Prison Break Bad Guy Joins Heroes Cast

Theodore Bagwell, an antagonist of Prison Break, joins the failing Heroes TV series. Will his addition make it any better?

Robert Knepper, who played Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell on Fox's "Prison Break," has been tapped as the new lead villain on NBC's "Heroes" next season, says The Hollywood Reporter.

In at least six episodes of the series' fourth season, Knepper will play Samuel, a Jim Jones type -- charismatic but evil, with a twisted sense of humor -- who will veer into the lives of all heroes.

The character had been referred to as "Carnival Barker" in the series breakdown released last month. Filming for "Heroes" will start again later this week.

rockingrich1webb
6/4/2009
Comingsoon.net

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46 Comments

	that guy should play carnage off topic NightAvenger4 - 6/4/2009, 6:43 AM
	heroes is still on? what a joke. grif - 6/4/2009, 7:28 AM
	ROFL awesome grif... your obviously long thought opinion about Heroes must be correct if you think so... lolol hbk82287 - 6/4/2009, 8:49 AM
	Heroes has well and truly threw the S. That last season finale was one of the most retarded things i have ever seen on tv. There are still decent episodes every now and them but i think its time to make the next season the last. Something Smallville should have done about 4 years ago! Rorschach01 - 6/4/2009, 12:23 PM
	Wow I also didn't know that the show was still on and going to have another season. So Ror what was the finale about anyway? ironknight27 - 6/4/2009, 12:26 PM
	So glad i don't watch TV. Shaman - 6/4/2009, 12:31 PM
	T-BAGs in HEROES lol!!!! : D LEEE777 - 6/4/2009, 12:32 PM
	HEROES is a class show!!! ; ) LEEE777 - 6/4/2009, 12:34 PM
	lol LEEE777 my sentiments exactly!! T-BAG! Imran - 6/4/2009, 12:41 PM
	I'LL SAY THIS MUCH FOR HEROES, I LOVE THE SHOW, LOVE IT BUT THE WAY THEYVE DONE SOME CHARACTERS HAS BEEN ALLITTLE BIT OFF AT LATE, THE 2 COOLEST CHARACTERS HAVE HAD THEIR POWERS STRIPPED AND WATERED DOWN, THAT TRULY PTURBS ME. GUNSMITH - 6/4/2009, 1:22 PM
	Imran @ lol! LEEE777 - 6/4/2009, 1:35 PM
	"truly threw the S" hehe , been a while since someone had said that.. good timing for this one, Ror! ------- NewAvenger4: I salute you. Kletus Cassady( is that how it is spelled?) fits 100% for this guy. Hope Raimi takes notice. SirJediFrank - 6/4/2009, 1:46 PM
	I love heroes so this is great news for me. Yes heroes has gotten lame and came back and dropped off but what eh heck i still love the show. Its true taking Peters and Hiro's powers was a bad move... pobably cuz they couldnt figure interesting plots with them to be leaders and it probably saves in special effects costs too. shibazz - 6/4/2009, 2:13 PM
	Heroes is a great show. I am glad it is still on. It isn't doing that bad if it is still on the air. cable82 - 6/4/2009, 2:19 PM
	Yeah I wasn't too happy when they took Peter's powers away. I didn't know they did that to Hiro as well. That sucks! Well hopefully the will regain their abilities because they were both my favorites from the series. I really need to catch up on this show though. ironknight27 - 6/4/2009, 2:37 PM
	he'd make a good carnage or vulture...defn!!..as for heroes...they need to reduce the cast and stop brining back ppl from the dead..and resolve storylines to completion...they write off characters with powers, leave ppl in the future etc..with no explanation...after season 1 this show went downhill..still im a fan though..i want to live inside hayden cheerleader gurl!!! Anil Rickly - 6/4/2009, 2:41 PM
	Good addition to the cast, I can't wait to see what he has to bring to the table. adamant877 - 6/4/2009, 2:43 PM
	I've seen the shows finale. Hiro got his powers back and some how (not explained) Peter got his back as well. The finale was twisted. I can say for one thing to those who haven't seen the show that Sylar will not be back. SuperFlyinPwrs - 6/4/2009, 2:57 PM
	Well at least Hiro and Peter got their powers back. Too bad about Sylar. ironknight27 - 6/4/2009, 3:12 PM
	I watched the first 2 seasons of Prision Break, and T-Bag was an amazing character. I still think his best role was Tommy Dolan on Carnivale. That show was so deep with talent and awesome performances, I still have blue balls 4 years after it was cancelled. HBO, that box of dogshit was from me. BillyBlack - 6/4/2009, 3:21 PM
	Ive only ever seen one episode of heroes (the season 1 finale) which i thought was crap, but hearing that the awesome robert knepper who played the even more awesome t-bag in the most awesome tv show ever prison break might just convince me to start watching!!! joshw24 - 6/4/2009, 4:12 PM
	EMINEM WAS TEA BAGGED GUNSMITH - 6/4/2009, 5:09 PM
	@superfly Peter got his powers by touching Sylar in final showdown (which we never saw) Sylar never died, he was morphed into Nathan and brainwashed to believe thats who he is, and now Nathan (Sylar) has an intrest in watches. Do you guys even watch the show? Nathan is the one who is dead. Galvatron - 6/4/2009, 6:24 PM
	OMG. Heroes is awesome! My favorite show next to True Blood and Supernatural. Far better than Smallville is now. Sylar is the hottest person on that show. @Shibazz I am liking you more and more. ;) I totally agree with you on the Peter and Hiro thing. That was a bad move. But another bad move was they kept pulling Sylar in different directions. He's a good guy, he's evil and wants to kill his father for killing his mom, he wants to become president to rule.... something.... lol. InstigatorGIRL - 6/4/2009, 8:05 PM
	Peter and Hiro did not get their powers back. Peter got the ability to absorb and retain a single power at a time at the end of the last chapter, from Suresh's serum; Matt Parkman Jr. has the power to "supercharge" things, he did this to Hiro and he temporarily got the power to stop time back, but he overused it and ended up hurting himself. The writers took Peter and Hiro's powers away because they were too powerful. How do you write believable, and fundable, stories for characters who can do anything? With Peter and Hiro at full power there is no way to challenge the heroes, Peter would either absorb the antagonist's power and thus be stronger than him, or Hiro would just go back in time and fix everything. HarrisonBergeron - 6/4/2009, 11:24 PM
	@BillyBlack---"that box of dogsht was from me." LOL Dude, you crack me up! :) I never got to check out Carnivale, cause I was working graveyard those years it was on. But now I wanna check it out! lol :) SpiderMan209* - 6/5/2009, 12:49 AM
	@ Anil Rickly -- Vulture, [frick] yeah! T-bag on heroes, might do well. I recently saw him in Species, not playing a perv, and he was quite convincing. So let's give it a try. Hope it saves the show, cause it is getting lame. Well not lame, but they made some very [frick]ing bad moves! Spilox - 6/5/2009, 1:22 AM
	Sorry but Heroes stopped being great after season 1..then it started being awful! Its back to being just mediocre now. Its just so silly. They lose their powers..they get diffrerent powers..they get half their powers..they get their powers back..their evil, their good, their ambiguous! ARGGGGGGG. And people accuse the writers of Lost of making it up as they go along? They also have no balls. They wont just kill off a character clean without keeping the actor around. Nikki has a twin sister didnt you know! Nathan is dead but we cant lose Adrian Pasadar so wel just make him Sylar! Arse. Rorschach01 - 6/5/2009, 6:28 AM
	I like the addition. This guy is a good actor and I can definitely see him playing a Jim Jones type of character. I like the angle of Sylar being Nathan Pitrelli. To me, Sylar is a bad guy because he can't help it, not by choice, so the dual personality thing on this season would be good. What if the whole thing didn't work and Sylar is just playing everybody all along??? And if they hadn't lost their powers, if that angle had never been brought, then what would stop them from just going out full on war X-Men Style? IF that was the idea that the writers wanted from the beginning, then it is wise to take their powers away now and prolong it, because something like that should be kept for an ending. If you're going to make a tv series about people with superpowers battling each other, then call it X-Men, not Heroes. This is more about the human side of the characters, in my opinion. Then again, what do I know? I don't know, I guess I don't have as high expectections out of my tv shows as a lot of people here do. As long as I can be entertained for an hour and there's some storyline, It's ok in my book. I like seeing characters being re-used or brought back. Jetsaholic - 6/5/2009, 6:52 AM
	Being a Heroes, and to be more exact, Sylar fan, I think that Season 4 should be a pickup. With Jeph Loeb out, it SHOULD be more stable... BaronBubba - 6/5/2009, 10:30 AM
	@instigatorGIRL...what does shibazz have? lol..im kidding..but seriously...smallville upped the ante this season with doomsday in the mix and next season..zod is back..cuz lex was a dragged out storyline...also heroes cant seem to stick to a proper direction cuz after season 1 they jumped all over the place..as if they pulled random storylines from comics and mixed it up...supernatural for me is the most consistent as each season is superb..culminating in the lucifer rising finale...what a season to look forward to huh? Anil Rickly - 6/5/2009, 10:39 AM
	Agreed Anil. I LOVE Supernatural. And this season's finale was spectacular and I am so psyched for next season. But Smallville. They already did Zod it it bunked. I'm not watching Smallville anymore because all it is now is dissappointment. To me Lex was the best part of the show. Heroes is awesome. All I'm going to say about that so everyone can kiss my arse if they don't like it ^_^ InstigatorGIRL - 6/5/2009, 11:26 AM
	The next season of Smallville is going to be epic, but it aint gonna feature Zod, I'll put good money on it. HarrisonBergeron - 6/5/2009, 11:48 AM
	Careful InstigatorGIRL An offer like that will bombard the thread with countless comments about kissing you on the buttocks. Spidey209 Carnivale is worth the squeeze. It's creepy and mysterious and fantastic. The only bummer is it ends on a cliff hanger and never comes back. So you get no closure (hence the blue balls), but she's still a helluva lay! ^_^ BillyBlack - 6/5/2009, 11:56 AM
	Yeah InstigatorGirl Billy Black is right. A comment like that will open the flood gates. lol ironknight27 - 6/5/2009, 12:12 PM
	And it begins... Instigatorgirl i dont like it..;) Carnivale owns all. Remember this Billy? Makes the hairs on my arms stand up Rorschach01 - 6/5/2009, 1:21 PM
	Supernatural is way, way better than Smallville! Supernatural has developed a story and advanced the characters over the past 4 seasons...Smallville's characters havent advanced any more than season 1 apart from their jobs-look at clark, hes still the same sulky pansy that hes always been!!! Oh and for anyone interested jensen and jared recently said that they are signed on to Supernatural for 6 years so if the CW do another season then they will be in it (though Kripke has only sighned on for 5) joshw24 - 6/5/2009, 1:28 PM
	Dude Rorschach SPOILER ALERT! hahahhahahahahhah! Seriously thought, why Clancy Brown never got a emmy nod for that role is a mystery to me. Thank the gods below we got another season, could you imagine if it ended like that? Major blue balls. Appleonia was the shit though, that whole dynamic with her and Sophie was tight. Damn I miss that show. Damn you HBO! DAMN YOUUUU!!! BillyBlack - 6/5/2009, 3:27 PM
	@instigatorGIRL...lolz...smallville has its up and downs but im a huge comic buff...and i cant resist seeing the justice lg, legion of superheroes etc...where else am i gonna see that?? lol..but i cant take my eyes of anything comic...it helps that smallville has hot girls too lol..and yes ladies..tom welling is a hunk...geez hahaha..but supernatural is alwys rocking a tremendous storyline...from their hunter parents to the deals with demons..etc..all the folklore...lucifer rising and the whole sam-demon deal..is rocking like hell!!! no pun intended lol Anil Rickly - 6/5/2009, 5:37 PM
	@josh. OMG! Really?? That is so frikin fantastic! Thanks for that news! @Anil. Tom Welling is so NOT a hunk when he keeps being a pansy on the show. NOW Green Arrow is so fine. The things I would do to him.... and Michael Rosenbaum. The only thing Smallville has going for it is that they have casted the best Lois Lane I have ever seen. Yay for Erica Durance! InstigatorGIRL - 6/6/2009, 6:00 AM
	@instigatorGirl...true...kent should have evolved by now but im a huge fan of comics...so i takes what i can get...truth be told..next season needs be smallville's last and dc should hire me to write the next superman movie...vs doomsday cuz we need to see that fight!!!!...as for supernatural...dean is the coolest character ever..rebel with such a huge cause...the evolution of sam also says a lot...kripke rocks,,,and hellz yeah..durance owns the lois lane role!!!! Anil Rickly - 6/6/2009, 6:05 PM
	Whats up all, been at the water slide parks and rivers all weekend ... Talk to ya tomorrow. Kick Ass Sea BAss! and i am out!') shibazz - 6/6/2009, 8:37 PM
	the only reason i still watch smallville is to see super hot erica durance! the show stopped being any good 2 or 3 seasons ago..!!!! joshw24 - 6/7/2009, 5:25 PM
	jezz...thats erica? man oh man....i like here hair this color vs the dark color she went with this season... RAW DOG !!!! vonstallin - 6/8/2009, 7:12 AM
	If you don't like Heroes, then sucks to be you. It is a great show, and if you don't like it then piss off, why even read a story or comment on it? FateSucks - 6/8/2009, 12:26 PM
	So we can say how much we dont like it! But it sucks to me so ill piss off now! I dont dislike it, i actually loved it once upon a time. But anyone that wont admit there has been a BIG decline in quality is fooling themselves. Rorschach01 - 6/8/2009, 4:41 PM

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