Freddie Prinze Jr Joins CTU For 24’s Eighth Season

Freddie Prinze Jr. is in talks to join the cast of Fox’s real-time drama 24 for the eigth season. Prinze would playing Davis Cole, a recently returned Marine who runs CTU Field Ops and wants to follow in Jack Bauer’s footsteps.

Prinze is one of several new cast members on the show, whose upcoming eighth season started production Wednesday. Anil Kapoor plays Arman Hashemi, a Middle East leader who is in the U.S. on a peacemaking mission. Chris Diamantopoulos will play Rob Weiss, President Taylor’s new chief of staff, and John Boyd as a CTU systems analyst Jonah Schwartz. All four new cast members are regulars, while Jennifer Westfeldt has joined the show in the recurring role of a Meredith Reed, an ambitious journalist who has ties to Arman Hashemi.

Also cast in a recurring role on the series is Nazneen Contractor as Arman Hashemi’s (Anil Kapoor) daughter.