Battlestar Galactica vet
Callum Keith Rennie, who played Leoben Conoy on the sci-fi series, will be joining his former co-star Katee Sackoff on the new season of
24, premiering in January 2010. Callum, who also had a recurring role on
Californication and played
Harper's Island killer John Wakefield, will be playing Vladimir Laitanan. Co-exectuive producer Brannon Braga describes the character as a Russian syndicate mobster who debuts around episode six or seven. "We love this actor," says Braga.
Expect Vlad to team in some way with
24's other new villain, Eastern European mobster Bazhaev, played by "Das Boot" actor Jurgen Prochnow.