The 46-year-old actor takes a leap forward with his new project No Ordinary Family. Chiklis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the son of Charlie Chiklis, a second-generation Greek American who runs a hair/beauty salon. s an. This American actor, voice actor, occasional director and television producer won an Emmy for his role as Detective Vic Mackey in Los Angeles police show The Shield . He will star in the ABC network’s new drama pilot as the father in a superpowered family, says The Hollywood Reporter.
No Ordinary Family was written by Greg Berlanti – whose credits include TV shows Brothers & Sisters and Eli Stone as well as co-writing the upcoming Green Lantern movie – in collaboration with Jon Feldman.
Chiklis is also writing a comic book for publishers IDW. The five-issues miniseries, called Pantheon, launches in April.
MTV says the book, originally called Olympus when it was announced a year ago, centres on the return of the Greek gods to Earth on the eve of Armageddon as they battle the Titans for humanity’s fate. The series was created by Chiklis, Anny Simon Beck, and comic book veteran Marc Andreyko (Manhunter).
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