British actor Matt Ryan is close to landing a lead role on CBS' "Criminal Minds" spinoff

CBS' "Criminal Minds" spinoff, which revolves around a new group of profilers who work outside the FBI bureaucracy, will be introduced on an episode of "Criminal Minds" in the spring.

WME-repped Ryan ("The Tudors") will play Mick, a Cambridge-educated British ex-Mercenary, formerly of the British Special Forces, an expert sniper and a ladies man.

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