Actor/Playwright Jason Grasl to Guest on HOT IN CLEVELAND Tomorrow

Native American actor Jason Grasl, known for his roles in "White Collar" and the film "The Seminarian," will guest star on TVLand's hit comedy series "Hot In Cleveland," Wednesday, March 25.

"All the leads were so generous and welcoming and so fun to work with. Betty White ws a hoot," Grasl said. "This was a fun role because it pokes fun at the cultural ignorance toward Native Americans and it gives us a chance to educate them about Native American points of view."

The episode, "A Family Affair," was written by series creator Suzanne Martin and is set to air at 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific on TVLand.

Grasl played Gerry, a member of the Greater Ohio Native American Council, who gives Victoria (series regular Wendie Malick) greater awareness of Native American culture.

The cast includes series regulars Malick, Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Betty White, along with Mylo Ironbear, Larry Omaha, Jeremy Rabb, Karly Rothenberg and Jessica Tripp.

The series tells the story of three 40-something best friends from Los Angeles who relocate to Cleveland after an emergency landing there and decide to stay and celebrate the city which values real women.

A Detroit native, Grasl is a mixed-blood Native American of Blackfeet heritage, grew up in the Midwest where he gravitated toward acting after graduating from college. He began taking classes a Second City Detroit and Jeff Daniels' Purple Rose Theatre, before moving to Los Angeles and joined Native Voices at the Autry, the only Equity Native American Theatre in the United States. He would go on to write plays such as "The Blame of Love," which co-starred Cress Williams of the CW's "Hart of Dixie," while appearing on such films as "The Seminarian," "April Fools," and television shows like "White Collar," "The Josh Moore Show," and "Fallout: Nuke Break."

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