"Mr. Robot" star Michael Drayer has been tapped to play a role in the NBC series "Timeless."

According to reports, Drayer will join the growing guest cast of the series as Harry Houdini. The character will appear in episode 10 of the freshman drama as the illusionist who will use his skills to help one of the heroes "disappear" during a chse. In the narrative, it is 1893, and the Time Team arrives in Chicago just in time for the World's Fair.

It was previously reported that Joel Johnstone will also guest star in the episode as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes a.k.a. H.H. Holmes, one of the first documented serial killers in the United States.

Aside from his role in "Mr. Robot" as Dark Army liaison Cisco, other previous television credits of Michael Drayer include "Vinyl," "Shades of Blue," "Aquarius" and "The Sopranos." His film credits include "Sidney Hall," which also starred Elle Fanning, Logan Lerman and Michelle Monaghan.

Meanwhile, the next episode of "Timeless" will follow the team as they travel to 1969 in order to rewrite the events that took place following the launch of Apollo 11. Titled "Space Race," the episode is slated to air on November 28 at 10:00 P.M.

"Timeless" is created and executive produced by Shawn Ryan and Eric Kripke. Its major characters include Abigail Spencer as Lucy Preston, Claudia Doumit as Jiya, Goran Visnjic as Garcia Fynn, Malcolm Barrett as Rufus Carlin, Matt Lanter as Wyatt Logan, Peterson Joseph as Mason Lark, and Sakina Jaffrey as Denise Christopher.