As first reported on , actor Taylor Kinney will be starring in the Dick Wolf-produced NBC drama pilot CHICAGO FIRE.

Kinney, best known for his role on 'The Vampire Diaries', will star in the action series which centers on the "complex and heroic men and women of the Chicago Fire Department." Kinney will portray Squad Lieutenant Kelly Severide, the head of an elite team of firemen who are called in for only the most dangerous fires and rescue situations.

The actor will join previously announced cast member Eamonn Walker, who will play the Captain of the squad. Michael Brand and Derek Haas penned the script and Jeffrey Nachmanoff will serve as the show's director.

Kinney's other TV credits include the 2009 medical drama 'Trauma'.

泰勒·金尼(Taylor Kinney)是誰(shuí)？如果你還不認(rèn)識(shí)他，那么你可就落伍了：這位因和女神Lady Gaga拍攝MV而交往的男星，曾經(jīng)在《吸血鬼日記》中飾演Tyler的叔叔Mason Lockwood。

這位《吸血鬼日記》男星將加盟迪克·伍爾夫(Dick Wolf)在NBC的新劇《芝加哥之火》(Chicago Fire)的導(dǎo)航集拍攝。該劇講述了關(guān)于芝加哥火警局中那些救火英雄們的故事。曾經(jīng)在NBC的另外一部劇集《急救小組》(Trauma)出演過(guò)的金尼，在《芝加哥之火》中將飾演救火小組中尉Kelly Serveride，他將帶領(lǐng)一支精英消防隊(duì)員團(tuán)隊(duì)，去熄滅史上最危險(xiǎn)的火災(zāi)并解救被困的人們?！侗O(jiān)獄風(fēng)云》男星伊默恩·沃克(Eamonn Walker)也將加盟。

Derek Haas和Michael Brandt將撰寫劇本，并將和《法律與秩序》主創(chuàng)迪克·伍爾夫一同擔(dān)任該劇的執(zhí)行制作人。?