Endgame is a new TV series airing on Showcase here in Canada. It stars many wonderful actors. In the image below, from left to right: Katharine Isabelle, Melanie Papalia, Patrick Gallagher, Shawn Doyle, Carmen Aguirre, and Torrance Coombs.
A chess grandmaster becomes a master detective in Showcase’s new original drama Endgame. Premiering Monday, March 14th at 10pm ET/PT, Endgame stars Shawn Doyle (Big Love, Lost), as the former World Chess Champion Arkady Balagan. After witnessing the murder of his fiancée, Balagan develops a debilitating case of agoraphobia. Unable to leave his hotel and running out of money, the arrogant and charismatic Russian inadvertently becomes a detective – using his fierce analytical skills to solve the crimes that baffle others.
Balagan relies on friends and hotel employees to do his legwork; from conducting interviews and trailing suspects to bringing back clues. Balagan then uses his strategic thinking to stage imaginative, and often amusing, reenactments in his own mind-until he finds the solution.
I had the great opportunity to work on this show’s second episode, entitled Turkish Hold’em (originally aired March 21 2011), working alongside some great actors. My character, Chi Tang, is a math genius who gets involved with a high stakes poker game in one of the hotel suites.
Thus far I’ve seen the first two episodes and I truly feel that it’s a beautifully shot show and I really like the characters and how the story is told. I’ll continue watching for sure.
Will my character ever come back in future episodes? Fingers crossed. 
Check out their IMDB page for more details about this show and episode. Endgame also has a great website where you can stream the episodes online and check out their online interactive episode.
Other great poker playing actors I had the privilege of working with in our scene were:
April Telek (Twitter | IMDB), Zachary Throne (IMDB), Edward Foy (IMDB), and Harvey Gold (IMDB).
