EXCLUSIVE: Mayor of Kingstown actor Richie Stephens, a former gangster, is re-teaming with Taylor Sheridan after landing a role in Season 4 of Tulsa King.

Stephens will play English Dan, a rival supplier and mid-level crime boss. He previously played Russian villian Dmitri in Sheridan’s Mayor of Kingstown. Other credits include NCIS, Blue Bloods, Lore, MacGyver, Major Crimes, Criminal Minds and Days of Our Lives. 

Stephens has been open about his previous life involved with drug trafficking, kidnapping, and robbery. He is the author of The Gangster’s Guide to Sobriety, which he co-wrote with Silicon Valley creators John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky. The book is currently being developed for TV with Altschuler, Krinsky and Wild Atlantic Pictures.  

Tulsa King Season 4 is likely to release later this year. The Paramount+ series stars Sylvester Stallone as an American Mafia capo recently released from prison in New York and sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he begins to set up a criminal organization. Season 3 concluded with Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi burning rival liqor baron Jeremiah Dunmire (Robert Patrick) alive to rescue his sister, Joanne (Annabella Sciorra).

Stephens is represented by Pinnacle Talent and Cinterra Entertainment.