Rick Schroder Joins Cast Of '24'

Actor Will Play Operative Who Teams With Jack Bauer

(CBS)  Actor Rick Schroder has joined the cast of FOX's "24," the network said Monday. The sixth season of the hit series begins Jan. 14.

Schroder has most recently appeared in Lifetime's "Strong Medicine" and on NBC's "Scrubs." He also played Det. Danny Sorenson on "NYPD Blue" from 1998-2001.

Schroder, who began his career starring opposite Jon Voight in the film "The Champ," will play forceful CTU operative Mike Doyle, who teams with Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) to execute crucial field operations.

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There are many other notables who are joining the cast this season, including Chad Lowe, Powers Boothe, Peter MacNicol, Regina King, James Cromwell and Kal Penn among others.

It was previously announced that actress Jean Smart and Gregory Itzin are returning, while Eric Balfour ("Six Feet Under") and Carlo Rota are reprising their respective roles as CTU contractors.

[bushrocks1]

Would I send my son to this war? You might ask would I send him to World War II? Or Vietnam? Maybe you would distinguish those conflicts and whether you would send your son to fight in them. But that question is misdirected in a very important way: I can't command my son to go to war. He has to make that choice. So the better question would be: would I volunteer to fight in Iraq, WW II, Vietnam? Would I volunteer to fight in any war? Respond if drafted? I don%u2019t know. I'm not equivocating, only addressing that it is a hypothetical. To a hypothetical, I can answer, sure I'd fight. But I have nightmares of battle (from my past life as a Jacobite). So how do I feel toward those who do volunteer? Impressed and maturely knowing that many things go into their decision. But I do strongly believe that a country that can't find those men is doomed. The fact that we can find them is one reason why I say there is no failure in Iraq. Objectively, I also believe it for other reasons. An attempt to establish democracy in the Middle East is a bold, brilliant, noble effort, facing a high chance of failure. That's why I greatly respect and admire those who have made the attempt--the Bush administration. They have been resolute, something I have not seen in my lifetime. They may not succeed, for reasons outside their control or fault: traitors on the home front being a big one. Now those traitors have apparently occupied the high ground. Yet... we're still in Iraq. Why?...I'm waiting.

[hermit22]

Hey, BushRocks1, Thank you for speaking up for "resolute" Bush. You are right about that.

What is a "Jacobite"?