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

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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