Rick Springfield Will Join Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn and Rachel McAdams for HBO's Next 'True Detective'

Ever since HBO's critically acclaimed series True Detective came to an end in March, fans have been frantically trying to guess who would fill the acting void left by Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey for the second season. Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn and Rachel McAdams have already accepted roles, in addition to Taylor Kitsch and Kelly Reilly. Now, Rick Springfield is in the mix.

Details about Springfield's role are scarce, The Hollywood Reporter notes, and there is no word on whether he will serve as a guest star or recurring character. Today (Dec. 11) was his first day on the job.

Although he rose to fame in the 1980s following the success of "Jessie's Girl," Springfield has landed bit parts in TV shows. He played a version of himself in 2009 on Showtime's Californication and appeared on General Hospital a few times. He's slated to play a character named Greg in an upcoming Meryl Streep movie titled Ricki and the Flash.

The first season of True Detective was one wild ride. McConaughey and Harrelson were both nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series at this year's Emmys, but they lost to Bryan Cranston who was coming off the final season of his Breaking Bad series.

"True Detective excels both as a tone poem, creating an almost primordial world out of southern Louisiana, and as a character piece, casting a dark mirror against the buddy cop genre that Hollywood hasn't let go of since the late 1980s," Paste wrote about the show recently. "While it was all but impossible to ignore the fact that many of True Detective's ideas were cribbed from elsewhere, that does nothing to detract from the show's strong voice and overall originality."

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Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, Meryl Streep, Bryan Cranston