Why Grady From Lioness Looks So Familiar

In Season 3 of "Lioness" — the gritty spy thriller on Paramount+ from creator Taylor Sheridan — the roster of characters has certainly grown, and there's some new military muscle among the mix. One of those new faces is Grady, the tough-as-nails Delta Force operator and K9 handler who loses one of his trusty combat canines during the season premiere.

Grady is played by actor Ian Bohen, and if you're catching yourself doing a double take, you're not alone. Bohen's face has graced both the big screen and the small screen during his 30-plus-year career — and he's appeared in some notable hits. For starters, TV viewers likely remember him as the scheming Peter Hale across multiple seasons of MTV's supernatural smash hit "Teen Wolf." DC superhero gurus will also recognize him from Season 2 of the CW's "Superman & Lois," where he played the antagonistic Lieutenant General Mitch Anderson across eight episodes.

In the past two decades, he's made a stint of guest appearances on TV hits such as "Mad Men," "Prison Break," "CSI Miami," and "Chicago P.D." But some of Bohen's deepest roots trace directly back to Taylor Sheridan's television empire. For five seasons and 51 episodes, Bohen is likely best remembered as the fan-favorite bunkhouse boy Ryan on the mega-hit series "Yellowstone." That wasn't his first collaboration with Sheridan, either. The actor also appeared in the acclaimed 2017 neo-Western flick "Wind River," playing law enforcement officer Evan.

Due to that long history with the showrunner and director, it's no surprise that jumping onboard "Lioness" was something Ian Bohen wanted to do for a long time. During an interview with People, Bohen revealed that scheduling conflicts between "Yellowstone" and "Lioness" kept him from joining the spy thriller sooner.

"I've wanted to work on it since it debuted, and I was on 'Yellowstone,' and they often shot concurrently, so there wasn't an opportunity," Bohen told the outlet, adding that he nudged the creator by saying, "If it could ever work, I would love to do this." Taylor Sheridan simply replied, "Yeah, I'll think about that." Once "Yellowstone" came to an end, everything finally aligned, and Bohen got a call about the gig. He recalled, "I think the [exact] words were, 'Would you like to come play with us?' And of course, those are the magic words."

Once on the set of "Lioness," Bohen found himself greeted with open arms. "I've never felt more welcomed by a cast, in all my career, than I have with these people," Bohen told People. "... They treated me like I was brethren from the get-go. Just as warm as could be."