THE 4400 star BILLY CAMPBELL is set to return to the hit sci-fi show after spending 13 months sailing around the world in a 139 foot (42.3 meter) yacht.

The actor, whose character Jordan COLLIER was killed off at the end of the first season of the show last year (05), shocked fans at San Diego, California's Comic-Con comic book convention on Saturday (22JUL06) when he appeared for a press conference with a full beard and long hair.

He said, "This is my JESUS CHRIST look."

Of his round-the-world adventure, Campbell, who played JENNIFER LOPEZ's abusive husband in ENOUGH, said, "I always wanted to do this... and, after 20 years of waiting for work and putting life on hold, I pulled the trigger."