Fear the Walking Dead's Spenser Granese in Grotesquerie now streaming on Hulu
By Renee Hansen
Grotesquerie is a new series from Ryan Murphy for FX that is now streaming on Hulu. Fear the Walking Dead actor Spenser Granese appears in this series for at least three episodes, according to IMDB.
The ten-episode horror drama was created by Murphy (American Horror Story), Jon Robin Baitz who previously worked with Murphy on Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, and Joe Baken. Grotesquerie is directed by Max Winkler, Murphy, Alexis Martin Woodall, and Elegance Bratton. With Murphy, Woodall, Baitz, Baken, Winkler, Peter Liguori, Nissa Diederich, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, and Niecy Nash-Betts and Courtney B. Vance, who also star, as executive producers.
The story follows Detective Lois Tyron, who investigates heinous crimes in her community that feel quite personal, as if someone, or perhaps something, is taunting her. Her strained relationship with her daughter, a husband in long-term hospital care, and inner demons to her already stressed life. After her investigation leads her to nothing but dead ends, she enlists the help of Sister Megan, a journalist for the Catholic Guardian. Sister Megan tries to find the good in the world, and Lois can see only evil. They will use their talents to find clues to the crimes, but discover this only leads to more questions tied in a sinister web.
Grotesquerie cast
- Niecy Nash-Betts as Detective Lois Tryon
- Courtney B. Vance as Marshall Tryon
- Lesley Manville as Nurse Redd
- Micaela Diamond as Sister Megan
- Nicholas Alexander Chavez as Father Charlie
- Raven Goodwin as Merritt Tryon
- Travis Kelce, in an undisclosed role
Guest roles include:
- Brooke Smith as Gale Hanover
- Joshua Bitton as Sergeant Cranburn
- Tessa Ferrer as Grace Finn
Granse has been cast as a character named Justin Blake.
Episodes of Grotestquerie premeired with a double feature on FX on September 25. All of the episode save for 7 and 10 will premiere as a double feature with two episodes. All episodes will be available to stream the following day on Hulu.
Spenser Granese - other roles
Granese is well known for his roles as Arlo in Better Call Saul, Steve Gasenella in Pam & Tommy, Butterfly in Mayans M.C., and as Arnold in Fear the Walking Dead.
Granese also appears in Stanley Sievers short film The Moshumentary and recently stared in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
He also appears in Jack Bergert's Little Death, which stars David Schwimmer, Gaby Hoffmann, Karl Glusman, Dominic Fike, Talia Ryder, Jena Malone, and Sante Bentivoglio. This dramedy tells of a bitter and misogynistic TV writer whose path crosses that of two addicts who have embarked on a mission to recover a stolen backpack. The film made its debut in January 2024 at the Sundance Film Festival.
In October 2024, Granese will portray a character named Max inAlonso Ruizpalacios movie La cocina (The Kitchen) that is based on Arnold Wesker's 1957 play The Kitchen. In addition to Granese the movie also stars Raúl Briones Carmona, Rooney Mara, Anna Diaz, Motell Foster, Oded Fehr, Eduardo Olmos. La cocina is scheduled to released in the US on October 25.
He has also been announced to star in an 80s action thriller Stone Cold Fox with Kiernan Shipka, Krysten Ritter, and Keifer Sutherland.
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