‘Homeland’ Adds Hugh Dancy In Recurring Role For Final Season
Hannibal star Hugh Dancy is joining Showtime's counter-terrorism drama Homeland in a recurring role for its upcoming eighth and final season. Production on the final season is now underway ahead of a premiere later this year. He will play John Zabel, a savvy Washington consultant who joins the White House as a new foreign-policy advisor to the President and a formidable opponent to Saul Berenson. Dancy joins a returning cast that includes Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson and Beau Bridges as President Warner. 
The seventh season of Homeland will premiere on Netflix UK on Monday February 18th, it has been announced. 
The sixth season of Showtime's counter-terrorism drama Homeland will receive its UK premiere on Channel 4 on Sunday January 22nd at 9pm, it has been announced. 
Prison Break alum Robert Knepper has been tapped for a recurring role on the sixth season of Showtime's CIA drama Homeland. Knepper will play General Jamie McClendon, the Department of Defense representative who is tasked with briefing the president-elect. 
Showtime has officially pulled the trigger on a two-season pick-up for Homeland and renewed the CIA drama for a seventh and eighth season, TVWise has learned. Liev Schreiber fronted LA fixer drama Ray Donovan has also been renewed for a fifth season. 
Hill Harper (CSI: NY, Covert Affairs) and Patrick Sabongui (The Flash, The Art Of More) have been tapped for major recurring roles on the sixth season of Showtime's CIA drama Homeland, TVWise has learned. Harper will play the incoming president's chief of staff, while Sanongui is set as a CUNY law professor and advocate for the Muslim-American community.