Colm Feore has been cast as the central villain in ABC pilot The Kingmakers.
The Borgias actor will play the dean of a prestigious Ivy League university, where a young woman is murdered, reports Deadline.
The drama follows the victim's brother Jacob, as he takes on a new identity to infiltrate a secret society at the college to find out what happened to her.
Feore's character Dean Vandermeer will be Jacob's main antagonist.
The Kingmakers is written and executive produced by Sallie Patrick.
Feore, who has also appeared in Thor, 24 and Revolution, will be seen as The Dollmaker in Gotham.
