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"Avatar actor Matt Gerald has joined the cast of Dexter. Gerald will appear in the Showtime drama&amp;#039;s seventh season as a violent criminal, Entertainment Weekly reports. He previously played a recurring role on FX drama The Shield and will re-team with that show&amp;#039;s creator Shawn Ryan on new ABC thriller Last Resort. Gerald will also star in forthcoming action movie GI Joe: Retaliation and has appeared on CSI and NCIS: Los Angeles. Other actors joining Dexter for the new season include Luck star Jason Gedrick - who will play the owner of a strip club - and Rome actor Ray Stevenson - cast as a powerful gangster. The new season of Dexter will premiere on Sunday, September 30 on Showtime. In the UK, the series airs on FX. &amp;gt; Dexter casts Katia Winter in seventh season Watch a teaser trailer for Dexter season seven below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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