‘Beyond The Gates’ Casts Clifton Davis As Patriarch

Veteran TV actor Clifton Davis is joining Beyond the Gates, CBS‘ in the works soap planned for early 2025.

Davis (Madam Secretary) will play Vernon Dupree, the family patriarch married to Anita (Tamara Tunie) and father to Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson (Daphnee Duplaix) and Dani Dupree (Karla Mosley). A venerable former senator, Vernon is gentle, humble and generous with his knowledge and experience.

Also joining the new daytime series are Alex Alegria, Lauren Bugliogli, Ben Gavin, Jibre Hordges, Jen Jacob and Mike Manning.

Alegria (CSI) plays Tomas “Tom” Navarro, a handsome and confident young attorney at Bill Hamilton’s law firm. Bugliogli (Bad Monkey) stars as Vanessa McBride, a high-end real estate agency owner who specializes in luxury property and is neighbors with Dani Dupree and best friend to Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson.

Hordges (Grown-ish) plays Jacob Hawthorne, Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne’s husband and a robbery/homicide detective with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia. Jacob hails from a family of law enforcement.

Manning (The Bay) stars as Bradley “Smitty” Smith, husband to Congressman Martin Richardson and father to teenagers Tyrell and Samantha. Jacob (The Union) stars as Ashley Morgan, Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne’s best friend, who is the only child of a young single mother.

Ben Gavin (Super 8) stars as Derek Baldwin, a devoted firefighter in a relationship with Ashley Morgan and best friend to Jacob Hawthorne.

Beyond the Gates is developed and produced by the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture, led by Sheila Ducksworth, in partnership with P&G Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble. This marks the first-ever one-hour Black daytime soap and the first daytime drama to premiere since Passions in 1999.