Noah Wyle is following in the footseps of his former "E.R" castmate George Clooney, and we don't mean for acting gigs.
"Falling Skies" star Wyle was arrested in Washington, D.C., during a protest over Medicaid cuts, his publicist confirmed to TheWrap.
Wyle was among about 100 people arrested Monday during the protest, which was organized by disabled rights group ADAPT.
In March, Clooney was locked up while protesting outside the Sudanese embassy in the nation's capital.
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Capitol police and ADAPT did not immediately respond to TheWrap's request for comment. Wyle's publicist said he assumed Wyle had been released from jail but didn't know because the battery on the actor's phone had died.
“Today, I took part in an effort by ADAPT to bring attention to the Medicaid cuts that have been made by many States and are threatened to be made on a Federal level," Wyle said in a statement.
"To institutionalize a disabled American costs four times as much than to give assistance for independent living. This issue is about Civil Rights not about medicine. People who have the ability to live in integrated, affordable and accessible housing should have the right to do so."
The 40-year-old actor added that the protest aimed to "end the longstanding bias of the Medicaid system, towards institutions and away from community care. The real shame is to see so many productive, intelligent people expending their energy on the fight for basic services to ensure their survival.”
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Wyle also participated in ADAPT's 7th annual Fun Run for Disability Rights, which was held in Washington on Sunday.
During his protest, Clooney, acting in his capacity as president of United to End Genocide, called on Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to immediately end the blockade that they allege is preventing food and humanitarian aid from reaching the people of Sudan’s Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile regions.