Samuel Sullivan's carnival is about to grow.

Todd Stashwick has landed a recurring role on Heroes. He'll play a character named Eli that is part of the show's traveling, shady carnival storyline. Eli will have close ties to Robert Knepper's Samuel.

Tessa Thompson debuted this week on the series as Becky, another member of Samuel's evil group.

Over the last year, Stashwich has guest-starred on Supernatural and The Mentalist, among other shows.

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