The Mad Hatter is coming to Gotham. Deadline reports Benedict Samuel has been cast as the villain in season three of the FOX series.

The actor has previously appeared on The Walking Dead and in the feature film The Stanford Prison Experiment. 

Samuel will play Jervis Tetch, aka Mad Hatter, “a talented hypnotist teetering on the edge of madness. He arrives in Gotham with an unwavering desire to find his sister, Alice, a young woman who went missing in the city years ago. It is anyone’s guess just how far down the rabbit hole he’s willing to go in order to find her.”

Season three of Gotham debuts on September 19th at 8 p.m. ET/PT. 

What do you think? Do you watch Gotham? Are you excited about season three?