Billy Burke to join new television series, 'Rizzoli & Isles'

Billy Burke to join new television series, 'Rizzoli & Isles'


Yesterday, it was announced that TNT gave the official greenlight to three new television series, including one which will feature The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse star Billy Burke.

The show will be entitled Rizzoli & Isles, and it will also star Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, The Sopranos alum Lorraine Bracco, Lee Thompson Young, and others.

Burke will portray "FBI agent Gabriel Dean" in the series, and the series will follow the stories put forth by Tess Gerritsen's line of mystery novels - a detective and a medical examiner, who work together to solve crimes.

This year, two of Burke's films, Shadow Play and Highland Park, will also make their way to theaters.