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Fans of The Walking Dead may recognize Benedict Samuel, but he’s about to get a whole lot more recognition from Gotham fans. Deadline is reporting that the actor has been cast as the newest villain on the popular Batman origin story. Samuel will be playing none other than the Mad Hatter on the third season of the show. Check out more information of the character below:

Jervis Tetch is a talented hypnotist teetering on the edge of madness. He arrives in Gotham with an unwavering desire to find his sister, Alice, a young woman who went missing in the city years ago. It is anyone’s guess just how far down the rabbit hole he’s willing to go in order to find her. Debuting in 1949 in Batman #49, Tetch is one of the very, very many aspects of Batman lore co-created by Bill Finger, who in 2015 was finally acknowledged by DC Comics as the official co-creator of Batman himself. Like many villains who debuted during the golden age of comics, The Mad Hatter was originally a comical figure before being reimagined as a much darker character beginning in the 1970s.

(via Deadline)

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