Mos joins Colin Hanks on Showtime's 'Dexter'

By April MacIntyre May 12, 2011, 15:17 GMT

According to the network, Mos will play Brother Sam, a hardened ex-con who says he has found his religion, yet seems to continually find himself surrounded by violence. Religion and violence, like peanut butter and chocolate.

Actor Mos (formerly known as Mos Def) joins Colin Hanks in the cast of the Showtime drama series "Dexter" for Season 6.

According to the network, Mos will play Brother Sam, a hardened ex-con who says he has found his religion, yet seems to continually find himself surrounded by violence. Religion and violence, like peanut butter and chocolate.

Production  begins in June in Los Angeles and the series will premiere this fall.

Mos began his career in the music industry and is regarded as one of hip hop’s most introspective and insightful artists. As with his music, Mos has demonstrated insight and passion with his acting career, appearing in Spike Lee's Bamboozled, MTV's Carmen: A Hip Hopera, Monster's Ball, Showtime and the romantic comedy Brown Sugar, for which he received an NAACP Image Award nomination.

"Dexter" stars Michael C. Hall (Golden Globe and SAG Award winner) as a complicated and conflicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami police department who moonlights as a serial killer.

The show also stars Jennifer Carpenter, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, Lauren Vélez, David Zayas, and James Remar.