Michael Emerson Set for CBS' PERSON OF INTEREST Pilot

According to Deadline.com, stage and screen star Michael Emerson is set to star in CBS pilot entitle 'Person of Interest.' The pilot will be written and executive produced by Jonah Nolan and executive produced by J.J. Abrams.  The show 'centers on ex-CIA agent Reese, presumed dead, who teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch (Michael Emerson) to prevent violent crimes in New York City' as described by Deadline.

Emerson is best known for his role as Benjamin Linus on Lost as well as fictional serial killer William Hinks in The Practice.

Emerson got his big break in 1997 when he starred as Oscar Wilde in Moises Kaufman's critically acclaimed off-Broadway play, Gross Indecency: The Trials of Oscar Wilde, and then followed up with several other notable stage performances. In 1998, he performed opposite Uma Thurman in the off-Broadway production of Le Misanthrope. In 1999, he played the part of Willie Oban in The Iceman Cometh with Kevin Spacey. He co-starred with Kate Burton in both Give Me Your Answer, Do! and Hedda Gabler.

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