Batman's Dad Is Law & Order's New Crusader
NBC and Law & Order executive producer Dick Wolf announced on Tuesday that British thesp Linus Roache (Kidnapped, Thomas Wayne in Batman Begins) will join the long-running procedural this season in the capacity of executive assistant district attorney — the office formerly held by Sam Waterston's Jack McCoy, who is now the full-on DA. "I've known Linus' work for several years. He is an actor who totally gets inside his roles," Wolf says in a statement. "I think he and Sam are going to raise the bar and add intellect and passion in the back half of the show." RELATED: Law & Order pulls reruns featuring Fred Thompson.
NBC and
Law & Order executive producer
Dick Wolf announced on Tuesday that British thesp
Linus Roache (
Kidnapped, Thomas Wayne in
Batman Begins) will join the long-running procedural this season in the capacity of executive assistant district attorney - the office formerly held by
Sam Waterston's Jack McCoy, who is now the full-on DA.
"I've known Linus' work for several years. He is an actor who totally gets inside his roles," Wolf says in a statement. "I think he and Sam are going to raise the bar and add intellect and passion in the back half of the show."
RELATED: Law & Order pulls reruns featuring Fred Thompson.