Former Sea Patrol and ER actor David Lyons has landed the lead role in a drama pilot for NBC.

Cape centres on Vince Faraday (Lyons), a former cop set up as a criminal who becomes a masked hero, The Cape, to clear his name and reunite with his son.

Lyons played Simon Brenner on the final season of NBC’s medical drama ER and last year appeared in A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne.

He is yet another Aussie to be kicking goals in the US.

Source: Hollywood Reporter