Reservation Dogs Star D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai Joins Netflix’s ‘Breakers’

“Reservation Dogs” star D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, who earned an Emmy nomination for the critically acclaimed FX sequence, has signed on to next star in Netflix’s Australian-based sequence “Breakers,” reverse Antony Starr. Also becoming a member of the solid as sequence regulars: Oliver Edis (“Gnomes”) and Annabel Wolfe (“Surviving Summer”).

As beforehand announced, Starr (“The Boys,” “Banshee”) is also government producer of the project and can play Brando on the present. In “Breakers,” Woon-A-Tai will play Elliott, described as a working-class, shy teen from Rhode Island to involves an Australian commune for a surf journey before “adult life.” Edis will play Flynn and Wolfe performs Harper.

Joining the present’s supporting solid are Asher Yasbincek (“Heartbreak High”) as Maggie, David Howell (“Run”) as Iggy, Tyroe Muhafidin (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”) as Danno, Tom Dawson (“Tenzing”) as Don, Sherry-Lee Watson (“Heartbreak High”) as Astrid, Lu Miller (“Nansie”) as Amara, Eliza Learmonth (“Baby Shower”) as Clementine and Brodie Townsend (“Heartbreak High”) as Kurt.

Production on “Breakers” is presently underway in Western Australia. Here’s the logline: “Two best friends go backpacking in Australia and are soon drawn into a seemingly perfect community of surfers led by a charismatic but mysterious figure.”

Pete Jackson (“The Death of Bunny Munro,” “Somewhere Boy”) is the author and government producer; moreover Starr and Jackson, other EPs embrace Gavin O’Grady (“Somewhere Boy,” “This Way Up”), Petra Fried (“Baby Reindeer,” “End of the F-ing World”) and Wim De Greef (“Baby Reindeer,” “End of the F-ing World”).

Mary Nighy (“Say Nothing,” “Industry”) and Ng Choon Ping (“What It Feels Like For A Girl,” “Femme”) are administrators and Nick Pitt (“Black Mirror – Hang The DJ”) is a producer. Clerkenwell Films (“Baby Reindeer,” “The End Of The F-ing World”), part of BBC Studios, is the studio, together with BBC Studios Productions Australia.

“Shooting ‘Breakers’ in Western Australia lets us tell this story in the way we imagined, partner with fantastic local crews in a truly unique location, and showcase this spectacular coastline on screen,” De Greef said in an announcement.

Known for his breakout as Bear in “Reservation Dogs,” Woon-A-Tai also acquired two Critics Choice Award nominations for best actor along with his lead actor in a comedy Emmy nom — making him the first Indigenous actor ever nominated in a lead appearing class.

Woon-A-Tai’s other credit embrace Alex Garland’s “Warfare” and Darren Aronofsky’s “Caught Stealing.” Additional credit embrace “Beans,” named best movement image at the Canadian Screen Awards, in addition to the coming-of-age “Fitting In” with Emily Hampshire and Maddie Ziegler, the indie thriller “Only the Good Survive, “Hell of a Summer” Finn Wolfhard and Fred Hechinger, and the digital sequence “Normal Ain’t Normal.”