'Dark Knight Rises' casts Josh Stewart

Josh Stewart has joined the cast of The Dark Knight Rises.

The Collector star has signed on to play a supporting role in Christopher Nolan's third Batman offering, Variety reports.

Stewart joins an ensemble cast that includes Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman. Last month, Matthew Modine and Tom Conti joined the roster.

The Dark Knight Rises will reportedly serve as the final chapter in Nolan's Batman trilogy. It sees Bale reprise his role as the Caped Crusader as the character takes on Hardy's Bane and - as has been strongly speculated - The League of Shadows.

The film's shooting schedule will take the production on location to India, Romania, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh. A casting call for "Victims and Perpetrators" was recently issued in the latter city.

The Dark Knight Rises arrives in US and UK cinemas on July 20, 2012.