Arrow Season 4 Casting Spoiler: Jimmy Akingbola As Baron Blitzkreig

Baron Blitzkreig is showing up on Arrow… though now he has the possibly more politically correct name of “Baron Reiter.”

British actor Jimmy Akingbola of Holby City fame will be playing the role of Reiter thoughout Season 4 as Oliver’s nemesis in the flashbacks. “This grizzled, hardened and commanding man, who has no conscience and few compunctions, offers Oliver a job in his underground organization,” Deadline says.

Arrow Season 4 begins October 7 on The CW.