Sharon Klein currently serves as head of Casting, Disney Entertainment
Television, where she leads the casting teams of 20th Television, 20th
Television Animation, ABC Entertainment, ABC Signature, Disney Branded
Television, Hulu Originals, Freeform, Onyx Collective and Walt Disney
Television Alternative. She is responsible for the casting of all
series and pilots, identifying talent for holding deals, and
spearheading casting and talent strategy for the numerous entities now
under her purview.

Most recently, Klein and her team led the search for a trio of fresh
young stars – Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri
– for the hit series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”; added
Meryl Streep and Paul Rudd to the star-studded cast of “Only Murders
in the Building”; and cast Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny,
Calista Flockhart and Demi Moore as the Manhattan socialites at the
center of “FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans.” Casting on upcoming series
includes “High Potential” starring Kaitlin Olson for ABC, “Under
The Bridge” starring Riley Keough for Hulu, “Tracker” starring
Justin Hartley for CBS, and the Untitled Erin Foster comedy starring
staring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody for Netflix.

Previously, Klein served as EVP, Casting, Disney Television Studios
and FX Entertainment, and oversaw casting on such recent successes as
“Dopesick,” “The Dropout” “Little Fires Everywhere” and
“Only Murders in the Building” for Hulu; “Feud,” “Fleishman
Is in Trouble,” “Genius: Aretha,” “Impeachment: American Crime
Story,” “Mrs. America” and “The Old Man” for FX;
“UnPrisoned” for Onyx; “Big Sky” and “The Rookie: Feds”
for ABC; as well as “American Born Chinese” and “National
Treasure: Edge of History” for Disney+; and “Bad Sisters” and
“The Last Thing He Told Me” for Apple TV+.

An Emmy® Award-winning casting director, Klein led the former 20th
Century Fox Television’s casting team for two decades, assembling
the ensembles of projects like “9-1-1” and “9-1-1: Lone Star,”
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,”
“Empire,” “Fresh Off the Boat,” “Fosse/Verdon,”
“Glee,” “Homeland,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Modern
Family,” “New Girl,” “The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime
Story,” “Pose” and “This Is Us,” and among dozens of other
series. She worked with such creative talents as Lee Daniels, Dan
Fogelman, Erin and Sara Foster, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Brian
Grazer, Liz Heldens, Ron Howard, Jenni Konner, Thomas Kail, Steve
Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Seth MacFarlane, Liz Meriwether, Raamla
Mohamed, Ryan Murphy, Liz Tigelaar and countless others as the
studio’s chief casting executive since 2001.

Prior to joining the studio, Klein served as an independent casting
director and won an Emmy for casting the HBO miniseries “From the
Earth to the Moon.” Klein is a graduate of Brandeis University and a
native of New York.
