Mandy Patinkin Signs On for Showtime's 'Homeland'

Mandy Patinkin has officially joined Showtime’s new pilot, Homeland.

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He joins previously announced Claire Danes, who plays CIA officer Carrie Anderson, and will fill the role of Saul, a veteran CIA Division Chief who is Carrie’s boss and mentor.

Homeland, a Fox 21 production, is loosely based on Gideon Raff’s Israeli television series Prisoners of War, and will be executive produced by Raff, 24’s Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa (24, The X-Files). It centers on an American soldier who is taken prisoner during the Iraq invasion in 2003. The solder returns to the States after years captivity. Danes’ character Carrie is a driven CIA officer trying to fight her own psychological demons and is convinced that intelligence that led to the solder’s recapture was all a set-up.

The pilot, written by Raff, Gordon and Gansa, begins production in January.

Patinkin most recently starred in CBS’ Criminal Minds.