Jon Voight to play Bauer's new nemesis

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Veteran film actor Jon Voight has signed up to play the enemy mastermind in season seven of 24.

Voight's character will be introduced in the two-hour prequel planned for the autumn, then feature heavily in the second half of the full run.

The four-time Oscar nominee, whose credits include Deliverance and Ali, has not appeared in a TV series since the late 1960s.