He has also had television roles in Carnivale, Prison Break, Heroes and can next be seen on Showtime’s reboot of David Lynch’s cult classic, Twin Peaks. Knepper’s movie credits include The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 & 2, Hitman as well as the upcoming Hard Target 2. Paramount grossed 218 million worldwide from 2012’s Jack Reacher, directed by Christopher McQuarrie from his own script based on the Lee Child series of novels. Edward Zwick is set to direct the script penned by Richard Wenk and Marshall Herskovitz. The movie will be helmed by Skydance Productions and TC Productions.

His character is a man of authority who sees himself a hero and will stop at anything to do what’s necessary.Ĭobie Smulders, Robert Catrini, Danika Yarosh, Aldis Hodge, Patrick Heusinger, Holt McCallany and Austin Hebert have also been cast in the sequel. Knepper steps into the role of General Harkness a retired military man who is now the CEO of a private military contractor firm. The Paramount follow-up to the 2012 action movie based on the books by British author Lee Child. Robert Knepper is the latest to be added to star in the Tom Cruise vehicle, JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK. Investigator Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) springs into action after the arrest of Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders), an Army major accused of treason.

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