"Orange is the New Black" returned for Season 2 on Netflix in June, and the series is just days away from seeing whether they'll take home any of the 10 Emmys they're up for. It's just been announced that comedian Mike Birbiglia will join the cast in Season 3. If you are new to the show, allow us to catch you up on who's who in Litchfield Correctional Facility. 
Piper Chapman (played by Taylor Schilling), an entrepreneur who lands in jail for drug offenses she committed years earlier. 
Alex Vause (Laura Prepon) was Piper's former lover who causes her to go to jail because of Alex's involvement in drug smuggling when the two were a couple. The pair meet again in prison. 
Sam Healy (Michael Harney) is a counselor and corrections officer at Litchfield Penitentiary in upstate New York. He has issues with lesbians and causes problems for Piper. 
Miss Claudette Pelage (Michelle Hurst) is one of the oldest inmates at the prison. She ends up there after killing a client who abused an employee at her cleaning company. Other prisoners fear her. 
Galina "Red" Reznikov (Kate Mulgrew) runs the prison kitchen and is a force to be reckoned with. Red, right, and Gloria Mendoza (Selenis Leyva), left, will probably butt heads in season two as Mendoza takes over Red's territory. 
Nicky Nichols (Natasha Lyonne), left, is a recovering drug addict and Lorna Morello (Yael Stone) a kitchen worker who, in season one, were friends with benefits. 
Lorna, left, with Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren (Uzo Aduba), a disruptive inmate who takes a special liking to her "Dandelion," Chapman. Her more sensitive side is revealed later in season one. 
Sophia Burset (Laverne Cox) is transgender and serves as the prison's hairdresser. Her sexual identity causes her to sometimes be bullied by some of the other inmates. 
Prison guard John Bennett (Matt McGorry) and inmate Dayanara 'Daya' Diaz (Dascha Polanco) begin an illicit prison love affair that puts his job at risk. 
Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett (Taryn Manning) is a meth-addicted, born-again Christian who is not above attacking fellow inmates, including Piper. 
Aleida Diaz (Elizabeth Rodriguez) is Daya's mother. Doing time for drug charges, she appears to not love her daughter initially, but is later revealed to be protective of her. 
Jason Biggs plays Larry Bloom, a journalist and Chapman's (formerly) doting fiancé. He stood by her in season one even when the more sordid details of her past were revealed, but becomes increasingly disenchanted and eventually exploits her prison sentence to bolster his career. 
Pablo Schreiber plays corrupt prison guard George Mendez, better known as Pornstache (one guess why). He breaks all the rules, from smuggling drugs into the prison to having sex with inmates. In season one, he is suspended without pay for his actions. 
Lorraine Toussaint joins the cast in season two as Yvonne "Vee" Parker, shown here with Gloria. Former drug runner Vee clashes with the other inmates, including Red.
- The comic will appear on Season 3
- Birbiglia appeared in "The Fault in Our Stars"
- There is no info on who he will portray
(CNN) -- Comedian Mike Birbiglia has a new role on lock down.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the comic actor will appear in Season 3 of the hit Netflix series "Orange is the New Black" which is set in a women's prison.
Birbiglia, whose 2012 film "Sleepwalk With Me" adapted from his one-man show was critically acclaimed, has been on a roll lately with his career. He appeared in the 2014 film "The Fault in Our Stars," and will next be seen in the film reboot of the musical "Annie," starring Quvenzhane Wallis, Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz.
No details have been released about Birbiglia's character as the show maintains a strict level of secrecy. But showrunner Jenji Kohan told THR in an earlier interview that the next season will be "about faith, to a certain extent."
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