Angele Colageo was kind enough to do an interview for the new SyFy show, The Expanse, will be the most talked about new series this summer after the debut of its pilot episode on Saturday, July 11th at San Diego COMICON. Cas segues into this high-profile new primetime show straight from a starring role on SyFy’s just wrapped series, Olympus.
SyFy’s The Expanse, set 200 years in the future after mankind has colonized the solar system, is cable tv’s most expensive show to date ($5-6 mil per episode) with each week’s installment shot as if it were a stand-alone feature film. The show, based on The New York Times bestselling book series by author James S.A. Corey, also stars Thomas Jane (The Punisher), Steven Strait (Magic City), Shohreh Aghdashloo (The House of Sand and Fog), Dominique Tipper (Vampire Academy) and Wes Chatham (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay). Executive producers Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby and Naren Shankar will unveil a first-ever, exclusive screening of the series premiere at SDCC before it airs on Syfy in December!
Cas Anvar, whose career has skyrocketed in the past year with a starring role on SyFy Network’s Olympus, will be more of a household name than ever after this year’s Comic-Con when his new series, The Expanse, is unveiled leading up to its December broadcast premiere. Cas stars opposite Thomas Jane as the commander/heroic fighter pilot of the series’ spaceship in the biggest budgeted cable show in history.
The Canadian-born actor and voice-over star who graduated from Montreal’s prestigious National Theatre School (Canada’s Julliard) also completed starring roles in the feature films Vatican Tapes as well as Miss India America, with each playing festivals around the world, and scheduled for release later this year.
An avid nerd, geek, Gamer Sci-Fi and comic book enthusiast, Cas has, in fact, become one of the most popular participants at COMIC CON annually drawing thousands of loyal fans. Well known for his role as the legendary ‘Assassin Altair’ from Assassins Creed Revelations, he also stars in Call of Duty: BO2, Halo4, Command & Conquer and Star Wars: Clone Wars.
Anvar first came to popular attention for his portrayal of Kambiz Foroohar in the Cruise/Wagner film Shattered Glass, nominated for 4 Spirit Awards and a Golden Globe. Cas’ versatility on the big screen ranges from roles opposite Ben Affleck in the Oscar winning feature film Argo (garnering a SAG “Outstanding Performance” Award), Jake Gyllenhaal in the Sci-Fi adventure Source Code, John Cusak in the suspense thriller The Factory, and co-starring in Steven Spielberg’s The Terminal opposite Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta Jones and Stanley Tucci. More recently, Cas did a noteworthy portrayal of ‘Dodi Fayed’ (Princess Diana’s boyfriend) in the $50 million feature film, Diana, in which he co-starred opposite Naomi Watts.
On the small screen, Cas won much acclaim for his leading role in Lifetime’s special event movie, Baby Sellers, opposite Kirstie Alley. He appeared on Lost portraying Naveen Andrew’ character, Sayid’s brother. In the SyFy miniseries, The Phantom, Cas played the psychotic and nefarious Raahtib Singh for which he was nominated for an ACTRA AWARD. He earlier starred with Rhys Ivans, Anna Friel, Bob Hoskins and Charles Dance in SyFy’s epic fantasy adventure Neverland, playing the swashbuckling, hilariously nasty pirate foil to Hook: Gentleman Starkey.
Guest tv appearances include CBS’ hit NCIS: LA and Intelligence, USA network’s In Plain Sight , TNT’s Leverage, Fox’s 24, and ABC’s Castle.
An accomplished stage actor, Anvar has played countless leading roles in Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Cas, highly respected as the Founding Artistic Director for over 18 years of the acclaimed Shakespeare-in-the-Park touring company – Montreal-based Repercussion Theatre – continues to support their work with frequent visits. The fluently trilingual (English, French and Farsi) Anvar credits part of his wide-ranging creativity to his exotic cultural and spiritual heritage. He resides in Los Angeles and is active in many local and national charity organizations and also mentors young actors.
