Kendrick Sampson Joins ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ 

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Kendrick Sampson Joins ‘How To Get Away With Murder’

) has signed on for a substantive recurring role in the upcoming season of ABC’s

. Details are being kept under wraps, but we’re told Sampson’s character will be introduced in the second season premiere on September 24.

Connor Jessup, Angelique Rivera Join 'American Crime' Season 2 Lineup

, created/exec produced by Pete Nowalk and executive produced by Shonda Rhimes, part of ABC’s Shondaland Thursday night, was last fall’s standout series. The legal drama broke DVR records and earned a best actress primetime Emmy and Golden Globe nomination for star Viola Davis and a guest actress Emmy nom for Cicely Tyson.

Sampson is repped by Abrams Artists Agency and Management 360.

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