EXCLUSIVE: Deadline hears that comedian
Steve Agee is boarding
Warner Bros.'
James Gunn-directed sequel
The Suicide Squad.
We're hearing buzz that Agee will provide the voiceover to super-villain King Shark, who is a humanoid. King Shark was created by Karl Kesel and made a brief cameo in
Superboy vol. 3, #0 (Oct. 1994) before making his first full appearance in
Superboy vol. 3, #9 (Nov. 1994). In the comics, when Superboy is assigned to the Suicide Squad to destroy the Silicon Dragons, King Shark gets hooked in to help.
Agee starred in Gunn's
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Gef, one of the members of the Ravagers. Agee is a producer-director-writer and actor. As a consulting producer, he worked on the MTV comedy reality series
Ridiculousness. Of the many TV series Agee has starred in: Lifetime's
American Princess, NBC's
Superstore, FX's
You're the Worst, Fox's
New Girl and
The Sarah Silverman Program to name a few. He can also be heard on Cartoon Network's
Adventure Time and Netflix's
Twelve Forever. Agee was a writer on 306 episodes of
Jimmy Kimmel's Live! If you're around Los Angeles, you can catch Agee performing with
Metalocalypse creator and comedian Brendon Small in the comedy rock band Baked. Agee is repped by 11:11 Entertainment and AKA Talent Agency.
