The Mentalist Adds Henry Ian Cusick

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Henry Ian Cusick is joining The Mentalist's fifth season, Deadline reports.

The actor will appear in a three-episode arc as Tommy Volker, a millionaire suspected of murdering a television reporter. As we previously reported, Volker is described as an adventurous playboy who buys spacecraft and travels to exotic locales to distract people from learning the real source of his income.

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Cusick has yet to find his "constant" since Lost ended in 2010, jumping from series to series ever since. Last year he appeared as a series regular on Scandal's first season. Cusick has also made guest appearances on Law & Order: SVU and Fringe.