Captain America: The Winter Soldier's Steven Culp To Play Suicide Squad's Joseph Cray in Arrow

Buried in the synopsis for March 25's episode of Arrow was the announcement that Steven Culp is coming to the show to play Joseph Culp, a minor DC Comics character with ties to the Suicide Squad.

In the comics, Cray is a U.S. Senator who comes into conflict with Amanda Waller and the Squad and who is eventually assassinated by Deadshot. He first appeared in Suicide Squad #11 and was created by John Ostrander and Luke McConnell.

He had a son named Adam Cray, who briefly served as The Atom. At first Cray was widely believed to be Ray Palmer in disguise, by both the fans and the characters, as he used a modified version of Palmer's size-changing belt and a mask that covered most of his head. Actually Cray had been recruited by Palmer himself, who faked his death, in order to apprehend the Micro Squad, a group of villains that had been shrunk down.

Since Palmer is a major player on Arrow this season, that could certainly be worth monitoring...but at the same time, he doesn't shrink in this show, so they'd have to make some significant changes to the storyline.

Culp is probably best known for his runs on The West Wing and Desperate Housewives, but he's been a prolific film and TV actor for decades now. He recently played Scudder in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.