Mike Tyson's found a role he can really sink his teeth into. The former heavy weight champ will play Reggie Rhodes, a murderer on death row in an upcoming episode of NBC's Law & Order: SVU. Ed Asner also guest stars in the episode.

This marks the first major acting gig for Tyson, who's previously made cameos as himself on TV in Who's the Boss, Entourage and Breaking In and in The Hangover films.

Source: Deadline Hollywood