Brandon Routh guest stars on NBC's CHUCK this month!

The third season premiere of spy comedy Chuck airs this Sunday at 9PM on NBC. Brandon Routh is set to appear in eight episodes of the show, starting with episode four.

Here's a synopsis for his first episode appearance January 18th.

TO SAVE AWESOME FROM THE RING, CHUCK MUST TEACH HIM HOW TO BE A REAL SPY-ANGIE HARMON (”LAW & ORDER”) AND BRANDON ROUTH (”SUPERMAN RETURNS”) GUEST STAR-When Awesome (Ryan McPartlin) is mistaken for a super spy by the evil Sydney Price (guest star Angie Harmon), Chuck (Zachary Levi) must become his handler and show him the spy ropes. While on a mission for The Ring, they meet the mysterious Daniel Shaw (guest star Brandon Routh). Meanwhile, Morgan (Joshua Gomez) gets promoted to assistant manager and must deal with Jeff (Scott Krinsky) and Lester’s (Vik Sahay) latest hijinks. Sarah Lancaster and Mark Christopher Lawrence also star.