Series adds six recurring roles
As Heroes readies itself for its next season, NBC has been adding cast members slowly, generally one at a time. Eight new actors have already been roped in for the second season which premieres late September.
Leading the way is David Anders, who is best known for playing Julian Sark on Alias. Anders will take the role of the ancient samurai warrior Takezo Kensei, Hiro Nakamura's (Masi Oka) childhood hero. While never seen during Heroes' first season, Kensei played a key part in the show's plot. Hiro spent most of the season trying to get a hold of Kensei's sword, which he hoped would help him in his quest to save the world.
In another Japanese connection, Eriko Tamura, a Japanese pop star and actress, will play the role of a Japanese princess. Tamura has starred in more than 15 Japanese features and TV series and has released 10 albums there. She made her English-language debut in the 2006 feature Surf School.
Veteran actor Barry Shabaka Henley (Detective Strummer in Close to Home) will suit up as Detective Fuller, a New York police officer. Heroes extends Henley's relationship with NBC and Universal Media Studios. This past development season, he co-starred on David Shore's drama pilot for the network, and next appears in the feature The Horsemen.
Holt McCallany (Detective John Hagen in CSI: Miami) will play Ricky, the ringleader of a group of Irish thugs. McCallany, who has been developing a feature that he is looking to direct, next appears in the feature Vantage Point.
Lyndsy Fonseca ("Daughter" in How I Met Your Mother) and Dia
nna Agron (Jenny Budosh in Veronica Mars) will play beautiful cheerleaders in Southern California, where Claire (Hayden Panettiere) is expected to move. Fonseca's character April is sweet, while Agron's Debbie is a mean girl.
Holt McCallany (Detective John Hagen in CSI: Miami) will play Ricky, the ringleader of a group of Irish thugs. McCallany, who has been developing a feature that he is looking to direct, next appears in the feature Vantage Point.
Lyndsy Fonseca ("Daughter" in How I Met Your Mother) and Dia
nna Agron (Jenny Budosh in Veronica Mars) will play beautiful cheerleaders in Southern California, where Claire (Hayden Panettiere) is expected to move. Fonseca's character April is sweet, while Agron's Debbie is a mean girl.
Dania Ramirez, of The Sopranos fame, will play the role of Maya in Heroes: Generations, while Nicholas D'Agosto landed the coveted role of Claire Bennet's (Hayden Panettiere) boyfriend.
It is currently unclear which actors will be regulars and which will just be involved in multi-episode arcs. It is also assumed that the actors will play roles in Heroes rather than the six-episode spin-off Heroes: Origins, though NBC was unable to confirm that.
It is currently unclear which actors will be regulars and which will just be involved in multi-episode arcs. It is also assumed that the actors will play roles in Heroes rather than the six-episode spin-off Heroes: Origins, though NBC was unable to confirm that.
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