Omar Dorsey Joins Final Season of HBO's EASTBOUND & DOWN

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Omar Dorsey (Django Unchained) will join the final season of Danny McBride's EASTBOUND & DOWN on HBO in a multiple-episode arc. Dorsey will play 'Dontel Benjamin', a former NFL player who is now a "loudmouth" talk show host.

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EASTBOUND & DOWN, the raucous HBO comedy series from creators McBride and Jody Hill, began shooting its final earlier this summer in North Carolina, with the season scheduled to launch Sunday, Sept. 29 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT). McBride stars in the show as the irrepressible Kenny Powers, the former major league pitcher who is larger than life... and death.

Ken Marino (Childrens Hospital) has also joined the final season as Guy Young, a middle-aged athlete who still thinks he's in his prime, alongside Tim Heidecker as one of Kenny's no-nonsense neighbors.

In the third season of EASTBOUND & DOWN, which concluded in April 2012, Kenny Powers finally made it back to the majors and recaptured his former glory, only to fake his own death and run back home to his beloved April, the mother of his child. The upcoming fourth season picks up the action several years later and finds Kenny living the American Dream with his family in North Carolina.

EASTBOUND & DOWN is executive produced by Jody Hill, Danny McBride, Will Ferrell, Chris Henchy and Adam McKay.

The actor's past TV credits include Bones, Rizzioli & Isles, Castle, Chuck, K-Ville, with upcoming appearances on Rake and CSI: NY. He has also appeared in the movies The Blind Side, Race to Witch Mountain, Louis and the upcoming Bolden!

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