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"Robert Patrick is to join True Blood as a recurring guest star. The Terminator 2 actor will join the HBO vampire drama as Alcide Herveaux&amp;#039;s father Jackson, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Patrick&amp;#039;s character will be introduced in a flashback episode showing the cast in the 1980s entitled &amp;#039;Everyone Wants to Rule the World&amp;#039;. The flashback, which will show Alcide (Joe Manganiello) and Debbie Pelt (Brit Morgan) as teenagers, will also contrast Jackson&amp;#039;s inspiring and heroic attitude then with a more downtrodden personality in the present day. Patrick was recently granted series regular status on ABC&amp;#039;s action thriller Last Resort. His other previous TV credits include The X-Files, The Sopranos and The Unit. He is tipped to make his True Blood debut on August 5. True Blood airs on Sundays at 9/8c on HBO in the US. It will air on FX in the UK later this year. Watch a True Blood season five trailer below:      Gallery - &amp;#039;True Blood&amp;#039; season five character posters:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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