Sharon Klein

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.