Prodigal Son centers on a criminal psychologist named Malcolm Bright (Jones), who knows how killers think because his father, Martin Whitly (Martin Sheen) is a notorious serial killer known as “The Surgeon.”
Finn, whose credits include Game of Thrones, Iron Fist, The Defenders, Luke Cage, Leatherface, Life in Squares and Hollyoaks Later, will play Malcolm Bright, a gifted criminal psychologist with a serial killer father.
Deadline is reporting that Finn Jones (Game of Thrones, Iron Fist) has been cast as the lead in Fox’s crime drama pilot Prodigal Son.
Sheen is set to play the father, Martin Whitly, who was once a devoted family man and a successful cardiothoracic surgeon with high-profile patients.