Wes Bentley joins `American Horror Story`

Los Angeles: Actor Wes Bentley will star in the upcoming season of `American Horror Story`. The 35-year-old actor has joined the fourth run of the hit FX show, which has the full title `American Horror Story: Freak Show`, reportedly.

Bentley will appear in the show`s two-part Halloween episode. `The Hunger Games` and `American Beauty` actor will play Eddie, a "dark tormentor" who is "hell-bent on revenge". Earlier this year, further details about the upcoming carnival-themed season were confirmed. It will be set in Jupiter, Florida and star Jessica Lange as a German woman managing one of the last US "freak show" attractions. Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett, Frances Conroy and Evan Peters will all return to play members of the group. It will be Lange`s last appearance on the series.