Marvel's Inhumans Casts Lost's Ken Leung as Karnak

Karnak is an expert strategist and martial artist.

By Alex Gilyadov

Marvel's Inhumans TV series has cast a Lost alum in a key role.

Marvel announced Thursday that Ken Leung, who played Miles Straume in Lost and had roles as Admiral Statura in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the mutant Kid Omega in X-Men: The Last Stand, will portray the Inhuman Karnak.

Ken Leung in Lost.

Karnak is a martial artist with the ability to expose weaknesses and exploit them. He also has a knack for strategic planning and puzzle-solving. He's Black Bolt's cousin, closes advisor, and biggest supporter as well.

“Ken brings both a wisdom and a power to the role that no one else could match. His Karnak will be awesome,” said Marvel head of television and executive producer, Jeph Loeb.

“Ken Leung has a great natural intelligence that reads clearly and will add depth and complexity to the very complicated character of Karnak," added exec producer Scott Buck (Marvel's Iron Fist).

Leung joins a cast which includes Black Bolt's Anson Mount (Hell on Wheels), Medusa's Serinda Swan (Graceland), and Maximus' Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones).

The Inhumans' first two episodes will debut in IMAX theaters this September. Following the show's two-week theatrical run, the Marvel series will air eight episodes on Tuesday nights on ABC starting September 26.

Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter. 

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