Best known for movies roles in films such as Scream and Scooby Doo, Matthew Lillard is coming to the small screen.

The actor will check in as a patient on House this season.

"I've been a fan of his for so long, so we offered the role to him," producer Katie Jacobs told TV Guide. "He's playing a bass player in a band who has been struggling for years and years. He finds himself in a very extreme circumstance in the beginning of the episode and becomes an unexpected hero. So how his life changes becomes the mystery."

The Fox series returns on September 20. Browse through our section of House spoilers for an idea of what's to come on season two.

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