Exclusive: The Closer Stages a Very Oz-some Reunion
JK Simmons, Lee Tergesen
Hey, Vern — Toby is back!
Lee Tergesen will reunite with fellow Oz alum JK Simmons — and vex Kyra Sedgwick's Brenda along the way — when he guest-stars on TNT's The Closer, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
In the season premiere, airing June 8, Tergesen will play Detective Nick Carey, an FBI Agent whose possible negligence in a case could hamper Brenda's investigation of a quadruple homicide.
On HBO's acclaimed and gritty Oz, Tergesen portrayed Tobias "Toby" Beecher, a corporate attorney who was sentenced to Oswald State Correctional Facility when he killed someone while driving intoxicated. Simmons, aka The Closer's Pope, played Vern, the prison's Aryan Brotherhood leader. The two characters were enemies with scads of bad blood between them.
A video clip of Vern and Toby performing "The Last Duet" can be found here on YouTube.
Tergesen's previous credits also include TNT's Wanted and HBO's Generation Kill.
Crave scoop on your favorite TV shows? E-mail senior editors Matt, Mickey and Tim at mega_scoop@tvguide.com. Also, follow TV Guide on Twitter.
