Peter Gallagher Cast in USA Network's Pilot 'Covert Affairs'

Peter Gallagher has been announced to co-star in a new pilot for USA Network, Covert Affairs. The show centers on Annie Walker (Piper Perabo), a multilingual CIA trainee who joins the agency while reeling over a mysterious ex-boyfriend who appears to be of particular interest to her bosses. Gallagher will play CIA director Arthur Campbell, a regal man and former Naval officer who loves a good fight, great Scotch and a filthy joke.

Gallagher has delivered critically acclaimed performances in film, television and theater. In his career, Gallagher has starred in over 50 films, including sex, lies and videotape, The Player (Golden Globe Award), Short Cuts, American Beauty (SAG Award), The Idolmaker, While You Were Sleeping, The Underneath, To Gillian on her 37th Birthday, Center Stage, Dreamchild and Mr. Deeds.

His theater credits include award-winning Broadway productions of Guys and Dolls, Long Day's Journey Into Night (Tony Award nomination), The Real Thing (Charles Derwent Award) and Noises Off. He has worked with some of film and theater's most respected directors including Robert Altman, Steven Soderbergh, Sam Mendes, Nicholas Hytner, Mike Nichols, Jonathan Miller and the Coen Brothers. On television, he is best known for his role as SAndy Cohen in the Fox hit "The OC." He also starred in "The Murder of Mary Phagan," "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial," "Guys and Dolls: Off the Record," "Brave New World" and "Path to Paradise."