Shanks "24" Debut: April 16

Michael Shanks talks to fans about his role

MSOL is reporting a few tidbits from Michael Shanks’s appearance on March 25 at the Vancouver Con. Sporting a new haircut for his role as Michael Bishop, Shanks revealed that Bishop is a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., and has more to do with the President’s storyline than with Jack Bauer’s.

Shanks is in the midst of filming his four-episode arc, due to debut on April 16 on FOX at 9pm in Episode #18, “Day 6: 11:00pm – 12:00am”. He stated that he’s mostly working with Powers Boothe who plays Vice President Noah Daniels and Peter McNicol who plays Thomas Lennox, President Palmer’s Chief of Staff. Shanks admitted that being in the President’s storyline has its advantages in that encounters with Jack Bauer (played by series star Kiefer Sutherland) are usually fatal. Even though his character Bishop appears not to carry a gun, he still gets involved in a lot of action sequences that have left Shanks with “bruises on my bruises.”

24 is currently filming and airing episodes in their sixth season (called “Day 6”). This Day is approximately nine years and two months following “Day 1”. For more information about the show, visit the official website at FOX Broadcasting Company: 24 or Wiki 24. (Note: There are no spoilers about future episodes on Wiki 24.)