Casting News: Dane Cook Cast As Robbie In AMERICAN GODS

Dane Cook Will Play “Robbie” In Upcoming Starz and FremantleMedia’s AMERICAN GODS

Starz confirmed to Your Entertainment Corner via email that comedian and actor Dane Cook has been cast as Robbie in the upcoming television adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s AMERICAN GODS.

Robbie (Cook), Shadow’s (Ricky Whittle) best friend and employer, promises to hold Shadow’s job for him while he’s in prison. Robbie is married to Audrey (Betty Gilpin), Shadow’s wife Laura’s (Emily Browning) best friend, and provides another shoulder for Laura to cry on while Shadow is away.

Cook is repped by Innovative Artists, Untitled Entertainment, and Jackoway Tyerman. He has maintained his reputation as one of today’s most prolific stand-up comedians, while simultaneously distinguishing himself as a charismatic and versatile actor in a variety of film and television projects.

Cook recently returned to the stage with his directorial debut of Troublemaker, which premiered on Showtime. The show was filmed in the fall of 2013 and features Cook’s acerbic wit and patented brand of provocative, on-fire comedic insight while exploring the hilarious aspects of everyday life and human behavior.

Dane Cook at premiere of Captain America: Civil War. Photo by Jesse Grant - © 2016 Getty Images

During his tour 20-date Under Oath tour in 2013, he aimed to emulate the tone of his 2003’s Harmful If Swallowed album as it marked the 10-year anniversary of the album. He is well known for his appearances on Comedy Central and HBO specials, and for his successful comedy albums including, Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden; ISolated INcident; and Dane Cook: I Did My Best – Greatest Hits. Combining energetic physical comedy, clever wordplay, and trenchant observations about human behavior, Cook’s unique brand of stand-up and accessible guy-next-door attitude have galvanized audiences of all ages. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album in 28 years and went double platinum, earning him a place alongside best-selling comedy vets Bill Cosby, George Carlin, and Steve Martin. After inking a multi-faceted production deal with HBO in 2006, Cook created, directed, and starred in the network’s nine-part comedy documentary series, Tourgasm, and wrote, executive produced, and starred in Vicious Circle, a feature-length stand-up event.

Cook reprised his role as the voice of “Dusty” in Disney’s animated film Planes: Fire & Rescue, the sequel to Planes, which grossed over $219 million and $145 million worldwide respectively. He was recently seen in Matt Osterman’s 400 Days, which centers on four astronauts who are sent on a simulated mission to a distant planet to test the psychological effects of deep space travel. Locked away for 400 days, the crew’s mental state begins to deteriorate when they lose all communication with the outside world. Forced to exit the ship, they discover this mission may not have been a simulation after all. Dane is also an executive producer on the film.

Cook guest starred on Louie opposite Louie C.K, as well as in the most recent season of Comedy Central’s Workaholics. His other film credits include starring roles in My Best Friend’s Girl opposite Kate Hudson, Dan In Real Life opposite Steve Carell, and Mr. Brooks opposite Kevin Costner, among others.

Cook currently lives in Los Angeles, where he continues to develop new comedy material, as well as film and television projects.

Previously announced cast includes Ricky Whittle (Shadow Moon), Ian McShane (Mr. Wednesday), Emily Browning (Laura Moon), Pablo Schreiber (Mad Sweeney), Yetide Badaki (Bilquis), Bruce Langley (Technical Boy), Crispin Glover (Mr. World), Jonathan Tucker (Low Key Lyesmith), Gillian Anderson (Media), Peter Stormare (Czernobog), Cloris Leachman (Zorya Vechernyaya), Orlando Jones (Mr. Nancy), and Demore Barnes (Mr. Ibis)

American Gods has been translated into over 30 languages and has earned numerous accolades including Hugo, Nebula and Bram Stoker Awards for Best Novel. The plot posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods of mythological roots from around the world steadily losing believers to an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society’s modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity, and drugs. Its protagonist, Shadow Moon, is an ex-con who becomes a bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday, a conman but, in reality, one of the older gods, on a cross-country mission to gather his forces in preparation to battle the new deities.

“American Gods” is produced by FremantleMedia North America. Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal,” “Pushing Daisies,” “Heroes”) and Michael Green (“The River,” “Kings,” “Heroes”) are writers and showrunners. David Slade (“Hannibal,” “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”) is directing the pilot and additional episodes. FMNA’s Craig Cegielski and Stefanie Berk are executive producing the series along with Fuller, Green, Slade and Neil Gaiman. Senior Vice Presidents of Original Programming Marta Fernandez and Ken Segna are the Starz executives in charge of “American Gods.” Starz retains all network pay TV and SVOD rights to the project. FremantleMedia is distributing the series worldwide.

Fans can tweet @AmericanGodsSTZ, @STARZ_Channel and @FMNATV and join the conversation with #AmericanGods.

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