Joe Carroll on board limited series adaptation of Five Days at Memorial

Actor Joe Carroll has joined the cast of Five Days at Memorial. The actor will star alongside Vera Farmiga, Cherry Jones, Adepero Oduye, Julie Ann Emery, Cornelius Smith Jr. and Molly Hager in the series.

Written by John Ridley and Carlton Cuse, the series is based on the acclaimed nonfiction book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sheri Fink.

Five Days at Memorial chronicles the events that transpired in the first five days in a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. When the floodwaters rose, the power failed and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions that haunted them for years to come.

Carroll will recur as a business development executive named Michael Arvin, who is tasked with finding life-saving resources for people in distress hundreds of miles from his own location.

Ridley and Cuse will serve as directors and executive producers. Author Fink will serve as producer.

Meanwhile, Carroll is set to appear in the upcoming season of Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. His credits additional credits include Pose, The Politician, FBI and New Amsterdam.