LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Actor Mykelti Williamson is joining Fox’s “24″ as a regular.

On the series’ upcoming eighth season, set in New York, he will play Brian Hastings, the head of CTU New York and a man of razor-sharp intellect.

Williamson recently co-starred in the Sundance hit “Black Dynamite.” His series credits include “Boomtown” and “CSI: NY.”