Deputy sheriff Van Davis is the resident stud on “The Madison.” He’s principally within the present to be fawned over, as the opposite characters hold speaking about how hunky he’s. That stated, it appears to be like like he and Abigail (Beau Garrett) might turn out to be the sequence’ breakout couple, assuming they will finally overcome their variations. Be that as it might, a few of you is likely to be questioning who performs the kind-hearted sheriff in this specific Taylor Sheridan TV present, as he has fairly the acquainted face.
Ben Schnetzer brings Davis to life on “The Madison,” however he has additionally starred in different notable movie and TV initiatives. One in every of his early breakout roles got here in 2014’s “Satisfaction” (one of many finest LGBTQ+ motion pictures on the market), through which he performs a dramatized model of real-life activist Mark Ashton. After that, he performed Khadgar, a gifted mage, in director Duncan Jones’ “Warcraft,” a fantasy online game adaptation that is discovered new life on Netflix within the years since its theatrical launch in 2016.
Schnetzer has additionally lent his skills to political leisure, as he has a supporting position in Oliver Stone’s real-life-inspired whistleblower thriller “Snowden.” On this one, the actor performs an NSA agent named Gabriel Sol, who seems to be a fictional character created for the film. Schnetzer has starred in different movies since then, too. Most just lately, he was in 2025’s “The Yellow Tie,” a biography concerning the composer Sergiu Celibidache. Nevertheless, his small display screen work additionally deserves a point out, because the actor appeared in some enjoyable exhibits earlier than becoming a member of the SheridanVerse.
Ben Schnetzer’s non-Madison TV credit embody Y: The Final Man
Ben Schnetzer initially broke into tv with a visitor starring position on “Legislation & Order.” He exhibits up within the season 20 episode “Crashers,” taking part in a personality who finds himself on the middle of a homicide investigation after having an affair with a politician’s spouse.
Following his one-off stint on Dick Wolf’s long-running procedural, Schnetzer landed a daily position on ABC’s short-lived 2010 thriller field sequence “Joyful City.” After that, he turned the star of FX’s now-canceled “Y: The Final Man,” a post-apocalyptic sequence about an occasion that eliminates each mammal with a Y chromosome — other than Schnetzer’s character. That is not his solely sci-fi credit score, both, as he moreover seems in a few episodes of the primary season of Netflix’s “3 Physique Downside.”
“The Madison” will undoubtedly propel Schnetzer to new heights, as he has fairly a big position in Taylor Sheridan’s newest hit sequence. Season 2 has already been confirmed, so viewers can in all probability look ahead to seeing extra of Montana’s hunkiest deputy sheriff within the close to future.
“The Madison” is now streaming on Paramount+.
