Tom Sizemore joins 'Exit Strategy' pilot

Tom Sizemore has joined the cast of Fox drama pilot Exit Strategy.

The project will follow Eric Shaw (Ethan Hawke), a CIA operative who leads a team that specialises in extracting agents from failed missions.

Deadline reports that Sizemore will play Shaw's mentor Jonathan Marks, a veteran CIA agent who acts as the team's support officer.

The actor has previously appeared in films such as Natural Born Killers, Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down. His past television credits include roles on CSI: Miami, Southland and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Megan Dodds, Elyes Gabel and Lina Esco have all previously signed up for roles in Exit Strategy. Training Day director Antoine Fuqu will helm the pilot, which has been written by David Guggenheim.