'Guiding Light' Alum Murray Bartlett Joins 'Nashville' as Jakob Fine

Murray Bartlett

Guiding Light alum Murray Bartlett (ex-Cyrus Foley) has been cast as recurring on the upcoming fifth season of country music drama Nashville on CMT. According to Deadline, Bartlett will play Jakob Fine, a very handsome, charismatic and successful men’s fashion designer.

The actor, who most recently played Dom Basaluzzo in Looking, joins fellow recent new Nashville recurring additions Rhiannon Giddens and Jen Richards.

Produced by Lionsgate, ABC Studios and Opry Entertainment, Nashville makes its Season 5 debut January 5 on CMT with Thirtysomething creators Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz as new showrunners. Nashville is executive produced by Herskovitz, Zwick, Steve Buchanan and Callie Khouri.

Nashville episodes will be available on Hulu the day after their premiere on CMT.