In True Detective season three, Mahershala Ali, a two-time Oscar winner, portrayed Wayne Hays. Ali did a brilliant and well-received job, as a retired investigator haunted by a past case.

With the HBO series—not to mention another Oscar win—Ali is quickly establishing himself as the best actor in America Ali isn’t in every scene in True Detective; it just seems like it.

The hit Emmy award-winning series True Detective is all set to return to HBO with season 5. Writer and showrunner Issa Lopez will also be back the next season.

HBO announced this week that 'True Detective: Night Country' is currently in development. Two words: Mahershala Ali. The HBO series premieres on Jan. 13.

Season Three After a four-year hiatus, in 2019 the third season of True Detective hit screens with the series set in the Ozarks and spanning over three decades. Mahershala Ali played the lead role of ...