Kathy Bates To Play Charlie Harper On ‘Two And Half Men’

Charlie Sheen’s character Charlie Harper is returning to Two And A Half Men and will be played by Kathy Bates.

Harper died off-screen at the beginning of the season and will visit his brother Alan (Jon Cryer) after he has a trip to the hospital. Harper will return in the form of Kathy Bates as a ghost when he visits Alan, how suffers a minor heart attack in the April 30 episode.

Both Men and Bates program Harry’s Law are produced by Warner Bros. Sheen, meanwhile, is busy filming Anger Management for FX.