Steve Zissis Reteams With Duplass Brothers for HBO Comedy Pilot

Steve Zissis

HBO's Duplass brothers comedy Togetherness has cast one of its two male leads.

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Steve Zissis has been tapped to star in the network's comedy pilot Togetherness, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

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Togetherness follows two couples living under the same roof who struggle to keep their relationships alive while pursuing their individual dreams.

Zissis will play Alex Pappas, a thirtysomething actor who has been trying to make it in Los Angeles for nearly 20 years and has just been left homeless with only one friend in the world, Brett.

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Mark and Jay Duplass will write, executive produce and direct the half-hour pilot; Duplass Brothers Productions producer Stephanie Langhoff will serve as a co-executive producer on the project. There are no plans for either to appear onscreen. Two and a Half Men's Melanie Lynskey also co-stars.

Zissis starred in Jay and Mark Duplass' Baghead, Do-Deca Pentathlon and co-starred in their Jason Segel feature Jeff, Who Lives at Home, as well as the John C. Reilly entry Cyrus. On the TV side, he has guest-starred in Private Practice, Parks and Recreation and The League. He's repped by Domain Talent, Abrams Entertainment and CESD.

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