The lastest in casting news for the upcoming fourth season of the BBC/Starz’s Torchwood is the addition of Mekhi Phifer (ER, Close Quarters, Lie To Me). Phifer scored the role of Rex Matheson that up-and-coming actor Enver Gjokaj (Dollhouse, Stone) and CW alum Chad Michael Murray (Lies In Plain Sight, One Tree Hill) had also been vying for.

Phifer’s character Rex is a “sharp-as-nails, funny-as-hell, tough-as-rawhide CIA agent who cares less about making a good impression than he does making a lasting one.” He joins the surviving members of the Torchwood crew, Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) and Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) along with another new character of Ester yet to be cast.

Arlene Tur (Crash, Eat Pray Love), pictured above, has also been cast in a recurring role as surgeon, Vera Juarez.

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[Source] Deadline, DigitalSpy