'Friday Night Lights' vet nabs 'Big Love' role

1:47 PM PDT 10/14/2010 by James Hibberd, AP

Kevin Rankin to play son of a 'hard line of polygamists'

Kevin Rankin

"Friday Night Lights" veteran Kevin Rankin has scored a recurring role on HBO's "Big Love."

Rankin has been keeping busy, having also booked a role on HBO's Alan Ball project "All Signs of Death" and in the 2011 movie "The Chaperone."

On "Big Love," Rankin will play the son of a "hard line of polygamists." He's also had roles on ABC series "Lost" and "Grey's Anatomy."

Rankin is repped by Abrams Artists Agency and Flutie Entertainment.