The 33-year-old actor has become a regular on FOX's upcoming season of "24" according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Prinze will play Davis Cole, a returning Marine who runs CTU Field Ops and wants to be the next Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland).

Prinze is the latest actor to join the cast, including Jennifer Westfeldt as a journalist, Anil Kapoor as a Middle East leader, Chris Diamontopoulos as the president's new chief of staff and John Boyd as a CTU systems analyst.

The eighth season began production on Wednesday.