Elliot Villar made his Broadway debut in 2011 as part of the original cast of War Horse.
18 Facts About Elliot Villar
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Elliot Villar is perhaps best known for his role as Fernando Vera in the USA Network show Mr Robot.
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Elliot Villar attended the Villa Maria Academy in the northeastern Bronx for grammar school and received a scholarship to attend the Fieldston School, from which he graduated in 1998.
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Elliot Villar studied drama at Vassar College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree there in 2002.
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Elliot Villar graduated in 2007 with a Master of Fine Arts in Acting.
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Elliot Villar trained at the British American Drama Academy and the National Theatre Institute.
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Elliot Villar began his professional acting career in 2003 as a fellow of the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, DC He acted in multiple regional theater productions during this period and made his screen acting debut in the 2004 independent comedy Knots.
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Elliot Villar then went on to receive an MFA in acting, after which he began a successful New York theater career.
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Elliot Villar made his Broadway debut in 2011 as part of the cast of the American production of War Horse.
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Elliot Villar stayed with the production until it closed in January 2013.
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In 2013, Elliot Villar was in the limited-run production of Collapse at the New York City Center.
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Elliot Villar guest acted on episodes of the shows Blue Bloods and Elementary.
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Elliot Villar guest starred on many different network TV shows.
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Elliot Villar's first recurring role was in 2015 as Thomas Schmidt in a two-episode arc in FOX's Gotham.
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In July 2015, Elliot Villar debuted his character Fernando Vera, an eccentric Dominican gangster, in the series premiere of USA's Mr Robot.
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Elliot Villar appeared in three episodes in the first season and next appeared in the post-credit scene of the third season's finale episode.
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Elliot Villar was promoted to a main character in the show's fourth and final season.
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Elliot Villar returned to the stage in 2018 for the off-Broadway production of Mary Page Marlowe at the Second Stage Theatre.