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as the villainous Richard Wheatley, Dylan McDermott is leaving one Dick Wolf TV universe for another as he takes over as the new lead on following Julian McMahon’s exit. On Tuesday, April 12, the actor will make his debut as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott, the Fugitive Task Force’s charismatic but formidable new leader who will pick up where Jesse LaCroix (McMahon) left off.   “He’s a seasoned veteran,” McDermott tells ET about Scott, adding that “there is a reason he’s doing what he’s doing.

Emily Longeretta Dylan McDermott is officially done with Richard Wheatley — whether fans like it or not. During a conversation with press on Wednesday, the actor opened up about making the move from “Law & Order: Organized Crime” to “FBI: Most Wanted.” While he played the villain in the NBC series, he’s taking on the role of Special Agent Remy Scott in the CBS drama.“I think it’s really an interesting process because I’ve been reading comments online and stuff that people have been saying, ‘Oh, it’s it’s too soon. He’s Richard Wheatley.

newest addition Dylan McDermott is ready to make his series debut as Remy Scott on April 12 at 10 p.m. via CBS, taking over as Fugitive Task Force boss following Julian McMahon’s exit in early March.

season 2, Mykelti Williamson has had to wait until episode 15, “Takeover,” for his character to take center stage. Following the unit’s investigations into Richard Wheatley (Dylan McDermott) and Jon Kosta (Michael Raymond-James), the leader of the Marcy Killers is now the latest crime boss to be targeted by Sgt.

NEW YORK -- The DNA for Dylan McDermott to reinvent the modern-day gangster began at childhood and carried through to his struggling young actor days, when the “Law and Order: Organized Crime” star says he was “surrounded by the ilk” of unsavory types.McDermott, who grew up in New York, waited tables and tended bar, often serving local mobsters, where he observed their capricious behavior, he says. And when he was younger, he had an even closer relationship.“My mother’s boyfriend was a bank robber when I was growing up,” McDermott told The Associated Press.“They all end up either dead or in prison.

, Jennifer Beals teases “there’s a little Lady Macbeth happening” when it comes to her character as the wife of drug kingpin Preston Webb (Mykelti Williamson). “To play this part was very, very interesting,” she tells ET’s Will Marfuggi, while also noting that because the spinoff is “more serialized," “it makes it really, really interesting for an actor.” Following the end of Dylan McDermott’s storyline as drug cartel owner Richard Wheatley last week, Det. Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) will be facing off with new foes in Thursday’s episode, “Takeover.” Over the weekend, NBC also shared a first look at her character, Cassandra Webb, in an extended look at the network’s all-new Thursday lineup.

Dylan McDermott’s wild ride as Richard Wheatley is about to come to an end on. The actor first joined in season 1 as the drug cartel owner and formidable foe to Christopher Meloni, who made his return to the franchise as Elliot Stabler in the spinoff. Since then, McDermott has become a fan favorite as well as a welcome addition to creator Dick Wolf’s ever-expanding TV universe.

role as Garsa Fwip on, Jennifer Beals is joining another popular and ever-expanding TV universe,. ET recently confirmed that the actress will next be seen on, the latest spinoff following the return of Christopher Meloni’s character, Det.

Jennifer Beals is joining, making her the latest big name to be cast on the NBC crime procedural spinoff following the return of Christopher Meloni’s character, Det. Elliot Stabler.

team is going through a major switch up, with Dylan McDermott joining the series following the news of Julian McMahon’s exit, ET has confirmed.McDermott, who is currently recurring as Richard Wheatley on, will play a new character on the CBS crime procedural. His debut is slated for episode 17, which will premiere in April.The casting comes just days after McMahon confirmed he was leaving after three seasons as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix on the spinoff focused on the Fugitive Task Force.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterDylan McDermott is leaving behind his “Law & Order: Organized Crime” villain ways for a heroic leading role on fellow Dick Wolf drama “FBI: Most Wanted” as a replacement for its exiting star Julian McMahon.McMahon’s pending departure from CBS’ “FBI: Most Wanted” was reported Saturday, with McMahon and Wolf both releasing statements about his time spent starring on the show as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix.McDermott has played Elliot Stabler’s foe Richard Wheatley on the first two seasons of Wolf’s “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” as a series regular for Season 1 and now in a recurring role on the currently airing second season. Wheatley’s storyline on the NBC drama is supposed to wrap up soon, making way for McDermott to arrive on “FBI: Most Wanted” later this year following McMahon’s finale episode, which will air March 8.

Dylan McDermott has just landed his next big role.

Dylan McDermott has joined CBS’ “FBI: Most Wanted,” where he’ll play the show’s new lead character after star Julian McMahon exits in March, TheWrap has confirmed.This means, however, that he’ll be wrapping up his recurring role on another Dick Wolf-produced show, “Law & Order: Organized Crime.”Details about McDermott’s “FBI: Most Wanted” role are not public at the moment, but he will be playing a completely new character and will debut in episode 17 of the show’s current third season. McMahon, who has played Jess LaCroix, leader of the show’s fictional FBI unit since the show’s Jan.

EXCLUSIVE: Dylan McDermott is becoming a full-time member of the Dick Wolf universe. The Emmy-nominated actor, who has been recurring on NBC’s Law & Order: Organized Crime, has been tapped as the lead of another Dick Wolf series, CBS’ FBI: Most Wanted.  

and may not have been as cheerful as the title, “The Christmas Episode,” implied, but it delivered plenty of shocking gifts for fans of both series as Richard Wheatley (Dylan McDermott) took the stand for the murder of Elliot Stabler’s (Christopher Meloni) wife, Kathy.

and are crossing over as the franchise celebrates the holidays. But Danielle Moné Truitt, who plays Sergeant Ayanna Bell, jokes with ET that she hopes «yours will be better than ours.”  Starting at 9 p.m.

Expectations are high! Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni’s characters from the Law & Order franchise, Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler, respectively, have been a will-they-won’t-they TV duo for decades, but a new promo teased that romance may finally be in the air.

Dylan McDermott is coming back for more Organized Crime.

EXCLUSIVE: In his return to broadcast television, Dylan McDermott crafted a compelling villain in Richard Wheatley on NBC’s Law & Order: Organized Crime. Fans loved to hate him, and now they will get more of him.

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of “Law & Order: Organized Crime.”)Last week’s “Law & Order: Organized Crime” first-season finale ended with a life-or-death cliffhanger for Tamara Taylor’s Angela Wheatley, who was poisoned not once, but twice in one day by her ex-husband Richard Wheatley (Dylan McDermott) in his attempt to kill the main witness to all of his crimes, including the murder of Elliot Stabler’s (Chris Meloni) wife, Kathy Stabler (Isabel Gillies).

highly anticipated (and explosive) debut, Christopher Meloni is wrapping up the first season of his return as Elliot Stabler in the hit NBC series. The finale sees his quest for justice over the assassination of his wife, Kathy Stabler (Isabel Gillies), finally see some resolution as the villainous Richard Wheatley (Dylan McDermott) has his day in court. But as stars Tamara Taylor (Angela Wheatley) and Danielle Moné Truitt (Sgt.

At a virtual junket for Law & Order: Organized Crime today, stars Christopher Meloni and Dylan McDermott teased the inevitable face-off to come between Meloni’s Detective Elliot Stabler, and McDermott’s mafia boss, Richard Wheatley, as the NBC spin-off’s Season 1 finale approaches.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterIn playing online pharmaceutical titan and mob boss Richard Wheatley on NBC’s “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” Dylan McDermott gets to go toe-to-toe with Christopher Meloni’s detective Elliot Stabler, chests puffed and expressions snarled.

is Danielle Moné Truitt as Sgt. Ayanna Bell, who is put in charge of a newly formed task force to bring criminal masterminds down, including Richard Wheatley (Dylan McDermott) and the people behind the murder of Elliot Stabler’s (Christopher Meloni) wife.

Richard Wheatley, the head of a digital drug cartel, Dylan McDermott is unlike any criminal audiences have seen on the franchise. And no, it’s not just his penchant for turtlenecks or his big money energy.

, ET has an exclusive first look at Christopher Meloni, Dylan McDermott and the rest of the cast of the new spin-off from Dick Wolf. On the NBC crime drama, which debuts Thursday, April 1, Meloni reprises his role as Elliot Stabler, who returns to the NYPD to take on Manhattan’s most powerful crime organizations as he rebuilds his life following a devastating personal loss. Chris Meloni as Elliot StablerMeloni is joined by Dylan McDermott as Richard Wheatley, Nick Creegan as Richie, Danielle