Vincent D’Onofrio Cast as Kingpin

The Netflix show “Daredevil” added Vincent D’Onofrio in the role of Wilson Fisk, who is better known as The Kingpin in the Marvel Universe. It was announced by showrunner Stephen DeKnight via Twitter:

D’Onofrio is a talented character actor, starting from Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket,” in films like Tim Burton’s “Ed Wood” and most frequently on “Law and Order: Criminal Intent.”  This isn’t D’Onofrio’s first foray as a Marvel character. He also played Thor in “Adventures in Babysitting.”

D’Onofrio joins “Boardwalk Empire”s Charlie Cox on the show. Cox was cast as Matt Murdock/Daredevil on the show sometime last week.

“Daredevil” is a planned 13 episode series for Netflix, set to air via Netflix in 2015, and to tie into both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and another series teaming him with other heroes called “The Defenders.”