STARZ Casts Jeff Hephner in Major Recurring Role for POWER BOOK II: GHOST

Santa Monica, Calif. – May 19, 2021 – STARZ announced today that Jeff Hephner (“Boss,” Peppermint) will appear in a major recurring role for season two of the hit STARZ Original series “Power Book II: Ghost.” Hephner joins the NAACP Award-winning series as “Detective Kevin Whitman,” a by-the-book NYPD detective. When he appears on the campus of Stansfield University, he has one mission: to find the murderer of the G.T.G member found in the University’s pool. This one mission will lead him on a journey filled with murder, drug dealers and the one woman who has the ability to turn his white hat black. “Power Book II: Ghost” Season 1 “Power Book II: Ghost” picks up shortly after the earth-shattering events of “Power” as Tariq St. Patrick grapples with a new world order: his father dead and his mother, Tasha, facing charges for the murder her son committed. Not to mention the academic rigors of the Ivy League university Tariq is attending to earn his inheritance. Truly on his own for the first time in his life, Tariq is forced to split his time between school and hustling to pay for Davis MacLean, the fame-hungry defense lawyer who is Tasha’s only hope of getting out of jail and escaping prosecution by newly minted U.S. Attorney Cooper Saxe. With no better options, Tariq turns to the familiar drug game, entangling himself with a cutthroat family headed by Monet Stewart Tejada, that’s been at it far longer than him. As Tariq tries to balance his drug operation with his grades, love life, and family, he figures out that the only way to avoid the same fate his father met is to become him — only better. The “Power” Universe series are executive produced by “Power” creator and showrunner Courtney A. Kemp through her production company End of Episode and through her overall deal with Lionsgate Television, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson through G-Unit Film and Television, and Mark Canton through Atmosphere Entertainment MM. End of Episode’s Chris Selak and Danielle De Jesus, Shana Stein and Bart Wenrich continue executive producing. Lionsgate TV produces the series for STARZ.