Al Madrigal has joined the recurring cast of NBC’s forthcoming comedy Newlyweds, playing Dan, the divorced best friend of Tim Daly’s character James. The casting adds another established comic actor to a series centred on an impulsive later-life marriage, and places Madrigal alongside Téa Leoni, Daly and recurring guest star Jamie Lee Curtis.

The show follows free-spirited Jeanie and reserved professor James, who marry after a whirlwind romance following his divorce. Dan’s intended single life is disrupted by their wedding, while his role in bringing the couple together angers James’s ex-wife Claudia, played by Curtis; NBC ordered the series in May, with Gail Lerner serving as writer, showrunner and executive producer.