Jeffrey Wright has joined the cast of Paramount+ with Showtime’s upcoming political espionage thriller The Agency opposite Michael Fassbender.
Executive produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, The Agency is based on the French drama series Le Bureau des Légendes (known as The Bureau internationally) and centers around Fassbender’s character Martian, a covert CIA agent. Wright will play Henry, Martian’s mentor and the CIA’s director of operations overseeing non-official cover agents.
Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice) will direct the first two episodes and executive produce alongside writers Jez and John-Henry Butterworth (Ford v Ferrari).
According to the official logline, the series follows Martian as he’s “ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites. His career, his real identity and his mission are pitted against his heart; hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.”
“Jeffrey Wright doesn’t just portray characters — he inhabits them completely, infusing each role with raw, emotional power and profound, psychological insight,” said Chris McCarthy, co-CEO of Paramount Global and president/CEO of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios in a statement. “We are thrilled to have him join Michael Fassbender and our creative dream team.”
Wright last starred in American Fiction, which was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, and is set to appear in Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us. Meanwhile, Fassbender recently played a professional assassin in David Fincher’s The Killer.