Jeff Daniels Joins the Cast of SHRINKING Season 3 as Jimmy’s Dad — GeekTyrant

Emmy winner Jeff Daniels (The Purple Rose of Cairo, Dumb and Dumber, The Newsroom, American Rust) has signed on to co-star in season 3 of the great Apple TV+ series Shrinking. He will recur opposite Jason Segel and Harrison Ford as Segel’s character, Jimmy’s, dad.

Co-created by Segel, Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, Shrinking follows grieving therapist Jimmy (Segel) who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives … including his own.

Shrinking is Daniels’ first major live-action comedy series role.

In addition to Segel and Ford, Shrinking‘s main cast includes Christa Miller, Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell and Ted McGinley. The second season also featured Goldstein in a recurring role.

Daniels will next be seen portraying former President Ronald Reagan in the upcoming Cold War film Reykjavik, and he is also attached to star in Dilettante, a New York media drama In development at Apple TV+.

via: Deadline