Broadway's Keach and McCormack Join Cast of 'Lights Out' on FX

Broadway stars Stacy Keach and Catherine McCormack have joined the cast of the upcoming FX drama "Lights Out." The show will center around Patrick "Lights" Leary, portrayed by Holt McCallany, as a retired boxer who struggles to support his wife and three children. McCormack will play Leary's wife. Keach will play Leary's father and one-time trainer who still runs a gym.

John Huston once said of Stacy Keach that "Stacy is not a star. He is a constellation. The audience will come to see whatever character he portrays." Keach, who has excelled in many of the classic and Contemporary Stage's greatest roles, has been called one of America's pre-eminent interpreters of Shakespeare. Keach began his professional career with the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1964. He received the first of his three Obie Awards for his work in the off-Broadway political satire, MacBird. Broadway credits include Indians (Tony Award nomination); Deathtrap; the Pulitzer Prize-winning Kentucky Cycle (Helen Hayes award for Best Actor) and Solitary Confinement. One of the most versatile stars of film, television and stage, Keach appeared in Oliver Stone's cinematic portrait of George W. Bush, W. He has appeared in numerous films, including: The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, The New Centurions, Doc, Fat City, The Longriders, Up in Smoke, Nice Dreams, The Ninth Configuration, Escape from L.A., Honeydripper and  American History X. He is celebrated worldwide for his hit series as hard-boiled detective, Mike Hammer, as the irascible, hilarious Dad on Fox's comic sitcom, Titus and as the warden on Prison Break. He won a Golden Globe award and an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Ernest Hemingway. Following his triumphant recent title role performance in King Lear for the prestigious Goodman Theatre in Chicago, directed by Robert Falls (which he will reprise in June 2009 at Washington D.C.'s new Shakespeare Harmon Center), Keach has recently starred in such films as Rob Nilsson's Imbued (for which he also composed the music) Ring of Death, The Boxer, The Assistant and Meteor. Most recently Keach returned to the national tour of Frost/Nixon.

McCormack, who was recently seen in the West End's The 39 Steps, is best known for her work in Braveheart. Her other film credits include The Tailor of Panama, Dangerous Beauty and Spy Game. On stage she has appeared in Vermillion Dreams at the Salisbury Playhouse, Lie of the Mind at the Donmar, Dinner, Free and Honour at the National Theatre and White Horses at the Gate Theatre, Dublin. She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in All My Sons.