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Brett Goldstein Is Playing a Divorced Dad Who Accidentally Becomes a Male Escort in His New Prime Video Series

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Roy Kent is officially dead. In Brett Goldstein’s next act, he’s Denny, a Manhattan dad whose post-divorce life takes a hard left into paid intimacy.

Prime Video ordered “Escorted” straight to series: 8 half-hour episodes of a romantic comedy about second chances, co-parenting chaos, and “whether real intimacy can ever be bought.”

Goldstein plays Denny, a divorced dad in Manhattan who accidentally becomes a male escort. Lesley Manville plays his mother, and filming is underway around the city.

Man in gray suit walks briskly holding a young girl's hand outside a stone building; girl wears a backpack and striped pants.
Filmed from closer range outside a Midtown building, Goldstein strides forward with his young co-star — backpack in tow — during the July 22, 2026 shoot for “Escorted” in New York City. Photo by Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin / GC Images via Getty Images.

He’s not just the star. Goldstein writes, executive produces, and co-showruns the series with his “Shrinking” collaborator Brian Gallivan, under his Warner Bros. Television deal with Amazon MGM Studios co-producing.

Goldstein has described it as “a wholesome show about condoms, co-parenting, and cosplay.”

Man in gray suit and tie holds a young girl's hand on a crowded New York City sidewalk while carrying a colorful kids' scooter.
Brett Goldstein, suited up and holding a child’s scooter, walks hand-in-hand with a young co-star through a bustling Midtown Manhattan sidewalk on the set of Prime Video’s “Escorted” on July 22, 2026. Photo by Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin / GC Images via Getty Images.

The role is a long way from the gruff-but-lovable Roy Kent on “Ted Lasso,” the character that made him. No premiere date has been set yet.

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