'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Casting News: Brian Patrick Wade will join a bunch of big name guest stars in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D's season 2 as the movie tie-ins continue to infiltrate the small screen.

So far we know that Adrianne Palicki will play Bobbi Morse, who is also known as Mockingbird, Lucy Lawless will play Agent Isabelle Hartley, Reed Diamond will play Daniel Whitehall, Kyle MacLachlan will take on the role of Skye's father. Nick Blood who joins as mercenary Lance Hunter; Reed Diamond who was cast as Daniel Whitehall, a HYDRA agent known as the Kraken; Henry Simmons who will play as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Alphonso "Mac" Mackenzie and Simon Kassianides has been sworn in as Bakshi.

Kyle MacLachlan, best known for his roles on "Twin Peaks," "Sex and The City" and "Portlandia" came on board in July.

Last week it was announced that Brian Patrick Wade will transform into the Marvel villain Crusher Creel, AKA the Absorbing Man, in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." season 2. Wade is is best known for playing Kurt in "The Big Bang Theory" and Ennis in "Teen Wolf."

The Absorbing Man can change into any form of matter or energy with the touch of a finger. The Absorbing Man began as boxer Carl "Crusher" Creel. The Marvel Comics supervillain debuted during the Silver Age of Comic Books and has been inked for over forty years.

After Crusher Creel was jailed criminal the Asgardian god Loki game him a drink that was that laced with rare ingredients that enabled him to absorb the properties of anything he touched, making him the Absorbing Man. He used that become the bullets and break out of jail.

Creel battled Thor, Odin, the Hulk Bruce Banner, Avengers, Daredevil, Dazzler and Spider-Man. Creel is a villain in the Secret Wars and gets down with villainess Titania. Creel and Titania battle the heroine She-Hulk and her Skrull partner Jazinda. Creel's overall power increases in direct proportion to the strength of the material absorbed.

Two weeks ago, Variety broke the news that "Friday Night Lights" favorite and comic book fan Adrianne Palicki will join Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Mockingbird.

Mockingbird is a trained Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. who graduated at the top of her class. She's actually a doctor because she earned a Ph.D. in biology. Mockingbird was injected with an experimental drug combination of Super Soldier Serum, the one that that gave Captain America his strength, and the Infinity Formula. She died in the comic series and came back as a reanimated corpse and then more permanently. Mockingbird was first seen in the Ka-Zar story written by Gerry Conway and pencilled by Barry Smith in Astonishing Tales #6 in June 1971.

Palicki was cast as Wonder Woman in David E. Kelley's TV pilot of the same name that was never picked up. Palicki is best known for her roles in "Friday Night Lights," "About a Boy" and "Lone Star."

TV Guide broke the news that Lucy Lawless, the iconic Warrior Princess from "Xena" who was out of this world on "Battlestar Galactica" and down to earth on the comedy "Parks and Recreation" will appear in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." for Season 2.

Lady Sif and Lorelei battled it out on the Agents of SHIELD episode "Yes Men" in the series' second big movie crossover. Agents of SHIELD beat everyone that night.

As the big-name guest star from "Thor: The Dark World," Jaimie Alexander's performance as Lady Sif was brilliant. Jamie Alexander appeared in two "Thor" movies (Jaimie Alexander played Lady Sif in "Thor" and "Thor: The Dark World."), before making the jump to the small-screen. Lady Lady Sif recruited Coulson and his Agents of SHIELD to hunt down fellow Asgardian Lorelei.

The second season of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D"  will air on ABC starting on Sept. 23.