Paola Núñez ("Fire Country", "Bad Boys: Ride or Die") and Martin Sensmeier ("The Terminal List", "Yellowstone") have joined the cast of AMC's psychological thriller "Dark Winds" as series regulars for Season 5. The new season is currently in production in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but there is no official synopsis available.
Created by Graham Roland and showrun by John Wirth, the series is based on the Leaphorn & Chee book series by Tony Hillerman, and it's set in 1971 on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley where Lt. Joe Leaphorn (McClarnon) of the Tribal Police investigates a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. The closer he digs into the truth, the more he exposes the wounds of his past. He is joined on this journey by his new deputy, Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon). Chee also has old scores to settle from his youth on the reservation. Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other, and their own demons on the path to salvation.
Núñez will play Luisa Alvarado, a lead investigator for the U.S. Attorney's office and someone from Leaphorn's (Zahn McClarnon) past. Sensmeier will play Terry Bai, a former Vietnam vet turned racetrack worker with ties to Chee (Kiowa Gordon) from middle school. Núñez and McClarnon previously co-starred in the AMC series "The Son". Sensmeier previously worked together with McClarnon on the Western drama feature "The Last Manhunt" and with Kiowa Gordon on Netflix's "The Liberator".
"Dark Winds" is currently airing its fourth season on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. ET/PT. It received an early renewal for Season 5 ahead of its current season premiere. Roland and Wirth also executive produce alongside the late Robert Redford, George R.R. Martin, McClarnon, Chris Eyre, Tina Elmo, Jim Chory, Thomas Brady, Max Hurwitz, Vince Gerardis, and Anne Hillerman.
Sensmeier can next be seen in the upcoming films "Wind River: Rising", "Ice Fall" opposite Joel Kinnaman, "indie Cottonmouth" and "The Isolate Thief" opposite Sean Bean.
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