Life in the future will be no present for Sleepy Hollow‘s Ichabod Crane.

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TVLine has learned that James Frain — one of TV’s go-to guys for playing off-putting, imperious individuals — will guest-star on multiple episodes of Fox’s freshman hit as Rutledge, a modern-day nobleman who will interrogate Ichabod, who is being passed off as a “visiting Oxford professor,” about his past.

What’s more, Rutledge harbors a secret that could affect Ichabod’s future.

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Frain’s credits include runs on Grimm, White Queen, True Blood, The Cape, Invasion, 24 and The Tudors, plus guest spots on The Mentalist and Burn Notice.

Sleepy Hollow — which this week delivered Fox’s best fall drama debut in seven years — airs Mondays at 9/8c.

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