A few weeks ago, we reported that Battlestar Galactica star Katee Sackhoff had gone and landed herself a role in the next season of 24. And now? Another veteran of Battlestar Galactica has also found more work, this time in the currently-in-production fourth season of Heroes.

The man in question is Rick Worthy, who played Simon in Galactica (we met him for the first time in season two of that show). He's going to be playing the new partner for Greg Grunberg's Matt Parkman. The theory is, says The Hollywood Reporter, that Worthy's character will be an experienced cop who Matt gets to "lean on for advice".

If this is a hint that the characters of Heroes are going to be a bit more grounded for the next season, then we'll, frankly, take every bone we can get...

The Hollywood Reporter