“ Percy Jackson and the Olympians ” Season 2 has added Timothy Simons to its cast, Variety reports exclusively.

Simons will make a recurring appearance as a guest star in the Disney+ adaptation of the Rick Riordan book series, playing the role of Tantalus.

The character is described as “sardonic, manipulative, openly hostile, and rarely in a good mood… seeing as he is cursed with eternal hunger and thirst, but can never eat or drink. Tantalus has been released from imprisonment in the Underworld to become the interim Activities Director at Camp Half-Blood, having replaced Chiron (Glynn Turman) who is under suspicion of having ties to Kronos.”

Simons joins previously announced new Season 2 cast members Sandra Bernhard, Kristen Schaal, and Margaret Cho, who will play the Grey Sisters, as well as Daniel Diemer, who will portray Tyson . Walker Scobell will be back as Percy alongside Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth and Aryan Simhadri as Grover, with multiple other cast members returning from Season 1.

Simons is best known for his performance as Jonah Ryan in the acclaimed HBO comedy “Veep,” where he was a regular for all seven seasons. He has also appeared in TV shows like “Candy” and “Looking for Alaska” on Hulu, and “Station Eleven” on Max. He is set to star in the Netflix series “Nobody Wants This,” premiering in September. He has also acted in films like “Don’t Worry Darling,” “The Interview,” “Christine,” and “Inherent Vice.”

He is repped by UTA and Myman Greenspan.

The official description for Season 2 states, “Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood after a year to find his world turned upside down. His bond with Annabeth is evolving, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has vanished, and camp is under attack from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s mission to restore order will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret destiny awaits the son of Poseidon.”

The Disney Branded Television show was developed by Riordan and Jon Steinberg with James Bobin directing the pilot. Steinberg and his producing partner Dan Shotz are overseeing the series as showrunners and serve as executive producers alongside Bobin, Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Bert Salke, Monica Owusu-Breen, Jim Rowe, Anders Engström, Jet Wilkinson, and Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, and D.J. Goldberg. 20th Television is the studio. Salke was formerly the president of Touchstone Television, and originally initiated the show's development.