Jon Voight has joined the cast of the upcoming seventh season of "24" for Fox says The Hollywood Reporter.

Voight will play Jack Bauer's (Kiefer Sutherland) nemesis who is pulling the strings behind next season's terrorist threat.

Previous past evil 'masterminds' on the show have included such names as Dennis Hopper, Tobin Bell, Arnold Vosloo, Peter Weller and James Cromwell.

The series has completed its first twelve episodes and is currently shooting a two-hour season prequel on location in South Africa.

Voight will feature in that prequel, airing November 23rd, and the latter half of the season.