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"Supernatural&amp;#039;s Rob Benedict has been cast on The Mentalist. The actor - who played Chuck on Supernatural - will play a professor on the CBS crime procedural, Entertainment Weekly reports. Benedict&amp;#039;s character Paul Friedman will cross paths with Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) and the CBI team when a student is murdered in his lab. In addition to his Supernatural role, 42-year-old Benedict has recently appeared on Touch, Psych and NCIS: Los Angeles.He also played a recurring role on Keri Russell drama Felicity between 1998 and 2002. His Mentalist episode - titled &amp;#039;Red in Tooth and Claw&amp;#039; - will air on CBS in February. The series will return to US screens on January 6. In the UK, The Mentalist airs on Fridays at 9pm on Channel 5 in the UK. &amp;gt; &amp;#039;24&amp;#039; star Mary Lynn Rajskub lands &amp;#039;Mentalist&amp;#039; role &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Dark Knight&amp;#039; actress Monique Gabriela Curnen for &amp;#039;Mentalist&amp;#039; role Watch a clip from The Mentalist below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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