Law & Order adds Star Trek: Discovery actor to season 25

David Ajala (Star Trek: Discovery) has joined the main cast of NBC's Law & Order, which began its 25th season yesterday.David Ajala will portray an NYPD detective and will appear alongside Reid Scott, who plays the role of Vincent Riley. Ajala's first appearance is expected later in the season.


David Ajala

The casting follows two months after the departure of Mehcad Brooks, who portrayed detective Jalen Shaw for three seasons. Interestingly, Scott's character will work without a partner in the first episodes of this anniversary season — something rarely seen in the series' history, where two detectives typically solve murders together.

In addition to Scott, other regular cast members from season 24 are returning: Maura Tierney, Hugh Dancy, Odelya Halevi, and Tony Goldwyn.

Ajala is best known as Cleveland Booker in Star Trek: Discovery and has also played roles in Supergirl (The CW), Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue (MGM+), The Jetty (BBC), and Falling Water (USA Network). Soon, he will also be seen in the Netflix film The Woman in Cabin 10, which premieres on October 10.