{"id":360513,"date":"2026-04-02T16:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/360513\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:11:07","slug":"resurrection-season-2-casts-brian-cox-as-new-york-ripper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/360513\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurrection&#8217; Season 2 Casts Brian Cox as New York Ripper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/brian-cox\/\" id=\"auto-tag_brian-cox\" data-tag=\"brian-cox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Cox<\/a> is joining the second season of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/dexter-resurrection\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dexter-resurrection\" data-tag=\"dexter-resurrection\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dexter: Resurrection<\/a>\u201d at <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/paramount-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_paramount-2\" data-tag=\"paramount-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount+<\/a>, Variety has learned. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCox will star as Dom Framt, aka The New York Ripper. The character was originally introduced in Season 1, though he was not seen onscreen. He is described as \u201ca serial killer who terrorized the City years ago. Though no longer active as a killer, he\u2019s found a new way to live into his infamy by continuing to taunt the survivors of his long-ago murder spree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDexter (Michael C. Hall), and later Det. Claudette Wallace (Kadia Saraf), discovered a file on Framt in the vault of Leon Prater (Peter Dinklage) in Season 1, setting up what will be a major role in Season 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis will not be Cox\u2019s first go at playing a serial killer. He previously played the iconic character Hannibal Lecter in the 1986 film \u201cManhunter.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn television, Cox received three Emmy nominations for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his work as Logan Roy in the hit HBO series \u201cSuccession.\u201d He won the Golden Globe for \u201cSuccession\u201d in 2020. He was nominated for Emmys twice before that \u2014 once for outstanding guest actor in a comedy for \u201cFrasier\u201d and once for playing Herman G\u00f6ring in the miniseries \u201cNuremberg,\u201d the latter of which he won. In film, Cox is known for his roles in features including the Jason Bourne films with Matt Damon, \u201cX2,\u201d \u201cTroy,\u201d and \u201cCorioulanus.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe is repped by Paradigm in the U.S., Conway Van Gelder Grant in the U.K., and Insight Entertainment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cDexter: Resurrection\u201d was developed by original series helmer Clyde Phillips, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer on the new series. Hall executive produces in addition to starring. Scott Reynolds, Marcos Siega, Tony Hernandez, and Lilly Burns executive produce along with John Goldwyn and Sara Colleton, Veronica West, Kirsa Rein, and Tanner Bean &amp; Katrina Mathewson. The series is produced by Paramount Television Studios and Counterpart Studios. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brian Cox is joining the second season of \u201cDexter: Resurrection\u201d at Paramount+, Variety has learned. 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