Actor Josh Henderson is joining the cast of 'Desperate Housewives'.
The Hollywood Reporter says that Henderson will play Edie Britt's (Nicollette Sheridan) nephew Austin, a character described by the trade daily as a "sexy bad boy".
Henderson was most recently seen on TV screens in the Iraq war series 'Over There'.
His first episode of 'Desperate Housewives' is expected to air in the US on 1 October.
