Joseph Son arrived at Wasco State Prison northeast of Bakersfield last month after he was sentenced for the 1990 gang rape of a Southern California woman. Son, who is 40, played one of Dr. Evil's henchmen, named Random Task, in 1997's "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery."
Corrections department spokeswoman Terry Thornton said Tuesday the death of Son's cellmate on Monday is being treated as a homicide. The dead inmate, who was 50, was serving a two-year sentence from San Luis Obispo County for failing to register as a sex offender.
