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Rockmond Dunbar, who abruptly exited his role on Fox’s hit drama series 9-1-1 in November over Covid vaccine mandates on the show, has sued the series’ production company 20th Television and its parent Disney claiming the studio engaged in discrimination, including mocking his religious beliefs, barring him from the…

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the Nov. 15 episode of Fox’s 9-1-1. EXCLUSIVE: Original 9-1-1 cast member Rockmond Dunbar is leaving the hit Fox drama series after more than four seasons. His character, Michael Grant, was abruptly written off in Monday night’s episode, leaving fans of the…

EXCLUSIVE: After lengthy negotiations for some, all series regulars on Fox’s flagship drama 9-1-1 have secured pay increases ahead of Season 5, I have learned. Series star Angela Bassett led the way with a major bump that I hear takes her to north of $450,000 an episode. That is believed to be among the top salaries…

Ahead of the premiere of part 2 of its second season on March 18, Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds, Kenneth Choi, Rockmond Dunbar, and Ryan Guzman of Fox’s 9-1-1 took the stage at PaleyFest Sunday evening in Los Angeles along with showrunner Tim Minear to talk about the…

Aisha Hinds (Underground), Rockmond Dunbar (The Path), Oliver Stark (Into the Badlands) and Kenneth Choi (The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story) are set as series regulars in 9-1-1, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's upcoming drama series for Fox, which is set to premiere in 2018. Written and executive produced…

Rockmond Dunbar has joined the cast of Brad Furman's LAbyrinth that stars Johnny Depp as Russell Poole, a disgraced L.A.P.D. detective who is unable to solve his biggest case: The murders of rap impresarios Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.  He teams with Jack Jackson, a reporter determined to crack the case in…

EXCLUSIVE: Rockmond Dunbar, the director-producer of the feature film Pastor Brown, has optioned Tobie Gene Levingston's autobiographical book Soul On Bikes: The East Bay Dragons MC And The Black Biker Set about the rise and adventures of the infamous East Bay Dragon Motorcycle Club, the notorious all black Harley…

Robert Knepper, Rockmond Dunbar and Amaury Nolasco have closed their deals to reprise their roles as Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell, Benjamin Miles “C-Note” Franklin, and Fernando Sucre respectively, in Fox's Prison Break event series. Nolasco announced Tuesday on Instagram that he was returning to the series and now Fox…

Rockmond Dunbar is set to co-star opposite Aaron Paul and Michelle Monaghan in the Hulu original drama series The Way from Jason Katims' True Jack Prods. Created by Jessica Goldberg, The Way examines a couple, Eddie (Paul) and Sarah Cleary (Monaghan) at the center of a controversial movement struggling with…

On the day of The Mentalist series finale, the show’s co-star Rockmond Dunbar has booked his next series regular gig, signing on as the male lead in the NBC drama pilot Love Is A Four Letter Word. The project, from playwright-TV writer Diana Son, 20th TV and Fabrik, chronicles the collision of race, sexuality and…