Rapper/actor Mos Def has lit up the silver screen and starred on Broadway, but he’s ready to make the jump to the small screen as a series regular. The emcee, whose real name is Dante Terrell Smith-Bey, has joined the cast of HBO’s single-camera comedy ‘Enlightened,’ marking for the first time that he’s played a full-time role on any TV show.
‘Enlightened’, which was given the green light by the cable network back in September 2009, stars Laura Dern, Diane Ladd and Luke Wilson. The show focuses on Amy (Dern), a volatile woman who, after a meltdown, attempts to lead an enlightened life. Mos Def is slated to play her new boss when she comes back to work post-breakdown, while Wilson will play Amy’s drug-addicted ex-husband and Ladd will play Amy’s mother.
