Amazon’s ‘Bosch: Legacy’ Spinoff Adds John Carroll Lynch

Amazon is adding another actor to its expanding Bosch universe.

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John Carroll Lynch has joined the third show in the franchise, centering on LAPD detective Renée Ballard (to be played by Maggie Q). The untitled series, which will stream on Prime Video, follows Ballard as she takes on running the department’s cold case division — an underfunded, all-volunteer unit with a huge case load. The character has appeared in several of Bosch author Michael Connelly’s novels.

Lynch ( American Horror Story, Big Sky ) will play Thomas Laffont, a retired former partner of Ballard’s who comes back to help her run the the department. He’s a kind, seasoned detective and crack interrogator.

The spinoff — one of two additional shows set in the same world as both Bosch and Bosch: Legacy — will be set up in the season three finale of the latter series, which is likely to premiere later this year. Per the show’s description, “Ballard approaches these frozen-in-time cases with empathy and determination. When she uncovers a larger conspiracy during her investigations, she’ll lean on the assistance of her retired ally, Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver), to navigate the dangers that threaten both her unit and her life.”

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The next show in the franchise, centered on Jamie Hector’s detective Jerry Edgar, remains in development.

Jet Wilkinson (The Old Man, Percy Jackson and the Olympians) will executive produce the Ballard series with Connelly, Trish Hofmann, Michael Alaimo, Kendall Sherwood and Henrik Bastin and Melissa Aouate of Fabel Entertainment. Jasmine Russ, Jamie Boscardin Martin, Mark Douglas, Trey Batchelor and Hieronymus Pictures’ Theresa Snider.

Lynch’s recent credits include HBO’s White House Plumbers and Starz’s Gaslit — both about Watergate — Babes and The Trial of the Chicago 7 , for which he won a SAG Award as part of the ensemble. He is repped by Suskin/Karshan Management and Schreck Rose.

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