Barrington Stage to Second Stage to Broadway. Other theater credits include: The Ref in Joe Fearless (Ford Theatre, NYC), Fred in Bridges and Harmonies (NYC Drama League), The Interrogator in Bobby Gould in Hell (Theatre Row), Mr. Crawley in Warner Brothers' ScoobyDo/Stage Fright (National tour), Bane Barrington/Bill in The Voyage of the Carcass (Greenwich Street Theatre), and The Detective Sketches (Lincoln Center Theatre Lab).