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Chris Sullivan is set to star in the ABC comedy pilot “The Son in Law,” Variety has confirmed.

Sullivan will star in the single-cam comedy as Jake, a divorced dad with a 21 year old daughter. Jake never thought he would love again, until Asha came along. The problem is that Jake, a hard-working plumbing contractor, is solidly middle class, while Asha hails from the equivalent of uber-wealthy South Asian royalty. Jake wants to marry Asha, and while he still needs to ask Asha’s father for his blessing, the real stumbling block is Asha’s loving but controlling mother, who doesn’t hide her feelings about Jake being all wrong for her daughter.

Sullivan currently stars on the hit NBC drama “This Is Us,” which is airing its sixth and final season. His work on the show has netted him two Emmy nominations for best supporting actor in a drama series. Sullivan’s other TV credits include “The Knick,” “Stranger Things,” and “Camping.” On the film side, he memorably played the character Taserface in the in Marvel feature “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.” He has also recently appeared in films like “Agnes,” “I Trapped the Devil,” and “Adopt a Highway.”

He is repped by Suskin/Karshan Management, imPRint, and Hansen Jacobson.

“The Son in Law” is written by Ajay Sahgal, who also executive produces. Melvin Mar and Jake Kasdan also executive produce. 20th Television is the studio.

Sullivan is now the third “This Is Us” cast member to land a leading role in a broadcast pilot, and the second to land one at ABC. Milo Ventimiglia is attached to star in the ABC drama pilot “The Company You Keep,” while Justin Hartley is set to lead the CBS drama pilot “The Never Game.”

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ABC has opted not to move forward with two of its remaining pilots.

The single-camera comedy “The Son-in-Law” and an untitled drama series from Kay Oyegun have both been scrapped at the broadcast network. Both were picked up as part of ABC’s initial pilot season slate and were in contention for midseason orders as part of ABC’s year-round development cycle. Both were also produced by 20th Television.

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With the news, ABC has now only ordered one new comedy to series for the 2022-2023 broadcast season. That is the single-cam “Not Dead Yet” starring Gina Rodriguez, which was ordered to series in May.

On the drama side, ABC is still considering the espionage series “The Company You Keep” starring Milo Ventimiglia as well as “Will Trent,” based on the novel series by Karin Slaughter.

“The Son-in-Law” followed a salt of the earth man (Chris Sullivan) who found himself seeking the approval of his new fiancée’s sophisticated parents — even as he’s a difficult to impress father-in-law to his daughter’s longtime boyfriend. The cast also included Reema Sampat, Meera Simhan, Evangeline Young, Anupam Kher, and Robert Bailey Jr.

Ajay Saghal wrote and executive produced the pilot with Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar executive producing.

American television series

Not to be confused with Sanford and Son or Steptoe and Son.

Sullivan & Son is an American sitcom created by Steve Byrne and Rob Long that was broadcast on TBS. It starred Byrne as Steve Sullivan, who surprises his parents when he leaves his job as a corporate lawyer to take over a bar owned by his father in Pittsburgh. The series was executive-produced by Vince Vaughn, Peter Billingsley, and Long, who also served as showrunner. It premiered on July 19, 2012. On November 20, 2014, TBS cancelled Sullivan & Son after three seasons.

Overview

See also: List of Sullivan & Son episodes

The series centers on Steve Sullivan (Byrne), a corporate attorney from New York City who visits his Irish American father Jack (Dan Lauria) and Korean mother Ok Cha (Jodi Long) just as they are preparing to sell their bar in a Pittsburgh working-class neighborhood and retire. To their surprise, he decides to stay and run the bar. The bar is a popular venue among the locals, and is the unofficial "town hall" of the neighborhood.

Cast and characters

• Steve Byrne as Steve Sullivan, a half-Irish and half-Koreanlawyer who leaves his job to take over his parents' bar in Pittsburgh.
• Dan Lauria as Jack Sullivan, Steve's father.
• Jodi Long as Ok Cha Sullivan, Steve's mother.
• Owen Benjamin as Owen Walsh, a dull-witted and unemployed childhood friend of Steve's with an oedipal complex regarding his mother and a talent for playing the piano.
• Brian Doyle-Murray as Hank Murphy, a bar regular prone to making offensive remarks.
• Christine Ebersole as Carol Walsh, a bar regular and Owen's mother.
• Vivian Bang as Susan Sullivan, Steve's younger sister.
• Valerie Azlynn as Melanie Sutton, an emergency medical technician, bar regular, and love interest of Steve's.
• Roy Wood, Jr. as Roy Williams, Jr.,

American television actor

For other people with the same name, see Christopher Sullivan.

Chris Sullivan (born July 19, 1980) is an American actor and musician. He starred on the NBC drama This Is Us as Toby Damon, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Career

Much of Sullivan's early stage experience came in Chicago, where he received improv training at the iO Theater. Among his Chicago stage experiences were in the cast of Defending the Caveman at the Lakeshore Theater and the cast of The Ballad of Emmett Till at the Goodman Theatre. After appearing in the original Broadway cast of Lombardi, Sullivan joined the long-running revival of Chicago in 2011.

He first gained attention for his portrayal of Tom Cleary on the Cinemax drama The Knick. He also played Taserface in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Benny Hammond in Stranger Things.

He has starred in single episodes of various TV series: A Gifted Man (2012), Elementary, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and The Americans (2013).

He also played Sprit in the 2008 Sundance Film Festival nominated movie North Starr, and appeared in such films as The Normal Heart and The Drop (2014), the latter with The Knick co-star Jeremy Bobb.

From 2016 to 2022, Sullivan starred as Toby Damon on This Is Us. For this role, Sullivan has received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

Sullivan has done voice-over work. He provided the voice of the camel in the popular "Hump Day" ad for American auto insurance company GEICO.

In March 2022, Sullivan was set to lead comedy pilot The Son In Law at ABC.

Personal life

Sullivan married producer Rachel Reichard in 2010. Their son was born in 2020 and the