Day Break
Actor Character Role
Mitch Pileggi Armen D. Spivak Detective , robbery/homicide
Ian Anthony Dale Christopher Choi Detective , robbery/homicide
Joe Nieves Fencik Shadow Agent
Michael McGrady Buchalter Shadow Agent
Jim Beaver Nick Vukovic Retired cop , former partner of Brett 's father
Don Franklin Randall Mathis School principal , Jennifer 's husband
Michael B . Silver Nathan Baxter U.S. Attorney
Bahar Soomekh Margot Clarke Coffee shop/bus Woman/Judge Nitzberg 's secretary
Jonathan Banks Conrad Detweiler Shadow Man
Nestor Carbonell Eddie Reyes Andrea 's lover , former cop
John Getz Tobias Booth City Councilman
Raymond Cruz Luis Torres Booth 's righthand man , former criminal
Eric Steinberg Danny Yan/Slim Drug dealer
John Rubinstein Barry Colburn Defense attorney
Clayton Rohner Jared Pryor Man who appears to be experiencing the time loop
Marlene Forte ( as Marlene Forté ) Mrs. Garza Alberto Garza 's widow
Cast and characters -- Supporting characters
Day Break is a television program for which one 13-episode season was produced. The series starred Taye Diggs as Detective Brett Hopper, who is framed for the murder of Assistant District Attorney Alberto Garza. Due to a time loop, Hopper lives the same day over and over. The series revolves around his attempt to solve the mystery of the murder, and find out who is behind the conspiracy to frame him. The series aired on the ABC network, and premiered on November 15, 2006. It was cancelled on December 15 after only six episodes had aired. The remaining episodes were subsequently made available online at ABC.com. Viewers for the show averaged 6.5 million. On March 16, 2008, the TV One cable network began airing the six previously broadcast episodes. On April 20, the network began Sunday evening broadcasts of the remaining seven episodes, which had never been seen on television.