July 24, 2003 - It was announced today that James Badge Dale would be joining the cast of the Fox television series 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland. Badge will play Chase Edmunds, a young CTU agent who is Jack's (Sutherland's) partner.

24 returns on Tuesday, October 28'th at 9 pm. The season premiere will be commercial free.

Badge is starring in the play, Getting Into Heaven, which is at the The Flea Theater in Tribeca (NYC) from 6/11 - 7/2. It's described as a "rock 'n' roll play" about an aging rock star struggling to keep her family together. Badge plays Jed, a wannabe rapper and DJ, who's the father of the main character's son.

Find out more about the play here.