“Black Lightning” is adding Wayne Brady in a very non-Wayne Brady type role (unless you’re a fan of “Chappelle Show” that is). The “Whose Line is It Anyway” star and “Let’s Make a Deal” host is coming aboard the CW series as the DC Comics villain “Gravedigger.”
The character, who will make his first appearance in an episode that will air in early 2020, goes by the real name of Tyson “Gravedigger” Sykes.
He’s a World War II-era veteran of the U.S. military who becomes an enhanced “Super Soldier,” after an experiment gifted him with enhanced strength, agility, tactical genius, and hand-to-hand combat expertise.