The “24” alum will star in “Designated Survivor,” a political conspiracy thriller for ABC, in which he will play the President of the United States. Sutherland will also serve as an exec producer.
The project, which landed a straight-to-series order, will be exec produced by Sutherland, “X-Men’s” Simon Kinberg, Entertainment 360’s Suzan Bymel and David Guggenheim (“Safe House”), who will serve as writer on the series, which marks the first production commitment from the newly formed Mark Gordon Company studios.