'America's Got Talent' Contortionist Twists Into 'Rag Doll' Role On The Flash

America's Got Talent alum and contortionist Troy James has been cast to play Peter Merkel, aka Rag Doll, in the fifth episode of the upcoming Season 5 of The Flash.

The Rag Doll character was introduced in a 1942 issue of Flash Comics as the triple-jointed son of a carnival barker who fell into a life of crime after hiding himself inside a child's toy to knock over a department stores.

James has performed at Canada's Wonderland theme park and as a Manibus Demon on Shadowhunters, as Channel Zero's Father Time, and as an undead mongrel on The Strain.

Source: TVInsider