Clayton Cardenas To Reunite With ‘Mayans M.C.’ Co-Creator Kurt Sutter In Netflix’s ‘The Abandons’

EXCLUSIVE: Clayton Cardenas (Mayans M.C.) has joined the cast of Kurt Sutter‘s new Netflix series The Abandons in a recurring role, sources close to production tell Deadline. Cardenas’ casting reunites him with Sutter, the co-creator of the Sons of Anarchy spinoff series Mayans M.C., in which Cardenas starred in the series regular role of Angel Reyes across the show’s 5 seasons.

Gillian Anderson, Lena Headey, Lucas Till, Nick Robinson, Diana Silvers, Lamar Johnson, Aisling Franciosi and Natalia del Riego also star.

Created and executive produced by Sutter, who also serves as showrunner, The Abandons follows a group of diverse, outlier families pursuing their Manifest Destiny in 1850s Oregon, as a corrupt force of wealth and power, coveting their land, tries to force them out. These abandoned souls, the kind of lost souls living on the fringe of society, unite their tribes to form a family and fight back. In this bloody process, “justice” is stretched beyond the boundaries of the law. The Abandons will explore that fine line between survival and law, the consequences of violence, and the corrosive power of secrets, as this family fights to keep their land.

Sutter EPs for SutterInk alongside Stephen Surjik, Otto Bathurst, Emmy Grinwis and Jon Paré.

Cardenas is best known for his portrayal of Angel Reyes on FX’s biker drama Mayans M.C., which wrapped its final season in 2023. He previously played Diego Castillo on the Emmy-winning series American Crime and has appeared on series such as Law & Order: SVU, Snowfall, FBI and S.W.A.T. Up next, he will recur in the Fox drama The Cleaning Lady‘s third season.

In addition to acting, Cardenas is a spoken-word poet and painter whose large-scale canvas work has caught the attention of collectors across.

He is repped by IAG and The Rosenzweig Group.