Ben Feldman Joins ‘Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches’ For Season 2

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Feldman (Superstore, Mad Men) has joined the cast of the AMC series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches for Season 2 in a series regular role. He will portray Sam ‘Lark’ Larkin, a successful CEO of a genetics startup and Rowan’s (Alexandra Daddario) former boyfriend, who has re-entered her life.

Based on Rice’s best-selling trilogy, Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches focuses on an intuitive young neurosurgeon, Rowan Fielding (Alexandra Daddario) who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.

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The series also stars Jack Huston as “Lasher,” Tongayi Chirisa as “Ciprien Grieve” and Hamlin as “Cortland Mayfair.” First-look images of the new season were released in February with additional castings including Alyssa Jirrels as a series regular, Ted Levine as a recurring guest star and Thora Birch as a guest star. The series returns later this year on AMC and AMC+.

Mayfair Witches is executive produced by Mark Johnson, showrunner Esta Spalding, Michelle Ashford and Tom Williams with Christopher Rice and the late Anne Rice. Season 2 is currently in production in in New Orleans, with the addition of Alyssa Jirrels (Fatal Attraction, Boo Bitch) as a series regular, Ted Levine (Big Sky, On Becoming a God in Central Florida) as a recurring guest star and Thora Birch (American Beauty, Hocus Pocus) as a guest star. The series returns later this year on AMC and AMC+.

Feldman can next be seen in the Lionsgate /Australia crime dramedy Population 11, which he also executive produces. The 12-part series, which premieres this week in Australia, hails from Lionsgate, Australian streamer Stan, Phil Lloyd and Trent O’Donnell from No Activity producer Jungle Entertainment.
He can also be heard in the second season of the Disney+ show Monsters at Work.

He spent six years on NBC’s Superstore and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for his role on AMC’s Mad Men.

He is repped by UTA, Impression Entertainment and attorney Dan Fox.

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