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AP ImagesCSI is adding a rocker.
KISS frontman Gene Simmons is heading to CBS’ long-running procedural during the 14th season in a cameo, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.
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“We’re really excited to have Gene Simmons guest-starring on CSI, playing himself in a rock-and-roll-themed murder mystery,” said executive producers Don McGill and Carol Mendelsohn in a joint statement to THR.
Simmons will appear in the 17th episode tentatively scheduled for March 12.
Simmons is repped by CAA. He starred in the A&E reality series Gene Simmons: Family Jewels, and has appeared as himself on Castle and Ugly Betty.
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