Jun 10 2010 03:20 PM ET

Exclusive: 'Dexter' collars 'Southland' cop Shawn Hatosy

shawn-hatosyImage Credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic.comShawn Hatosy is making a pit stop in Miami before returning to Southland: Sources confirm to me exclusively that Hatosy has booked a multi-episode arc on Dexter.

A Showtime rep declined to divulge details on his character, but a recent Dexter casting call may offer a clue: The drama was seeking a thirtysomething actor to play the recurring role of a no-nonsense FBI agent. UPDATE: So much for my FBI theory. A source close to the show tells me that Hatosy is playing “a bad guy.”

After completing his Dexter arc later this summer, Hatosy will head immediately into production on Southland‘s 10-episode third season.

This marks the second major piece of casting for Dexter‘s upcoming fifth season. As I reported last month, Julia Stiles is also joining the cast as a mysterious young woman who forms a unique relationship with Dexter.

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  • swtndl81

    Oh no Dexter!!! Watch your back!!! Love Shawn. Hes great on Southland!!!

  • rms

    i am not even going to be able to handle how awesome this season of dexter is sure to be!

  • Amanda

    Yay!

  • Pocket

    Is there any other kind of FBI agent? I await the day a show introduces an FBI agent full of nonsense.

    • Nate

      LOL that cracks me up. It should say: “The drama was seeking a thirtysomething actor to play the recurring role of a totally nonsense FBI agent.”

    • Kt

      Lol.

    • Snsetblaze

      Thank you. That made me smile and I needed that.

    • kramer

      aahaha, thats really cool. bravo!
      i’ll also be awaiting the day when a full nonsense agent shows up on tv.

  • Anitamargarita

    I was hoping he’d be a bad guy. He was really creepy villian on that Showtime movie “Soldier’s Girl.” Is he a good guy on Southland? Never watched.

    • Elizabeth

      He’s a cop with an insufferable wife on Southland. But, when I first read the headline, my first thought was also “ooooh…he’s play a great bad guy!”

      • nodnard

        LOL! I hate her!!! I was so hoping those gang thugs were going to steal her camera and kill her.

      • M

        Soooo agree! His character on SL is fantastic! His wife’s character… not so much…

    • Cheery

      Yes. There’s a relatable “every-guy” quality to his character (a police detective), who’s a little frazzled but fiercely loyal and dedicated to the job. Though his wife’s a piece of work and a head case; he needs to leave her.

  • buzmeg

    I hope he doesn’t bring his “Southland wife” with him.

    Actually is he did bring her, she might wind up being Dexter’s next victim.

    She is so unbearable!

  • buzmeg

    I hope he doesn’t bring his “Southland wife” with him.

    Actually is he did bring her, she might wind up being Dexter’s next victim.

    She is so unbearable!

  • izikavazo

    Hey, a not-ugly actor joining Dexter, that’s rare. I do love the show, but…

  • nodnard

    Wow, he is actually sorta attractive… but you wouldn’t know it from that horrible picture!

  • nodnard

    Wow, he is actually sorta attractive… but you wouldn’t know it from that horrible picture!

  • P.S. Jones

    I love Shawn, Southland AND Dexter. And you guys are all right about that wife. I hate her and hope that she catches a stray next season

  • P.S. Jones

    I love Shawn, Southland AND Dexter. And you guys are all right about that wife. I hate her and hope that she catches a stray next season

  • Josie

    Shawn Hatosy has always been one of my favorite actors whose name i can never remember. Can’t wait to see him in Dexter

  • Josie

    Shawn Hatosy has always been one of my favorite actors whose name i can never remember. Can’t wait to see him in Dexter

  • Snsetblaze

    He was so good with that kid (well both of them – the female witness and the young boy) this season.

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