Irish actor Jason O'Mara has joined the US TV comic book drama Marvel's Agents SHIELD as the fictional organisation's new Director.
The 43-year-old Dubliner will play a character "whose Marvel roots go back to the 1940s." So he's obviously going to be a leading figure in the action series, which previously featured Irish actress Ruth Negga.
"Bringing Jason into the mix as the new Director of SHIELD forces everyone, particularly Coulson, to reevaluate their role in the Agency," says Marvel TV chief Jeph Loeb.
"Jason has both the physical presence and acting dynamics that will connect with and challenge even the most loyal agent."
O’Mara’s previous TV credits include Complications, The Good Wife, Sons of Liberty, Terra Nova and the US version of Life on Mars.
Season four of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD will be broadcast later this year on RTÉ2.
