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Oct. 11, 2012 / 1:21 PM

Ian McShane books 'Horror' role

Ian McShane arrives at a photocall for the film "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" during the 64th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 14, 2011. UPI/David Silpa

Ian McShane arrives at a photocall for the film "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" during the 64th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 14, 2011. UPI/David Silpa | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- British actor Ian McShane has joined the cast of "American Horror Story: Asylum," series creator Ryan Murphy announced.

TVGuide.com said few details about his character or story arc have been disclosed.

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Murphy said on Twitter, however, McShane will lock horns with Jessica Lange's character Sister Jude, one of the nuns in charge of the insane asylum at fictional Briarcliff Manor in 1964, TVGuide.com said.

McShane's small-secreen credits include "Deadwood," "Kings" and "Dallas."

Season 2 of the "American Horror Story" anthology is to debut Oct. 17 on FX.

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