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HBO adds six actors to Task Season 2

8/4/2026

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HBO added Tim Blake Nelson, Jharrel Jerome, Brían F. O’Byrne, Bethlehem Million, Kevin Dunn and Andrew Russel to “Task” Season 2.
Tim Blake Nelson will portray Denny Coughlin, a career cop recruited to Tom Brandis’s task force.
Kevin Dunn will portray FBI Agent Vince Runyan, Brandis’s boss, while Andrew Russel reprises Ethan Brandis, the protagonist’s son.
Brad Ingelsby serves as writer, showrunner and executive producer of the series.

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Story summary

HBO added Tim Blake Nelson, Jharrel Jerome, Brían F. O’Byrne, Bethlehem Million, Kevin Dunn and Andrew Russel to “Task” Season 2.
Tim Blake Nelson will portray Denny Coughlin, a career cop recruited to Tom Brandis’s task force.
Kevin Dunn will portray FBI Agent Vince Runyan, Brandis’s boss, while Andrew Russel reprises Ethan Brandis, the protagonist’s son.
Brad Ingelsby serves as writer, showrunner and executive producer of the series.