Daniel Henney has joined the cast of Apple TV’s new action thriller Disavowed, marking his first on-screen role since his three-season run as Lan Mandragoran on Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time, as first reported by Variety. He will play Jae Chun, a successful attorney for high-profile figures — a morally grey character far removed from the noble warrior he played in the fantasy epic.
A star-studded spy thriller
Henney joins James Marsden, who stars as Brad Griffin, a legendary CIA case officer who is abruptly fired in the middle of a global hunt for an elusive assassin who killed his colleague. Disgraced and outcast from the intelligence world, Griffin goes after the $15 million federal bounty on the assassin’s head. Norman Reedus, Bokeem Woodbine, Sylvia Hoeks and Noma Dumezweni round out the ensemble. The series was created by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man, Uncharted), with Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad, The Morning Show) directing the first two episodes and executive producing alongside Rebecca Hobbs. Apple Studios produces alongside Blue Marble Pictures, the company behind Pachinko, with Theresa Kang and Caroline Garity executive producing.
The cast keeps growing
Henney is the latest addition to a rapidly expanding ensemble: Daniel Zovatto (Woman of the Hour, Station Eleven), Mia Tharia (September Says, The Listeners) and Sonita Henry (Silo, Black Cake) recently joined as series regulars, according to Deadline, with character details kept under wraps. Marsden also executive produces alongside Marcum, Holloway and Tom Spezialy. No premiere date has been announced, but the pace of casting signals Apple is betting big on the bounty-hunter thriller.
Henney’s road here
It has been over a year since The Wheel of Time aired its final episode following its shock cancellation, and Henney took a brief hiatus — his only screen work since was voicing Jinn in the English version of Netflix’s Genie, Make a Wish. The American actor got his start in Korea with the 2005 romantic comedy-drama My Lovely Sam-Soon, later starred in Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders and Criminal Minds, and his film credits include X-Men Origins: Wolverine and voicing Tadashi Hamada in Big Hero 6. Going from sweeping fantasy epic to CIA thriller is quite the pivot — and exactly the kind of move that keeps prestige TV exciting.
