Rainn Wilson, whose best-known character, Dwight Schute, fell for dozens of pranks on The Office, will be the one doing the fooling in CBS All Access' upcoming Star Trek: Discovery.
On Friday, CBS announced that the 51-year-old Wilson has signed up to play Harry Mudd, a "charismatic conman and intergalactic criminal" in the latest Star Trek TV project, expected in late summer of fall.
Wilson is a three-time Emmy nominee for his work as the Office's irascible, beet-farming, wannabe autocrat.
Look for Mudd, who sounds a bit like The Next Generation's Q (John de Lancie), to tangle with the Discovery's Captain Lorca, who will be played by Harry Potter alumnus Jason Isaacs and his second-in-command, Lt. Cmdr Rainsford (Sonequa Martin-Green, The Walking Dead).
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