Michael Imperioli and Fabian Alomar join Chris Estrada’s Hulu Comedy series
EXCLUSIVE: The Sopranos alum Michael Imperioli and Fabian Alomar (Mayas MC) were selected for highly recurring roles alongside Chris Estrada in the Hulu comedy series This crazy guy, by ABC Signature.
Written by rising Latino comedian Estrada and Business creators Jake Weisman, Matt Ingebretson and Pat Bishop, the series stars Estrada as Julio Lopez, a “punk slut” who still lives at home and goes out of his way to help everyone except himself. The half-hour series sees Lopez working at a nonprofit gang rehabilitation organization and his quest to overcome his codependency issues with his family as he navigates working-class life in the inner city. south of Los Angeles.
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Imperioli will play Minister Leonard Payne, the founder of the Hugs Not Thugs gang drug rehabilitation center. He is fatherly, has a slightly crazy temperament, perceptive and pragmatic. A former mortgage broker specializing in foreclosures, Payne had a breakdown that put him on the path to his current nonprofit, but he learned one thing along the way, which he tells Julio (Estrada ): “I have a bad habit of focusing on other people’s problems so that I don’t have to take care of my own.
Alomar will play Fabian, a former gang member Julio (Estrada) convinces to join the Hugs Not Thugs program. At first skeptical, Fabian decides to register and becomes an active member of the organization.
The cast also includes series regulars Frankie Quinones, Michelle Ortiz, Laura Patalano and Julia Vera.
Estrada, Weisman, Ingebretsen and Bishop produce with Fred Armisen and the EP Black-ish Jonathan Groff. ABC Signature is the studio.
Imperioli won an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his lead role as Christopher Moltisanti on HBO. The Sopranos. He also wrote five episodes of the series and was a co-writer of the film. Sam’s summer, directed by Spike Lee. He was recently seen in the Oscar nominated film by Regina King. One night in Miami after playing on NBC Lincoln Rhyme: In Search of the Bone Collector. His other previous credits include the role of Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Showtime miniseries Escape to Dannemora and History Channel Blue Book Project. Imperioli is represented by Anonymous Content and The Gersh Agency.
Known as a pro skateboarder and actor, Alomar was recently seen as the president of Portland in the FX series. Mayas MC and in a supporting role in the feature film Blazing hot, directed by Eva Longoria. He is replaced by Danita Florance, AEFH / Pinnacle Theatrical.
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