Lionsgate announced today that Evan Ross has signed on to play Messalla in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.

"It's official! Please welcome Evan Ross as Messalla to the cast of @TheHungerGames: Mockingjay Parts 1&2 pic.twitter.com/modz588drm"

The character is the cameraman for Natalie Dormer's Cressida in this two-part franchise finale, directed by Francis Lawrence. Evan Ross joins a cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark), Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Plutarch Heavensbee), Julianne Moore (Alma), Natalie Dormer (Cressida) and Stef Dawson (Annie Cresta).

Francis Lawrence is directing both The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, with Danny Strong providing the screenplay for both movies. It isn't known when production will begin.

Evan Ross most recently starred in 96 Minutes, Jeff Who Lives at Home and The Family Tree on the big screen, and he played the recurring role of Charlie Selby on CW's 90210.