Hulu Legal Drama ‘Conviction’ Casts Michael Gaston, F. Murray Abraham

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Gaston (The Leftovers, The Waterfront), F. Murray Abraham (The White Lotus, Homeland) and Peter Friedman (Succession, The Affair) have joined the recurring cast of Conviction, the Hulu drama series from David Shore.

She joins the previously announced Elisabeth Moss, who leads the series and executive produces, as well as Jimmi Simpson, William Jackson Harper, Kevin McKidd, Sebastian De Souza, Adam Godley, Linda Emond Ella Anderson, and Liza Colon-Zayas.

Based on the 2023 book of the same name by Jack Jordan, Conviction follows criminal defense attorney Neve Harper (Moss), a confident lawyer who finally has her shot at a career-making case: a high-profile murder where the husband is accused of killing his wife by setting their home on fire. But when a mysterious stranger begins blackmailing Neve, she is forced to compromise every legal, moral, and ethical obligation to gain an acquittal — or else risk her dark secrets being exposed.

Gaston will play Detective Joe Sapricone. Abraham will play Dimitri Pasternak. Friedman will play Arthur Mill.

Executive producers include Shore (Shore Z Productions), Moss (Love & Squalor Pictures), Jordan, Warren Littlefield, Ann Johnson and Lisa Harrison (The Littlefield Co.), Bert Salke (Co-Lab21), Lindsey McManus (Love & Squalor Pictures) and Erin Gunn (Shore Z Productions).

Gaston is repped by Paradigm Talent Agency and Principal Entertainment LA. Abraham is repped by Innovative Artists Entertainment and Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell and Vasallo. Friedman is repped by Cornerstone Talent Agency and Lasher Group.