Janeane Garofalo Reteaming With Ben Stiller On Apple TV Comedy ‘Protective Custody’

EXCLUSIVE: Janeane Garofalo, the two-time Emmy nominated actress and comedian known for her work in the likes of Wet Hot American Summer and The Larry Sanders Show, is set for a recurring role in Protective Custody, the Apple TV comedy starring and exec produced by Ben Stiller and Benicio Del Toro.

Character details are being kept under wraps. Garofalo comes to the project as a frequent collaborator of Stiller’s: She’s appeared opposite him in everything from The Ben Stiller Show to the films Reality Bites, Mystery Men, The Cable Guy and Permanent Midnight. She and Stiller even previously co-authored a New York Times bestseller, 1999’s Feel This Book: An A–Z Guide to Self-Improvement, Spiritual Supremacy, and Sexual Satisfaction.

Hailing from Mike Judge, as well as Steve Hely and Dave King, his collaborators on the Adult Swim series Common Side Effects, Protective Custody follows a disgraced financier accused of massive fraud who is thrown into protective custody, where he must navigate prison politics, salvage his reputation and confront the consequences of his actions while awaiting trial.

The series is co-written, co-showrun and exec produced by Judge, Hely and King, with Judge also directing. As previously announced, the cast also includes Amy Sedaris, Samson Kayo and Sonny Valicenti.

Ben Silverman, Howard Owens and Rodney Ferrell are exec producing for Propagate Content, alongside Stiller and John Lesher for Red Hour, Michael Rotenberg and Oly Obst for 3 Arts Entertainment, Del Toro, Nanette Burstein and Blair Breard.

For Garofalo, the latest chapter of her career has included roles in Showtime’s Billions, TV Land’s Younger, Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later and Comedy Central’s Broad City. Upcoming, she’ll be seen starring opposite Jack Haven in the indie thriller Grind and reprising as Heather Mooney in the Romy and Michele sequel from 20th Century Studios. She is represented by Gersh and Independent Artist Media.