Wes Bentley joins American Horror Story: Freak Show

Wes Bentley has joined the cast of the FX drama, American Horror Story, for the two-part Halloween special of the upcoming fourth season. Details on his role include he is a former tormentor of Kathy Bates' character and is determined to exact his revenge. There isn't really any information if these will be the only two episode he is set to appear on or not.

American Horror Story: Freak Show is set to premiere on FX this October. It takes place in the last traveling American freak show in 1952. AHS veterans Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett, Denis O'Hare, and Frances Conroy are set to return. In addition to Bentley our other new cast member is The Shield veteran Michael Chiklis.