BSG’s Tahmoh Penikett, 3 Others Join Whedon’s Dollhouse

Joss Whedon’s new FOX sci-fi show Dollhouse just got a lot more crowded, with four new castmembers joining the show. The biggest name (at least in the sci-fi niche) is Tahmoh Penikett (pictured, left), who comes straight from the Sci Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica, which will end after this year, and will be joining Dollhouse as an FBI agent and potential love interest/antagonist for the main character played by Eliza Dushku. The other three actors joining the show are Fran Kranz, Australian Dichen Lachman and Enver Gjokaj.

E! Online has a detailed look at the characters:

Tahmoh Penikett as Paul Smith: 30s, good looks hardened by a cynical distaste for most of humanity. An FBI field agent, he’s been chasing the urban myth of the Dollhouse long enough to have lost any shot at promotion. Becomes obsessed with and a twisted romantic foil for Echo (Eliza Dushku).

Fran Kranz as Topher Brink: 20s, genius programmer who’s articulate, nerdily attractive and blithely amoral. He’s responsible for imprinting the Dolls—and making sure they stay unaware of anything. Is fascinated by the science and kind of digging the illegality. Fun to be around but might not be remotely trustworthy.

Dichen Lachman as Sierra: 20s, Asian (or certainly not Caucasian). Strikingly beautiful. A Doll like Echo, she has every personality in the world but her own. Is not as self-aware as Echo but is instinctively drawn to her as a friend.

Enver Gjokaj as Victor: 20s, handsome and fit. A Doll, and the other closest thing to a friend Echo has. Childlike when he’s inactive, and everything from Errol Flynn to a young DeNiro when he’s active.

Tahmoh Penikett, of course, plays Karl “Helo” Agathon on Ron Moore’s Battlestar Galactica, which runs its fourth and final season this year. From BSG to playing Eliza Dushku’s love interest. Not a bad career move, eh?