Danny Burstein, LeVar Burton, Bryan Cranston, Noah Wyle, and More to Release Character Actors Book

The Character Actors Dining Society, a group of 17 beloved character actors from stage and screen, will release a joint memoir titled Nights at a Round Table: True Stories of Fame, Family, Failure, Frivolity, and Friendship via Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House, on February 23, 2027.

Members of the Character Actors Dining Society include Jason Alexander (Seinfeld), Danny Burstein (Moulin Rouge!), LeVar Burton (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), Spencer Garrett (Dog Day Afternoon), Richard Kind (Only Murders in the Building), Eric McCormack (Will & Grace), Paul McCrane (ER), Michael McKean (Better Call Saul), Alfred Molina (A View From the Bridge), Rob Morrow (Northern Exposure), Michael Nouri (Yellowstone), Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects), Steven Weber (Chicago Med), Titus Welliver (Bosch), and Noah Wyle (The Pitt).

What started as casual dinners among a group of Hollywood actors in late 2018 turned into a revelation. In an industry where relationships can seem fleeting and tied to production schedules, their gatherings offered something rare and meaningful: genuine bonding, storytelling, and lasting male friendships. The group started small, adding a member at a time, until the Character Actors Dining Society—fondly dubbed “CADS”—was officially born. The book shares never-before-published stories of their personal successes and failures, family and friends, Hollywood and Broadway performances, these masters of stage and screen blend trademark humor with wit, poignant reflection, and tenderness.

An audiobook version, featuring narration by many of the authors as well as candid behind the scenes recordings from some of their meals, will be released simultaneously. One hundred percent of the authors’s proceeds from this book’s sale will go to a variety of 501(c)(3) charities.