Walton Goggins, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Damon Gupton, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams and Omar Miller Join ‘The Last Days Of Ptolemy Grey’ Apple TV+ Series
Deadline is reporting that Walton Goggins (Justified, The Unicorn), Marsha Stephanie Blake (I Am Your Woman, When They See Us), Damon Gupton (Black Lightning, Bates Motel), Cynthia Kaye McWilliams (Coyote, Real Husbands of Hollywood) and Omar Miller (The Unicorn, Ballers) round out the ensemble cast for Apple TV+’s limited series The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey. They join Samuel L. Jackson and Dominique Fishback in the six-episode series based on the acclaimed novel by best-selling author Walter Mosley.
In The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, produced by Apple Studios, Jackson stars as Ptolemy Grey, a 91-year-old man forgotten by his family, by his friends, by even himself. On the brink of sinking even deeper into a lonely dementia, Ptolemy experiences a seismic shift when he’s given the tremendous opportunity to briefly regain his memories, and uses this precious and fleeting lucidity to solve his nephew’s death and come to terms with his past.
Goggins will play Dr. Rubin. Blake will portray Niecie, the loving mother of Grey’s nephew. Gupton will play Coydog, Ptolemy Grey’s childhood mentor. McWilliams will portray Sensia, Grey’s second wife. Miller is Reggie Lloyd, Grey’s Grand Nephew.
Mosley is writing the screen adaptation and will executive produce. Jackson will also serve as executive producer on the project alongside director Ramin Bahrani. David Levine and Eli Selden will executive produce for Anonymous Content, along with Diane Houslin. LaTanya Richardson Jackson will also executive produce.