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Jermaine Fowler has booked a recurring guest star role in “Only Murders in the Building” Season 5, Variety has confirmed.
Fowler joins previously announced additions to “Only Murders” including Renée Zellweger, Christoph Waltz, Logan Lerman, Téa Leoni and Keegan-Michael Key. As is typically the case with the Hulu series, character and plot details for the new season are being kept under wraps. Season 5 is currently in production.
An accomplished stand up comedian, Fowler broke out onscreen with his starring role in the CBS multi-cam “Superior Donuts.” His other TV credits include the FX limited series “A Murder at the End of the World” and the truTV sketch comedy series “Friends of the People.” He will next be seen in the Tracy Morgan comedy series “Crutch” at Paramount+. Fowler has starred in films like “Coming 2 America,” “Sorry to Bother You,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” and “Ricky Stanicky.”
He is repped by UTA, Entertainment 360, and Yorn Levine.
“Only Murders in the Building” aired its fourth season in 2024. Along with leads Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, the cast for Season 4 included Meryl Streep, Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis, Eva Longoria, Jane Lynch, Richard Kind, Melissa McCarthy, Kumail Nanjiani, and Molly Shannon.
The show picked up 21 Emmy nominations for its third season, the most it has received for a single season to date. Martin and John Hoffman co-created the series, with Hoffman also serving as showrunner. Both serve as executive producers along with Short, Gomez, Dan Fogelman and Jess Rosenthal. 20th Television is the studio.
Deadline first reported Fowler’s casting.
