Emmy nominee D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Reservation Dogs) has joined the cast of Darren Aronofsky‘s crime thriller Caught Stealing from Sony Pictures, Deadline has confirmed.
Caught Stealing follows Hank Thompson (Austin Butler), a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ’90s NYC. We hear Woon-A-Tai will play the role of Dale, Hank’s best friend since high school.
In March, Deadline exclusively revealed the project, based on the books by Charlie Huston, was in the works, with Butler set as the lead and Aronofsky as director. Huston penned the screenplay with Aronofsky’s Protozoa producing.
In addition to Butler, Woon-A-Tai joins the previously announced cast of Vincent D’Onofrio, Zoë Kravitz, Regina King, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Will Brill, Bad Bunny and Griffin Dunne.
Woon-A-Tai is a 22-year-old Oji-Cree First Nations coming off a busy Emmy season. The actor was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his breakout role in FX’s Reservation Dogs, his first Emmy nom and the first time a Native American has been nominated in the category. Additionally, he was nominated for two Critics Choice Award nominations for his portrayal of Bear Smallhill.
He also recently completed work in Warfare from Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland for A24 in the leading role of Ray Mendoza. He worked opposite Cosmo Jarvis, Noah Centineo, Will Poulter, Charles Melton and Kit Connor in the film set for a 2025 release.
Woon-A-Tai’s additional credits include the coming-of-age traumedy Fitting In opposite Emily Hampshire and Maddie Ziegler, and the indie thriller Only the Good Survive, written and directed by Dutch Southern. He also starred in Hell of a Summer alongside Finn Wolfhard and Fred Hechinger.
He is repped by Gersh, David Dean Management and The Characters (Canada).