Jason Vendryes has joined the cast of “Beyond the Gates,” playing a mysterious stranger with a connection to two of the show’s prominent political figures.
According to Deadline, which first reported the news, Vendryes will make his debut in Fairmont Crest starting in May when his character, Kenny, starts snooping around the lives of retired Senator Vernon Dupree (Clifton Davis) and his Congressman grandson, Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon).
Since 2024, Vendryes has appeared as Agent Slomkowski in the BET+ original drama series “Tyler Perry’s Ruthless,” a spinoff of “The Oval,” which follows a young woman who becomes entangled in a scandalous cult of powerful sex-crazed fanatics, who she must now play along with until she can find a way to free herself and her young daughter. “Days of our Lives” alum Matt Cedeño (ex-Brandon Walker) plays one of the show’s lead characters.
Other TV credits for Vendryes include “Too Close to Home,” “Living Vee,” “American Soul,” “Saints & Sinners,” “Queen of the South,” and “Ambitions,” the OWN original series created by newly announced “Beyond the Gates” breakdown writer Jamey Giddens, among others.
In addition to his upcoming role on the new daytime drama series, look for the actor to appear in the film “One Spoon of Chocolate,” starring Paris Jackson, Shameik Moore, Rockmond Dunbar and Blair Underwood. The film is written and directed by SZA.
