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

TV GuideNews Sept. 8, 2008 at 1:03 p.m. PT