The actor, who recently guest starred on 'Gotham', will play a recurring role of Detective Scarfe on the upcoming Netflix series.
- Sep 10, 2015
AceShowbiz - Another comic book character is coming to Netflix's "Luke Cage". Frank Whaley, who has starred in many indie films, has been cast in a key role for the upcoming Marvel series. He will recur as Detective Rafael Scarfe, a hard-nosed detective, according to Deadline.
In the comic books, Scarfe is a former NYPD partner of Misty Knight who initially served as a close ally to characters like Luke and Iron Fist. However, he took a surprising turn into a villain in "Shadowland", so it's unclear if Scarfe will be Luke's ally or for on the Netflix series.
Mike Colter stars as Luke, a wrongly imprisoned man who gains superpowers in the form of unbreakable skin and superhuman strength by a sabotaged experiment. He will be introduced on "Marvel's Jessica Jones", which is due to arrive in late 2015, before his own solo series hits Netflix.
Alfre Woodard (Minetta), Theo Rossi (Shades a.k.a. Alvarez), Simone Missick a.k.a. Simone Cook (Missy) and Mahershala Ali a.k.a. Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (Cottonmouth a.k.a. Cornell Stokes) are other stars tapped for the new series. Meanwhile, Rosario Dawson is set to reprise her "Daredevil" role as Claire Temple.
Whaley starred in a bunch of movies such as "Field of Dreams" (1989), "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989), "The Doors" (1991) and "Pulp Fiction" (1994). He wrote and directed 2014's "Like Sunday, Like Rain", and has guest starred on TV series like "Ray Donovan", "The Blacklist" and "Gotham" among others.
