Irish actor Jason O'Mara is to play the lead role in the upcoming sci-fi drama series 'Terra Nova' on American television.
Variety reports that the 37-year-old Dubliner will play Jim Shannon, a man from 2149 who travels back in time to set up a colony on prehistoric earth in order to save the human race.
The show's executive producer, Brannon Braga, told Variety: "Writing the character of Jim Shannon, we've thought of Jason O'Mara as something of an archetype.
"He has an everyman quality to him, but there's something dangerous underneath."
O'Mara previously starred in the American version of 'Life on Mars' and the crime drama series 'In Justice'.
