Nestor Carbonell’s eye mascara must be running. The “LOST” actor (he played the ageless Richard Alpert) has been cast on A&E’s “Bates Motel,” a prequel series to Hitchcock’s Psycho from Carlton Cuse (“LOST”) and Kerry Ehrin (”Friday Night Lights”).

“Bates Motel” examines how Norman Bates psyche developed from his childhood through his teen years and how his twisted relationship with his mother shaped him into a psycho killer. Carbonell plays bad Sheriff Royce Romero, Deadline reports.

“Bates Motel” stars Freddie Highmore (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) as Norman Bates, Vera Farmiga (Source Code) as his mother Norma Louise Bates and Mike Vogel (Cloverfield) as sadistic deputy Zach Shelby. The series is set to shoot this month and will premiere in 2013.