In a rather magical bit of casting, The CW’s hit superhero drama
The Flash has recruited
Harry Potter vet
Tom Felton to join Season 3 in a series regular role, TVLine has learned exclusively.
Felton will play Julian Dorn, a fellow CSI at the Central City Police Department who suspects there’s more to Barry Allen than just his good guy reputation.
The English actor is best known for portraying cunning sorcerer Draco Malfoy in all eight
Harry Potter films, from 2001’s
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stonethrough to 2011’s
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. On the TV side, he co-starred the first season of TNT’s anthology drama
Murder in the First and has had roles in DirecTV’s
Full Circle and the historical miniseries
Labyrinth.
As confirmed last week,
The Flash will
take on DC Comics’ famous, game-changing Flashpoint storyline at the start of Season 3, with star Grant Gustin teasing, “We’re definitely doing this [
Flashpoint] thing our own way…. This will be its own thing.”
Felton is expected to make his
Flash debut early during Season 3, which premieres Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 8/7c (now leading into the romantic dramedy
No Tomorrow).