Grant Bowler Cast In SyFy's DEFIANCE As Lead

According to Deadline's Nellie Andreeva, Grant Bowler ("True Blood", "Ugly Betty") has joined the upcoming Syfy series "Defiance" as the lead.

The show, which was written and exec produced by Rockne S. O'Bannon ("Farscape"), is "set on a future Earth, Defiance introduces players and viewers to a world where humans and aliens live together on a planet ravaged by decades of war and transformed by alien terra-forming machines. It centers on Jeb Nolan (Bowler), the law-keeper in a bustling frontier boomtown that is one of the new world’s few oasis of civility and inclusion. Nolan is a former Marine who fought in the alien conflict and suffered the loss of his wife and child in the war. The trauma transformed him into a lone wanderer in the wilds of this new and dangerous world."

“Grant’s charismatic charm and his depth as an actor make him the perfect anchor as we build the ensemble for this sweeping adventure series,” Syfy’s president of original content Mark Stern said in a statement.

Production begins this April in Toronto.