MUMBAI: Ed Sheeran has landed a recurring role in a new TV show ‘The Bastard Executioner’, an American historical fiction drama television series.

The Grammy nominee will take on the part of ‘Sir Cormac’, an ambitious and deadly protege of a high-ranking church elder in ‘The Bastard Executioner’, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

The new drama has been created by Kurt Sutter, and also stars Stephen Moyer (True Blood) and Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy).

It is being billed as a blood-soaked medieval epic that tells the story of a 14th century warrior whose life is forever changed when a divine messenger beseeches him to lay down his sword and lead the life of a journeyman executioner.

‘The Bastard Executioner’, will be a 10-episode series and will air on FX.