Tom Sizemore Joins Crash Series

Tom Sizemore is set to Crash onto TV screens.

The troubled actor, who spent the past year in prison for violating a methamphetamine conviction, has nabbed a recurring role on Starz's upcoming series Crash, The Hollywood Reporter reports.

Sizemore will portray "unorthodox" Detective Adrian Cooper who stirs up trouble during a police-shooting investigation on the show, which is based on the Oscar-winning film.

Already cast in the project, which will feature a new set of intersecting characters, are Dennis Hopper, Clare Carey ( Jericho), Jocko Sims ( CSI), Ross McCall ( CSI: NY) D.B. Sweeney ( Jericho), Nick Tarabay ( The Sopranos) and Michael Fairman.

Crash will be the first original series for Starz. - Joyce Eng