The Hollywood trades are reporting that veteran science fiction TV actor Rick Worthy, who played the humanoid Cylon Simon on Battlestar Galactica, is joining the cast of another sci-fi series, NBC’s Heroes.  In his new role Worthy will play the partner of Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg).  Worthy joins Madelina Zima, who has also been added to the cast of Heroes for the new season.

In addition to his role on BSG, Worthy has appeared on a number of other TV science fiction series including Enterprise, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dark Angel, Stargate SG-1, and Odyssey 5.