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"Brothers &amp;amp; Sisters actor Luke Grimes has joined the cast of True Blood. The 29-year-old star will appear in the HBO drama&amp;#039;s upcoming sixth season as &amp;#039;70s-era vampire James, described as &amp;quot;smart&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;spiritual&amp;quot; by TVLine.  Grimes previously appeared in two seasons of Brothers &amp;amp; Sisters as Ryan Lafferty - eventually becoming a series regular - and also starred opposite Liam Neeson in action movie Taken 2. He will make his True Blood debut midway through season six, which premieres on June 9 in the US. Also cast in the new run of episodes are Blade Runner&amp;#039;s Rutger Hauer, Friday Night Lights star Jurnee Smollett-Bell, 90210&amp;#039;s Amelia Rose Blaire and House actress Karolina Wydra. Brian Buckner recently assumed the role of showrunner on True Blood after exec producer Mark Hudis stepped down. Hudis himself had only recently replaced series creator Alan Ball in the role, who quit in order to focus on his Cinemax drama Banshee. &amp;gt; True Blood: Rutger Hauer as Macklyn - first pictures Watch a clip from the last season of True Blood below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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