Pilots dominated by foreign actors

March 26, 2009 Tapping the Aussie -- it's Passmore's first Hollywood gig -- is a fitting conclusion to a pilot season dominated by non-U.S. actors. Foreign players have been gaining ground gradually during the past few years following the runaway success of Brit Hugh Laurie on Fox's "House." Charity Wakefield ("Legally Mad"), Christina Cole ("Maggie Hill"), Rupert Penry-Jones ("The Unknown") and Sophie Winkleman ("100 Questions"), along with the more familiar Brit Indira Varma ("Inside the Box"), Aussie Jason Clarke ("U.S. Attorney") and Canadians Tyler Labine ("Sons of Tucson") and Paul Campbell ("No Heroics").

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