Thomas Haden Church Joins Season 2 Of Shane Gillis’ Netflix Comedy Series ‘Tires’

Oscar-nominated Thomas Haden Church has joined the Season 2 cast of Shane Gillis‘ Netflix comedy series Tires.

Co-created, written and executive produced by Gillis, Tires follows Will (Steven Gerben), the nervous and unqualified heir to an auto repair chain, attempts to turn his father’s business around despite constant torture from his cousin and now employee, Shane (Gillis).

In Season 2, after the unexpected success of their big marketing idea, Will and Shane rush to grow personally and professionally without fully realizing the cost of doing business.

Church will play Phil, Shane’s wealthy but immature father. A grown-up version of Shane, Phil enjoys owning various businesses in Florida where he resides, throwing back margaritas and flirting with waitresses. 

In addition to Gillis and Gerben, cast also includes Chris O’Connor, Kilah Fox and Stavros Halkias.

Ahead of its series premiere in May, Tires was renewed for a second season, which is slated to debut next year.

Gillis, Gerben and John McKeever are the creators, writers and executive producers, and McKeever also directs. Brandon James is an executive producer for Rough House; Brian Stern and Kenneth Slotnick are executive producers for AGI Entertainment Media & Management. Becky Astphan is an executive producer. 

Oscar-nominated for his supporting role in Sideways, Church can most recently be seen in Peacock’s post-apocalyptic action/comedy series Twisted Metal, opposite Anthony Mackie. He also starred in all three seasons of HBO’s Divorce opposite Sarah Jessica Parker. On the big screen, he most recently appeared in indie feature Acidman, as well as Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Peanut Butter Falcon and Crash Pad. Church is repped by CAA, Finley Management and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.