Netflix’s “The Chair” has revealed to Gold Derby that 12 cast members will be eligible for the ensemble prize at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards. The series, which debuted in August 2021, was created by actress and writer Amanda Peet and stars four-time SAG Award winner Sandra Oh. “The Chair” follows an eccentric group of English professors as they navigate personal turmoil, office politics and the unique political and social challenges of academia in the 21st century. See the complete list of eligible cast members below.
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In “The Chair,” Oh stars as Professor Ji-Yoon Kim, a university English professor who is named the first female chair of her department. Unfortunately for Ji-Yoon, she is placed in a difficult position by her dean (David Morse) when he asks her to push some...
See‘The Chair’ lively roundtable conversation: Showrunner Amanda Peet, star Sandra Oh and 4 cast members on their new Netflix series [Watch]
In “The Chair,” Oh stars as Professor Ji-Yoon Kim, a university English professor who is named the first female chair of her department. Unfortunately for Ji-Yoon, she is placed in a difficult position by her dean (David Morse) when he asks her to push some...
- 12/27/2021
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
Befitting its academic setting, “The Chair” offers a doozy of a thesis statement.
“I feel like someone handed me a ticking time-bomb because they wanted to make sure a woman was holding it when it explodes,” says Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, played by the exhilarating Sandra Oh, in a moment of well-earned frustration about halfway through the Netflix limited series. The newly appointed chair of her university’s English department, Ji-Yoon is asked to tackle problem after problem at a dizzying pace. Some are institutional, ironed out only via a delicate balance of polite schmoozing and steadfast resolve. Others are personal, be it an inconvenient crush on a ragdoll of a professor (Jay Duplass) or behavioral issues with her obstinate young daughter (Everly Carganilla).
As the first woman and first woman of color to serve as chair, Ji-Yoon recognizes she’s the critical initial step in a longer movement to bring...
“I feel like someone handed me a ticking time-bomb because they wanted to make sure a woman was holding it when it explodes,” says Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, played by the exhilarating Sandra Oh, in a moment of well-earned frustration about halfway through the Netflix limited series. The newly appointed chair of her university’s English department, Ji-Yoon is asked to tackle problem after problem at a dizzying pace. Some are institutional, ironed out only via a delicate balance of polite schmoozing and steadfast resolve. Others are personal, be it an inconvenient crush on a ragdoll of a professor (Jay Duplass) or behavioral issues with her obstinate young daughter (Everly Carganilla).
As the first woman and first woman of color to serve as chair, Ji-Yoon recognizes she’s the critical initial step in a longer movement to bring...
- 8/20/2021
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Netflix has rounded out cast for The Chair, a new six-episode half-hour dramedy starring and executive produced by Killing Eve‘s Sandra Oh and co-starring Jay Duplass. Nana Mensah, Bob Balaban, David Morse (Escape at Dannemora) and Everly Carganilla are set as series regulars in the series which hails from Amanda Peet (The Romanoffs) and Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Filming is currently underway in Pittsburgh.
Written and executive produced by Peet, who also serves as showrunner, The Chair centers around the Chair of an English department, Ji-Yoon, played by Oh, at a small university.
Mensah will play Yasmin ‘Yaz’ McKay, a popular, progressive English professor and close colleague of Ji-Yoon (Oh). Balaban portrays Professor Elliot Rentz, a distinguished English professor set in his ways. Morse is Dean Paul Larson, the...
Written and executive produced by Peet, who also serves as showrunner, The Chair centers around the Chair of an English department, Ji-Yoon, played by Oh, at a small university.
Mensah will play Yasmin ‘Yaz’ McKay, a popular, progressive English professor and close colleague of Ji-Yoon (Oh). Balaban portrays Professor Elliot Rentz, a distinguished English professor set in his ways. Morse is Dean Paul Larson, the...
- 2/1/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Netflix dramedy “The Chair” is rounding out its cast.
Bob Balaban, Nana Mensah, David Morse, and Everly Carganilla have all been cast in series regular roles, Variety has learned. In addition, Ji Yong Lee, Mallory Low, Marcia DeBonis, Ron Crawford, Ella Rubin, and Bob Stephenson have all been cast in guest starring roles.
They join the previously announced cast memebers Sandra Oh, Jay Duplass and Holland Taylor. The six episode, half-hour series centers around the Chair of an English department, Ji-Yoon (Oh), at a small university. Filming is currently underway in Pittsburgh.
Nana Mensah will play Yasmin “Yaz” McKay, a popular, progressive English professor and close colleague of Ji-Yoon. She is repped by Independent Talent Group, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Hansen Jacobson.
Balaban will play Professor Elliot Rentz, a distinguished English professor set in his ways. He is repped by Paradigm and Schreck Rose.
Morse will play Dean Paul Larson,...
Bob Balaban, Nana Mensah, David Morse, and Everly Carganilla have all been cast in series regular roles, Variety has learned. In addition, Ji Yong Lee, Mallory Low, Marcia DeBonis, Ron Crawford, Ella Rubin, and Bob Stephenson have all been cast in guest starring roles.
They join the previously announced cast memebers Sandra Oh, Jay Duplass and Holland Taylor. The six episode, half-hour series centers around the Chair of an English department, Ji-Yoon (Oh), at a small university. Filming is currently underway in Pittsburgh.
Nana Mensah will play Yasmin “Yaz” McKay, a popular, progressive English professor and close colleague of Ji-Yoon. She is repped by Independent Talent Group, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Hansen Jacobson.
Balaban will play Professor Elliot Rentz, a distinguished English professor set in his ways. He is repped by Paradigm and Schreck Rose.
Morse will play Dean Paul Larson,...
- 2/1/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix is filling out the cast around lead Sandra Oh in its dramedy The Chair.
Nana Mensah, Bob Balaban, David Morse and Everly Carganilla will be regulars in the six-episode series set at a small university. Ji Yong Lee, Mallory Low, Marcia DeBonis, Ron Crawford, Ella Rubin and Bob Stephenson will have guest roles.
They join a cast that includes Oh — who plays the title character, the chair of the school’s English department — Jay Duplass and Holland Taylor.
The Chair was created by Amanda Peet and Annie Julia Wyman, who co-wrote the pilot. Peet (Dirty John, Togetherness) will serve as ...
Nana Mensah, Bob Balaban, David Morse and Everly Carganilla will be regulars in the six-episode series set at a small university. Ji Yong Lee, Mallory Low, Marcia DeBonis, Ron Crawford, Ella Rubin and Bob Stephenson will have guest roles.
They join a cast that includes Oh — who plays the title character, the chair of the school’s English department — Jay Duplass and Holland Taylor.
The Chair was created by Amanda Peet and Annie Julia Wyman, who co-wrote the pilot. Peet (Dirty John, Togetherness) will serve as ...
Netflix is filling out the cast around lead Sandra Oh in its dramedy The Chair.
Nana Mensah, Bob Balaban, David Morse and Everly Carganilla will be regulars in the six-episode series set at a small university. Ji Yong Lee, Mallory Low, Marcia DeBonis, Ron Crawford, Ella Rubin and Bob Stephenson will have guest roles.
They join a cast that includes Oh — who plays the title character, the chair of the school’s English department — Jay Duplass and Holland Taylor.
The Chair was created by Amanda Peet and Annie Julia Wyman, who co-wrote the pilot. Peet (Dirty John, Togetherness) will serve as ...
Nana Mensah, Bob Balaban, David Morse and Everly Carganilla will be regulars in the six-episode series set at a small university. Ji Yong Lee, Mallory Low, Marcia DeBonis, Ron Crawford, Ella Rubin and Bob Stephenson will have guest roles.
They join a cast that includes Oh — who plays the title character, the chair of the school’s English department — Jay Duplass and Holland Taylor.
The Chair was created by Amanda Peet and Annie Julia Wyman, who co-wrote the pilot. Peet (Dirty John, Togetherness) will serve as ...
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