Tommy Lee Jones Joins The Lowdown Season 2 Cast

Academy Award-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones has joined the cast of FX's acclaimed series The Lowdown for its second season, marking his return to television after more than a decade away from the small screen. Production on the new episodes is scheduled to begin this spring in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the Western noir drama is set.

Details about Jones's character remain under wraps, but his addition follows the recent casting of Betty Gilpin, known for her roles in GLOW and other projects, as a figure named Ginger. The series, created by Sterlin Harjo, who previously helmed Reservation Dogs, centers on Lee Raybon Hawke, a tenacious citizen journalist played by Ethan Hawke. Self-described as a "Tulsa truthstorian," Lee's relentless pursuit of hidden corruption often lands him in peril, though he approaches his work with a pragmatic edge rather than idealism.

In the first season, Lee's investigative exposé into the influential Washberg family triggers a chain of events, including the suspicious suicide of Dale Washberg, portrayed by Tim Blake Nelson. Doubting the official account, Lee follows clues left by Dale to uncover deeper layers of conspiracy surrounding the family's...