‘Barbershop’ TV Series Casts Punkie Johnson, Roy Wood Jr., Brett Gray, E.J. Bonilla

Prime Video’s Barbershop series has assembled its main cast.

via: Variety

Variety has learned that Punkie Johnson (“SNL,” “Bottoms”), Brett Gray (“On My Block,” “Star Trek: Prodigy”), Roy Wood Jr. (“The Daily Show,” “Confess, Fletch”), and E.J. Bonilla (“The Old Man,” “Gemini Man”) have all joined the comedy show in series regular roles.

Exact character details are being kept under wraps, but Gray will play Kofi, Johnson will play Stella, Wood will play Robert, and Bonilla will play Fernan. The new additions will star alongside series lead Jermaine Fowler. As previously reported, the show will continue the story of the “Barbershop” film franchise.

Gray is repped by IAG and Brave Artists Management. Johnson is repped by 3 Arts Entertainment, WME, and Ziffren Brittenham LLP. Wood is repped by CAA, Mainstay Entertainment, and Del Shaw Moonves. Bonilla is repped by Innovative Artists, MKS&D Talent Management, and Hansen Jacobson Teller.

Per the official logline, the show follows Travis “Trav” Porter (Fowler), “who endeavors to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, a legendary barber at the iconic Calvin’s barbershop in Chicago. And while the barbers are new, the shop remains just as lively, the customers just as argumentative, and the fades are still the dopest in the city — because at Calvin’s, the community comes together for way more than just a haircut.”

Marshall Todd, who co-wrote the original film, is writing the series, executive producing, and co-showrunning. Max Searle will also executive produce and serve as co-showrunner. Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley, and Mike Stein executive produce via Hartbeat Productions along with Bradley Gardner as well as Cameron Burnett and Autumn Bailey-Ford for Prominent Productions. State Street Pictures will also executive produce. Tiffany Brown will co-executive produce for Hartbeat. Amazon MGM Studios will produce.