Veteran comic actor Martin Lawrence has joined the cast of AMC’s upcoming half-hour series “Demascus,” where he will be a recurring guest star as Uncle Forty, the family’s quick-tempered and ailing (self-proclaimed) patriarch.
The “Bad Boys” and “Martin” star will appear in three of Season 1’s six episodes and is described as having “seen better days.”
“Demascus” stars Okieriete Onaodowan (“Station 19”) as the title character, a 33-year-old Black man who embarks on “a journey of self-discovery using an innovative new technology that allows him to experience different versions of his own life.”
The project is described to be a “genre-fluid coming-of-age story” and “irreverent, comedic sci-fi series,” according to a release announcing the opening of the writers’ room.