Blue Bloods actor Steve Schirripa has officially been cast as greedy slumlord Vinny in a Dexter spinoff three months after his former hit CBS show wrapped.
Fans can expect to see Steve, 67, in Dexter: Resurrection, a Showtime original series set to premiere on Paramount+ With Showtime this summer.
Production for the sequel series began in January in New York, according to Variety.
“After you see how he began, see where Dexter goes next,” the narrator said in a teaser clip. “Did you miss me?” Michael C. Hall, who plays Dexter Morgan, in the crime drama added.
The spinoff has a star-studded cast with Uma Thurman appearing as Charley, David Zayas as Detective Angel Batista, Jack Alcott as Dexter’s son Harrison Morgan, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine as Blessing Kamara, and Kadia Saraf as Detective Claudette Wallace.
Fans can also expect to see Dominic Fumusa as Detective Melvin Oliva, Emilia Suárez as Elsa Rivera, James Remar as Dexter’s father Harry Morgan and Peter Dinklage as Leon Prater.
Dexter: Resurrection is separate from Dexter: Original Sin, the 2024 prequel series that follows a young Dexter, starring Patrick Gibson, as he evolves from student to morally-driven serial killer.
The original series, Dexter, became a smash hit on Showtime, spanning for eight seasons from 2006 to 2013. A sequel series, Dexter: New Blood, later aired in 2021.
As Closer previously reported, Steve’s former show Blue Bloods came to end after 14 seasons and 293 episodes in December 2024.
He gushed about his costars welcoming him with open arms when he joined the series in 2015 to portray Detective Anthony Abetemarco.
“It was a very close-knit group, really, a nice group of people,” he told People. “I didn’t know anyone, so it’s strange when you’re stepping in and everyone knows each other, and you’re the new guy. But they treated me like one of them from day one.”
“I was there nine years. I went in for one, maybe two episodes. I did 146,” he says. “I did two episodes and the showrunners said, ‘Would you like to do more?’ And I said, ‘I’d love to.’ So I stuck around and they wrote some great stuff for me.”
His costar Tom Selleck, who played Frank Reagan, addressed the show’s ending in a separate interview with Variety, revealing he had one final bone to pick before saying goodbye to the beloved series.
“It really looked like the handwriting was on the wall,” the actor said, noting went to CBS and found a way to convince the network they would actually save money if they did eight more episodes.
The final season was ultimately split up into two parts — 10 hours aired last spring and eight last fall. “The show deserved a legacy we’re proud of.”
“I can’t figure out why they didn’t start streaming it, do 10 episodes a year. But I’m not the boss. Everybody wanted to come back. And I think with this cast, it would have been a gift for the audience,” Tom, 80, continued. “I don’t make those decisions. I’m prepared to celebrate and commemorate this show, but I’m still getting used to it.”
