Emmy nominee D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai ( Reservation Dogs ) has joined the cast of Darren Aronofsky ‘s crime thriller Caught Stealing from Sony Pictures, Deadline has confirmed. We hear he will play the role of Dale, Hank’s (Austin Butler) best friend since high school. Caught Stealing follows Hank Thompson, a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ’90s NYC.
Deadline exclusively revealed the project, based on the books by Charlie Huston, was in the works with Butler set as the lead and Aronofsky as director in March. Huston penned the screenplay with Aronofsky’s Protozoa producing. In addition to Butler, Woon-A-Tai joins the previously announced cast of Vincent D’Onofrio, Zoë Kravitz, Regina King, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Will Brill, Bad Bunny and Griffin Dunne.
Woon-A-Tai is a 22-year-old Oji-Cree First Nations coming off a busy Emmy season following the awards ceremony earlier this month. The young actor was nominated for “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series” for his breakout role in FX’s critically acclaimed series Reservation Dogs , his first Emmy nod and the first time a Native American has been nominated in the category. Additionally, he was nominated for two Critics Choice Award nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his portrayal of “Bear Smallhill.
” He also recently completed work in Warfare from Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland for A24 i.
