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[06/10/13 - 02:20 PM]
Will Rothhaar Cast As Lee Harvey Oswald in National Geographic Channel & Scott Free Production of "Killing Kennedy"
Also landing roles are Mary Pat Gleason, Boris McGiver and Jack Noseworthy.

[via press release from National Geographic Channel]

WILL ROTHHAAR CAST AS LEE HARVEY OSWALD IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL & SCOTT FREE PRODUCTION OF "KILLING KENNEDY"

Rothhaar Joins Previously Announced Cast of Rob Lowe, Ginnifer Goodwin and Michelle Trachtenberg

Also Announced: Mary Pat Gleason as the Assassin's Mother Marguerite Oswald, Francis Guinan as Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Boris McGiver as FBI Agent John Fain and Jack Noseworthy as Robert F. Kennedy

(Washington, D.C. - June 10, 2013) National Geographic Channel (@NatGeoChannel) today announced that up-and-coming actor Will Rothhaar (@Poetiqrothhaar) has been cast as the volatile former Marine and assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in the upcoming two-hour original factual drama Killing Kennedy by Scott Free Productions. Rothhaar is the final of the four major players in the film to be announced, joining Rob Lowe (John F. Kennedy), Ginnifer Goodwin (Jacqueline Kennedy) and Michelle Trachtenberg (Marina Oswald).

The network also announced supporting cast members including Mary Pat Gleason ("1600 Penn," "Desperate Housewives") as Lee Harvey Oswald's mother, Marguerite; Francis Guinan ("Boss," "Mike & Molly") as Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson; Boris McGiver ("House of Cards," "Person of Interest") as suspicious FBI agent John Fain; and Jack Noseworthy ("Event Horizon," "U-571") as the president's brother and trusted advisor Robert F. Kennedy.

Killing Kennedy will premiere on the National Geographic Channel later this year in the United States and globally in 171 countries and 38 languages, timed to the 50th anniversary of the assassination.

Based on the best-selling book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, Killing Kennedy begins in 1959, at major turning points for both the future president and his assassin. John F. Kennedy is in Washington, D.C., announcing his presidential candidacy, while Lee Harvey Oswald finds himself in the U.S. embassy in Moscow, renouncing his U.S. citizenship. These two events start both men - one a member of one of the United States' most wealthy and powerful families, the other a disillusioned former Marine and Marxist - on a cataclysmic track that would alter the course of history. Throughout we see their highs and lows, culminating in not one but two shocking deaths that stunned the nation.

Production on Killing Kennedy begins this week in Richmond, Va.

About Will Rothhaar

Will Rothhaar - a charismatic and versatile actor - has made his mark in a variety of roles in film, television and theater. Rothhaar's most recent films include "Mission Park" and "Battle: Los Angeles" opposite Aaron Eckhart and Ramon Rodriguez. He can also be seen in "Print," "Radio Free Albemuth" (which included "Minority Report" producer Phillip K. Dick and costarred Shea Whingham and Alanis Morissette), the short "Piano Fingers" with Orson Bean (recurring character on "Desperate Housewives"), "16 to Life" and "King of California." He starred in movies such as "Kart Racer," "Heart in Atlantis" and "Love and Other Indoor Sports." Rothhaar also costarred in "Jack Frost" with Michael Keaton and Kelly Preston, and "Kingpin" with Woody Harrelson and Bill Murray. Rothhaar's television credits include "Wild Blue," which is in preproduction. The Sony Pictures TV-produced pilot is directed by Michael Dinner. Will was a recurring character on ABC's "Last Resort," and had guest spots on "Perception," "Fringe," "Ghost Whisperer," "The Mentalist," "Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles," "Cold Case," "Without a Trace," "Criminal Minds," "CSI," "CSI: NY," "CSI: Miami," "Judging Amy," "ER" and more. He was also a series regular on the CBS comedy "Listen Up," starring Jason Alexander and Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

About Mary Pat Gleason

Mary Pat Gleason is a staple in television, having appeared on hugely popular shows, such as "Friends," "Will and Grace," "Desperate Housewives," "Full House," "Murphy Brown," "Saved by the Bell," "Sex and the City" and "Suddenly Susan." The American film and television actress built up her career by taking on a wide range of roles that expanded her talents and experiences. In addition to her many accolades in film and TV, her credentials have also branched out to other realms. She won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1986, for writing "Guiding Light." She is also known for writing and performing "Stopping Traffic," a one-woman show that chronicles her real life and struggle with a bipolar disorder. Her array of film credits include roles in "Basic Instinct," "Traffic," "Bruce Almighty," "13 Going on 30," "The Island" and "A Cinderella Story." In 2008, she landed a role in the dramedy "Bottle Shock," which starred Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman and Dennis Farina. Gleason was also seen in the romantic comedy "Because I Said So," starring Mandy Moore and Diane Keaton. She also voiced a character in "Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man."

About Boris McGiver

A ubiquitous and recognizable film and TV character actor for decades, Boris McGiver most recently has been seen in recurring roles on "House of Cards" (with David Fincher, Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright) and "Person of Interest." Viewers will also remember him opposite Tommy Lee Jones in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," throughout the fourth season of David Simon's "The Wire," as well as from numerous guest spots on "Law and Order," among others. His guest-starring roles include "Blue Bloods," "Damages," "Unforgettable," "The Good Wife," "John Adams," "Canterbury's Law," "Kidnapped," "Rescue Me," "Johnny Zero," "Queen's Supreme," "Third Watch," "NY Undercover" and more. McGiver's feature film credits also include "The Pink Panther" (with Steve Martin), Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock," "Dark Matter" (with Meryl Streep), "Fur" (with Nicole Kidman)," Taxi," "Connie and Carla," "Ironweed" and more.

About Jack Noseworthy

Jack Noseworthy received his BFA from The Boston Conservatory and has starred in films, on television and on Broadway. He made his Broadway debut in the original company of "Jerome Robbins Broadway"; was the final actor to be cast in "A Chorus Line," at the time the longest-running show in Broadway history; and had the good fortune to play opposite John Lithgow in the Broadway musical "Sweet Smell of Success." In the motion picture arena, he has worked with director Jonathan Mostow five times time in his career, on the films "The Surrogates," "Breakdown," "U-571," "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" and FOX Network's extraterrestrial thriller "Them." Jack's other feature film credits include the independent favorites "Pretty Ugly People" and "Phat Girlz," as well as "Undercover Brother," "Poster Boy," "Unconditional Love," "Event Horizon," "The Brady Bunch Movie," "Barb Wire," "Trigger Effect," "Cecil B. DeMented," "Alive" and "Encino Man," his movie debut. On television, Noseworthy recently starred in the Hallmark Hall of Fame western "Aces 'N Eights," appeared opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the CBS Emmy-winning miniseries "Elvis," played Sissy Spacek's son in "A Place for Annie," and was Anne Bancroft's fantasy obsession in "Mrs. Cage." He has also has the distinction of being the series lead on MTV's first scripted series, "Dead at 21."

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About Scott Free Productions

Scott Free Productions was formed in 1995 and is the film and television production vehicle of acclaimed film directors and brothers Ridley and Tony Scott. Scott Free Television produces the Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R)-nominated, Peabody acclaimed drama "The Good Wife," which will commence its fifth season this fall on CBS. Currently in production for Scott Free are "Klondike," Discovery Channel's first-ever scripted miniseries starring Sam Shepard, Tim Roth, Richard Madden, and Abbie Cornish; and, for Showtime, "The Vatican," with Ridley Scott at the helm of his first-ever television pilot, a modern-day political thriller from Oscar(R) nominated writer Paul Attanasio, starring Kyle Chandler, Anna Friel, and Matthew Goode.

Currently in development with AMC is "The Terror" from writer and co-executive producer David Kajganich, In February of this year, AMC and Scott Free Productions announced the project in development "The Terror," based on the 2007 best-selling novel by Dan Simmons, set in 1847, the crew of a Royal Naval expedition to find the Arctic's treacherous Northwest Passage discover instead a monstrous predator - a cunning and vicious Gothic horror that stalks the ship in a desperate game of survival; the "Untitled Cahill/Nicotero/Scott Free Project" from executive producer and writer Jason Cahill ("Fringe", "Sopranos") and executive producer and Emmy Award winning prosthetic makeup artist Greg Nicotero ("The Walking Dead"), a one-hour futuristic, dystopian, sci-fi saga; and "Raiders" from executive producer and writer Evan Wright ("Generation Kill"), a one-hour WWII drama about a rogue U.S. Navy commander who leads an unconventional warfare unit into the heart of Africa on a mission that will bend the arc of history.

In the nonfiction realm, Scott Free is producing an untitled verité documentary series that follows people in the last days of their lives for National Geographic Channel, and the series "Crimes of the Century" for CNN, which will closely analyze the major news events of our times. Scott Free recently produced the ratings hit "Killing Lincoln," also for the National Geographic Channel, and the epic Emmy(R)-winning documentary "Gettysburg" for the History Channel.

Scott Free has offices in Los Angeles and London in conjunction with RSA Films, one of the world's largest and most successful commercial production houses.

About National Geographic Channel

Based at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C., the National Geographic Channels US are a joint venture between National Geographic and Fox Networks. The Channels contribute to the National Geographic Society's commitment to exploration, conservation and education with smart, innovative programming and profits that directly support its mission. Launched in January 2001, National Geographic Channel (NGC) celebrated its fifth anniversary with the debut of NGC HD. In 2010, the wildlife and natural history cable channel Nat Geo WILD was launched, and in 2011, the Spanish-language network Nat Geo Mundo was unveiled. The Channels have carriage with all of the nation's major cable, telco and satellite television providers, with NGC currently available in 85 million U.S. homes. Globally, National Geographic Channel is available in more than 440 million homes in 171 countries and in 38 languages. For more information, visit www.natgeotv.com.





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