EXCLUSIVE: Jonny Coyne will be reprising his role as Imperial Warlord in Jon Favreau’s feature take of The Mandalorian streaming series, The Mandalorian & Grogu.
Imperial warlord is part of the hologram Shadow Council in episode 7, season 3 of The Mandalorian in which he and other Imperial ranking officials meet with Giancarlo Esposito’s villain Moff Gideon. Gideon informs them about the Mandalorians’ plans to take back their home planet of Mandalore, while also questioning the whereabouts of Admiral Thrawn, a very notable bad guy in the Star Wars canon. The Shadow Council operates secretly against the New Republic. In that episode, Imperial Warlord tells the group about the opportunities in “plundering the hyperspace lanes.” He’s accused by Captain Gilad Pellaeon that his “hit and run operations are gaining too much notice.”
Coyne joins a growing cast that includes Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White.
Favreau co-wrote the screenplay with Dave Filoni. What we know from footage shown at D23 back in August is that The Mandalorian & Grogu features a Hoth-like landscape ala 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back with AT-ATs. Also Babu Frick from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has a cameo along with red alien Zeb from Filoni’s animated series Star Wars: Rebels.
Coyne recently appeared The Family Plan for Apple and Bodies for Netflix. He was nominated for a SAG ensemble award for his co-starring role in the Netflix feature take of the August Wilson play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, produced by Denzel Washington and starring opposite Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman. Coyne also starred opposite Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike in Brad Anderson’s political thriller Beirut, and had a supporting role in Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler. In TV, Coyne played the lead villain across season five of NBC’s drama The Blacklist going head-to-head with James Spader’s protaganist. He had a major recurring role on AMC’s supernatural dramedy Preacher, playing the iconic character “Allfather” from the original comic book series. Other work includes recurring roles on AMC’s Turn, CBS’s Mom and a series regular as “Warden James” in JJ Abrams’ FOX series Alcatraz.
Coyne is repped by Greene Talent, Trademark Talent, and Accelerate Management.