‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Season 2: Brian Cox to Play The New York Ripper!

April 3, 2026 Dread Central

Brian Cox (Manhunter, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Trick ‘r Treat) has joined the cast of Showtime’s Dexter: Resurrection as The New York Ripper, reports Deadline.

He will be a series regular for the second season, in which he plays the titular New York Ripper, a serial killer who terrorized the City years ago.

Though no longer active as a killer, he’s found a new way to live into his infamy by continuing to taunt the survivors of his long-ago murder spree, notes the site.

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