Production Begins on the Final Season of Mayor of Kingston for Paramount+ David Morse Joins Cast

                                          (Photo Credit: Jeremy Parsons/Paramount+)

(Toronto, ON) - Paramount+ announced that production has commenced in Pittsburgh, PA, on the fifth and final season of the hit drama series MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN, starring Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Edie Falco.  

                                                        (Headshot Photo Credit: Eliza Morse)

David Morse (We Were Liars) will join season five as a series regular playing Russell Hardy, a seasoned FBI agent sent to Kingstown. 

BTS of Hugh Dillon as Ian Ferguson and Jeremy Renner as Mike McClusky on the set of Mayor of Kingstown episode 1, season 5, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Credit: Jeremy Parsons/Paramount+

This season, in the wake of Tracy's murder and the vengeance visited upon Callahan by Mike (Renner) and Kyle (Taylor Handley), FBI agent Russell Hardy (Morse) arrives in Kingstown searching for the "fugitive" Callahan. A true lawman, Agent Hardy threatens to unearth all of Mike’s sins and secrets and disrupt Kingstown's tenuous balance of power. 

L-R: Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky and Taylor Handley as Kyle McLusky in Mayor of Kingstown episode 10, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Credit: Jeremy Parsons/Paramount+

In addition to Renner, Falco and Morse, the eight-episode final season stars Tony® Award® winner Laura Benanti, Canadian Hugh Dillon, Taylor Handley, Tobi Bamtefa, and Derek Webster. Necar Zadegan, Nichole Galicia, and Lennie James will also return.  

Co-created by Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon, MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN is executive produced by Sheridan, Canadian Hugh Dillon, Renner, Antoine Fuqua, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, Bob Yari, Michael Friedman, Dave Erickson, Wendy Riss, Evan Perazzo, Michael Slovis, Regina Corrado, and Keith Cox. Erickson also serves as showrunner for the series.  

The drama series is produced by Paramount Television Studios, 101 Studios and Bosque Ranch Productions. Seasons 1-4 of MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN are available to binge on Paramount+. 

Morse can currently be seen in We Were Liars, both seasons of The Last Thing He Told Me, and the feature film Looking Through Water. He can next be seen in the feature films Mayday and Saturn Return. Morse has also received Emmy® nominations for his roles on House and John Adams, as well as Tony Award nominations for his second run of the Award-Winning play How I Learned To Drive on Broadway and the 2018 revival of The Iceman Cometh. His additional credits include The Chair, The Good Lord Bird, The Morning Show, The Deuce, Cabrini, La Gloria, Escape At Dannemora, Hack, Treme, True Detective, Outsiders, St. Elsewhere, The Green Mile, 16 Blocks, The Hurt Locker, World War Z, and Concussion.