From the father of Lex Luthor to the father of Sylar.

Tony Award winner John Glover is making a career out of producing evil offspring.

Sources have told Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello that Heroes has tapped the actor to come aboard the series near the end of season three.

"When Sylar meets his father, he's going to see a path ahead of him that he doesn't want to take," said a Heroes insider. "He has a lot more in common with his father than he realized."

Glover recently compelted a story line on Brothers & Sisters that featured him as a love interest for Ron Rifkin's Sau.

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