Alcatraz season premiere Monday January 16, 2012
THE INFAMOUS PRISON COMES TO LIFE ON THE TWO-HOUR SERIES PREMIERE OF “ALCATRAZ” MONDAY, JANUARY 16, ON FOX
Detective Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones) and Alcatraz historian “Doctor Diego Soto” (Jorge Garcia, LOST) team up with a secret agency that is dedicated to finding and catching inmates from the infamous prison who went missing 50 years ago and are reappearing today. The special task force includes Sam Neill as “Emerson Hauser” and Parminder Nagra as “Doctor Lucy Banerjee.” Then, when a sniper begins targeting young victims, the team is forced to retrace the steps of the past in order to solve this modern day mystery on the special two-hour series premiere “Pilot/Ernest Cobb” episode of ALCATRAZ airing Monday, Jan. 16 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (ALC-101/102) (TV-14 L, V)
Alcatraz Guest Cast Pilot Episode: Jeffrey Pierce as Jack Sylvane.
Alcatraz Casting News
Fringe’s Michael Eklund and Smallville’s Eric Johnson have been added to the cast to portray escaped prisoners on Fox’s new drama Alcatraz.
Eklund, whose credits also include Flashpoint and Caprica, will play Kit Nelson, a terrifying kidnapper who always returns his victims to their homes… after he’s killed them. He’ll appear in Episode 103, airing Monday, Jan. 23.
Johnson, who currently stars on Rookie Blue, will portray Cal Sweeney, a smooth talking bank robber whose interests lie in safety deposit boxes and the secrets they contain. He’ll appear in Episode 104, slated to air Monday, Jan. 30. Source: TVGuide.com
Alcatraz Cast on FOX:
Sarah Jones as Detective Rebecca Madsen; Jorge Garcia as Dr. Diego Soto; Sam Neill as Emerson Hauser; Parminder Nagra as Lucy Banerjee; Robert Forster as Ray Archer; Jonny Coyne as Warden Edwin James; Jason Butler Harner as Associate Warden ED Tiller.
