Geoffrey Owens Lands has been invited to attend the conference 'NCIS: New Orleans & # 39;

Geoffrey OwensThe star continues to rise!

The veteran actor was chosen to play the lead role in NCIS: New Orleans. This is the second time he has been a comedian since he was ashamed to shop at a Trader Joe's in New Jersey this month. He previously accepted a recurring role on Tyler PerryThe OWN show The Haves and Have Nots.

Sure NCISThe 57-year-old actor will play Commander Adams, an old friend of Dwayne Pride (Scott Bakula). The special agent visits Adams for "both medical and spiritual advice".

"For Commander Adams, we needed someone with compassion, skill and heart … that's Geoffrey in a nutshell" NCIS: New Orleans Executive producer Christopher Silber said in a statement. "An accomplished actor who seemed to be the ideal solution to complete our extensive repertoire. We are lucky to have it in the series.

Owens is best known for playing Elvin Tibideaux, Sondra Huxtable's husband The Cosby Show from the 80s to the 90s.

The thespian continued recently Hello America, where he discussed the wave of support that he received after the publication of the first shameful reports.

"It's really overwhelming, in a good way. I feel a bit like this character in the movie Woody Allen waking up one morning and he suddenly became a celebrity, and he has no idea where he comes from. In Rome with love. "He came out of nowhere, I really want to thank everyone out there … for the amazing support, the incredible support and the positivity that they have shown for me." It's really amazing. encouraging."

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