Marilyn Manson Is Joining 'Sons Of Anarchy'

Shock-rock goth icon Brian Warner, aka Marilyn Manson, has been cast in a recurring role for the final season of FX's hit show Sons Of Anarchy, the US-based cable channel has announced.

Following in the footsteps of fellow incendiary legends and Anarchy guests Henry Rollins and Dave Navarro, Manson will play a white supremacist called Ron Tully, who will reportedly be conscripted by main man Jax (Charlie Hunnam) to aid in building the latter's power base from behind bars.

For Manson himself, the casting possesses a particularly personal aspect, saying the show has long been an important point of common relation for he and his father - a relationship no doubt given extra importance in Manson's life following his mother's recent death.

“Sons has been such a big part of my life, as well as my father's,” he said in a statement released by FX, “so I was determined to make him proud by being involved in what will probably be remembered as the most amazing piece of television cinema.

"After all, the very heart of SOA is about that relationship. So, now all I need is a motorcycle.”

Sons of Anarchy's final season, also starring Ron Perlman and Katey Sagal, is due to start airing in September.

This isn't Manson's first brush with the small-screen, having made appearances in Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, fantasy drama Once Upon A Time, and memorably - albeit almost unrecognisably - in Eastbound & Down. He also made a guest appearance on The Soup to perform his impersonation of stand-up comedian and 30 Rock star Judah Friedlander, which you can watch below.

His most recent musical release was the album Born Villain, in 2012.