'24' man joins Whedon's 'Dollhouse'

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Harry Lennix - star of 24 and House - has joined the cast of new drama Dollhouse.

The series, airing on Fox from the autumn, is the new project from Buffy creator Joss Whedon and revolves around a set of young men and woman whose personalities can be programmed to carry out missions.

Lennix, who played Walid Al-Rezani in 24 and also appeared in Commander in Chief, will play a former policeman who is bodyguard to Echo (Eliza Dushku), the leading doll.

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