We’ve known for several weeks that The Blacklist would be casting a new big bad with disconcerting ties to Red — and now, we can put a face to the character description.

Banshee actor Ulrich Thomsen has been cast as Alexander Kirk, a multi-national businessman who runs a global energy empire, EW.com reports.

As TVLine exclusively reported in March, Kirk plans to use his power and resources to strike back against longtime nemesis Red — and their tense history connects Kirk to an intimate, shocking secret from Red’s past. (After the events of last Thursday’s episode, though, we’re not sure what else could make our jaws drop.)

Thomsen will make his Blacklist debut in Season 3, Episode 21.

Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…

* The Good Wife grad Anika Noni Rose has been cast as the lead in BET’s drama pilot The Yard. According to Deadline, she will star as Eva, the newly elected president of the fictional Georgia A&M college, who inherits a bold, brazen and diverse freshman class that promises to keep her busy.

* The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast on Sunday, Jan. 8, at 8/7c on NBC.

* Episodes of Parenthood will begin airing on Up TV, starting with a five-installment mini-marathon on Monday, May 30, at 8/7c. Three episodes will then air every Monday from 8-11 pm.

* Scrubs vet John C. McGinley will star in Stan Against Evil, a comedy-horror series coming to IFC. Debuting this fall with eight episodes, the project follows Stanley Miller (McGinley), a disgruntled former police sheriff who begrudgingly forms an alliance with his replacement (Janet Varney, You’re the Worst) to fight off the plague of angry demons haunting their small New Hampshire town.