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Holly Hunter has been set to play Sally Yates in the CBS Studios event miniseries based on former FBI director James Comey's bestselling book A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership. Yates served as a U.S. Attorney and later Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General under President Barack Obama, and took on the role…

House of Cards standout Michael Kelly is back in the political realm as Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and Tony-winner Jennifer Ehle is set to play Patrice Comey in the CBS Studios event miniseries based on former FBI Director James Comey’s bestselling book A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership. They join…

Michael Kelly's Doug Stamper was the steel-strong thread of integrity through six seasons of House of Cards. While the show's leads Frank and Claire Underwood stopped at nothing in their Machiavellian scheming, Doug was driven only by his loyalty to Frank. And although Kelly has three times been Emmy-nominated for the…

EXCLUSIVE: For five seasons, Michael Kelly has played Chief of Staff Doug Stamper on House of Cards. And for five seasons, Kelly has impressed — and earned multiple Emmy nominations — for his role as the cold and calculated foot soldier for Kevin Spacey’s Frank Underwood. As Kelly enters the sixth and final season as…

House of Cards' Michael Kelly has been cast in the second season of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan as a series regular, joining previously announced Noomi Rapace and John Hoogenakker. Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, which hails from the Lost duo of co-showrunner Carlton Cuse and writer Graham Roland, Platinum Dunes, Skydance Media…

While many artists claim their projects are a “family affair,” this proved to be the case for John Hyams with All Square, a gambling drama featuring many of his long-time friends, among them writer Timothy Brady and House of Cards actor Michael Kelly. The film follows John (Kelly), a down-on-his-luck bookie who takes…

Hours after Netflix said House of Cards will end after next season, sources confirm to Deadline that the streaming service is considering spinoffs from its veteran drama series. One could center on Michael Kelly’s Doug Stamper character. The news comes amid a scandal enveloping Kevin Spacey, who has been…

Omarosa Manigault, the former Apprentice contestant turned Donald Trump adviser and staffer, reportedly is being sidelined from direct Oval Office access by new White House chief of staff John Kelly. The reason? Seems she triggers the president’s anger at detractors like Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. "When Gen…

Fresh Off the Boat star Randall Park has come aboard Disney/Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp, the sequel to 2015’s Ant-Man, which starred Paul Rudd as the titular character. Peyton Reed is back to direct the second installment, with Rudd returning as the former systems engineer-turned-Avenger, Evangeline Lilly as the…

Deadline is holding its Tribeca Film Festival portrait and video interview studio at the festival hub in NYC, opening its doors to this year’s most riveting and groundbreaking filmmakers. Guests stopping by the Deadline Studio on Day 5 included Milo Ventimiglia (Devil’s Gate), Cobie Smulders & Justin Long (Literally, R…

House of Cards star Michael Kelly has signed with WME for representation in all areas. Best known for his role as chief of staff Doug Stamper in Netflix’s praised political drama series House of Cards, which launches its fifth season in May, Kelly also has had key roles in features Everest, Changeling, The Adjustment…

As Doug Stamper in House of Cards, Michael Kelly expertly ranges from silently smoldering to outright psycho. Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey)'s henchman and Chief of Staff has also played dead (temporarily), alcoholic, kidnapper and murderer, among other challenging plot turns. No wonder then that this is his second…