'Sopranos' Actor Gets 'Life on Mars'

After playing Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos, Michael Imperioli is heading back to the small screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 42-year-old actor has signed on to star in ABC's new pilot, Life on Mars, which is based on the series that aired on BBC.
Although perhaps best known for portraying Tony Soprano's (James Gandolfini) protégé on the HBO mob series The Sopranos, Imperioli is also known for his role on Law & Order as Detective Nick Falco, Vincent in the recent drama The Lovebirds and as Jim Fortunato in the fantasy drama The Inner Life of Martin Frost.
Imperioli's new show, Life on Mars, revolves a around a police detective named Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara), who suffers a horrific car crash and suddenly finds himself transported through time to the year 1973, and still as a detective. On the series, Imperioli will play Ray Carling, a rough-and-tumble and sexist detective and colleague of lead character Sam Tyler in 1973. He was played by Dean Andrews in the BBC edition.
This isn't the first time Imperioli worked with ABC. Last December, he starred in the network's telepic called Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's for One More Day, where he played lead character Charley Benetto, a suicidal former baseball player who is granted one more day with his deceased mother.
While Life on Mars extends Imperioli's relationship with the network, the casting of the Sopranos actor is also part of the revamping of the project after the departure of David E. Kelley, who penned the original pilot for ABC. Life on Mars is currently being executive produced by Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Jane Featherstone and Stephen Garrett.
Life on Mars is set to film in New York and is slated to air in the post-Grey's Anatomy slot at 10pm Thursdays in the fall.



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