Actor and director Steve Buscemi will join the cast of TV series 'The Sopranos' for the sixth and final season.
The 46-year-old will have a regular role as Tony Soprano's cousin, mobster Tony Blundetto.
He has been previously associated with the show, appearing briefly during the 2000 season as Blundetto.
Buscemi also directed two episodes of the mafia drama - the 'Pine Barrens' episode in the third season, and 'Everybody Hurts' from the fourth.
He will appear on Irish cinema screens in Tim Burton's 'Big Fish' which opens at the end of January.