Scoop: James Van Der Beek Joins the Cast of CSI: Cyber as a Series Regular
The quick demise of Friends With Better Lives apparently didnt sour James Van Der Beek on CBS the Dawsons Creek alum is staying in business with the network via a series-regular role on CSI: Cyber, TVLine has learned.
He will play FBI Agent Elijah Mundo, an expert in battlefield forensics recruited by Special Agent Avery Ryan (Patricia Arquette). Mundo is a savant when it comes to weaponry, vehicles, and bombs. A self-proclaimed action junkie, Agent Mundo will often put himself at risk to seek permanent justice while Ryan will level his diehard behavior with her expertise in psychology.
Born of an April episode of CSI proper and inspired by the work of real-life Cyber Psychologist Mary Aiken, CSI: Cyber centers on the FBIs Cyber Crime Division, which targets illegal activities that start in the mind, live online, and play out in the real worl
The cast also includes Communitys Charley Koontz as Agent Daniel Grummitz and recent addition Peter MacNicol (Numb3rs) as Averys supervisor, Assistant Director Stavros Sifter.
CBS is eyeing a midseason launch for the CSI spin-off.
http://tvline.com/2014/08/06/james-van-der-beek-csi-cyber-cast-cbs-season-1/
Now Sawyer might have to actually watch this.
