Casting Bytes: Robert Knepper Boards Stargate Universe
Robert Knepper just finished up as carnival owner Samuel Sullivan on Heroes and he already has another gig in the works. He will join the cast of Syfy’s Stargate: Universe in that show’s second season as an ex-con and member of the Lucian Alliance named Simeon . . . Two actors with some genre experience will be joining the cast of Syfy’s upcoming pilot Haven. Lucas Bryant (Odyssey 5, Dollhouse) will play the partner to the series lead and Eric Balfour (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Six Feet Under) will play a “mysterious jack-of-all-trades” . . . Carrie Fisher, formerly Princess Leia of Star Wars, will join the cast of the ABC Comedy pilot Wright vs. Wrong where she will play the manager of a conservative, right-wing political personality.