Morena Baccarin’s Husband Ben McKenzie Joins ‘Sheriff Country’ Season 2 in Surprise Role
Ben McKenzie joins as a neighboring sheriff and will appear in the season 2 premiere, marking his first on-screen reunion with Morena Baccarin.
- On Monday, August 24, CBS announced that Ben McKenzie, 47, will guest star in the Season 2 premiere of Sheriff Country, reuniting on-screen with his real-life wife, lead actress Morena Baccarin.
- McKenzie portrays Sheriff Wade, a neighboring lawman called in to assist Sheriff Mickey Fox as she investigates a dangerous criminal operation threatening the small town of Edgewater.
- The Fire Country spinoff averages 7.6 million viewers and returns Friday, October 9, exploring the revelation that Eva Santos, Mickey's mother, is actually alive and residing in Edgewater.
- Former Gotham co-stars, the couple previously shared a romantic storyline on that series before marrying in real life; this premiere marks their first collaborative on-screen appearance on the CBS procedural.
- While assisting Mickey, Sheriff Wade arrives with his own hidden agenda; showrunner Matt Lopez notes Season 2 will dimensionalize characters through grounded, emotional storytelling as corruption unfolds.
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'Sheriff Country' Season 2: Ben McKenzie Joins Wife Morena Baccarin as Guest Star
“The O.C.” alum Ben McKenzie will soon join real-life wife Morena Baccarin in the Season 2 premiere of “Sheriff Country,” guest starring when the CBS procedural returns this fall. Baccarin stars as Sheriff Mickey Fox, the straight-shooting sheriff patrolling the small town of Edgewater, California, in the drama series. Her actor husband will appear as Sheriff Wade, a neighboring sheriff who is called in to assist Mickey, in the season premiere o…
Morena Baccarin's Real-Life Husband Ben McKenzie Guest Stars on 'Sheriff Country' - See the First Look!
Ben McKenzie is joining Sheriff Country for Season 2! The casting has a personal twist: the 47-year-old actor happens to […] The post Morena Baccarin’s Real-Life Husband Ben McKenzie Guest Stars on ‘Sheriff Country’ – See the First Look! appeared first on Just Jared - Celebrity News and Gossip
Ben McKenzie Joins Wife Morena Baccarin On 'Sheriff Country' S2
Former Gotham co-stars and real-life husband-and-wife Ben McKenzie and Morena Baccarin will reunite on-screen in the Season 2 premiere of Baccarin’s Sheriff Country, their first appearance together on the CBS series. See photos above and below, as well as Baccarin’s Instagram post. In the “Cylone” premiere episode, as Sheriff Mickey Fox (Baccarin) struggles to process a shocking revelation about her family, she races to save a troubled young wo…
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