Elliot Villar (born June 6, 1980) is an American theater and screen actor. He made his Broadway debut in 2011 as part of the original cast of War Horse. He is perhaps best known for his role as Fernando Vera in the USA Network show Mr. Robot.

Early life and education Villar was born on June 6, 1980, in the Bronx, New York. He 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. Villar studied drama at Vassar College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree there in 2002. After graduating, Villar was selected for a year-long fellowship with the Shakespeare Theater Company of Washington, D.C. He then returned to New York City for a year before being accepted into the Yale School of Drama. He graduated in 2007 with a Master of Fine Arts in Acting. Villar also trained at the British American Drama Academy and the National Theatre Institute.

Career Villar began his professional acting career in 2003 as a fellow of the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, D.C. He acted in multiple regional theater productions during this period and made his screen acting debut in the 2004 independent comedy Knots. He then went on to receive an MFA in acting, after which he began a successful New York theater career. In 2007, he starred as Demetrius in the Public Theater's production of A Midsummer Night Dream for their Shakespeare in the Park program. That Fall, he starred in the off-Broadway production The Brothers Size opposite Brian Tyree Henry. In the following three years, he was part of the acclaimed casts of the regional production Boleros for the Disenchanted, the musical Coraline at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, the Shakespeare-adaptation The Age of Iron with the Classic Stage Company, and After the Revolution with Playwrights Horizon. He also had small roles in films and television shows, including The Rebound and Law & Order.

Villar made his Broadway debut in 2011 as part of the cast of the American production of War Horse. As part of the original cast, he played the roles of Allan and Sodat Klausen. The production was critically acclaimed and received five Tony Awards that year. Villar stayed with the production until it closed in January 2013.

In 2013, Villar was in the limited-run production of Collapse at the New York City Center. He also guest acted on episodes of the shows Blue Bloods and Elementary. From 2014 onwards, Villar began acting more for television. He guest starred on many different network TV shows. His first recurring role was in 2015 as Thomas Schmidt in a two-episode arc in FOX's Gotham. In the same year, he had a recurring role in The Affair.

In July 2015, Villar debuted his character Fernando Vera, an eccentric Dominican gangster, in the series premiere of USA's Mr. Robot. He appeared in three episodes in the first season and next appeared in the post-credit scene of the third season's finale episode. Villar was promoted to a main character in the show's fourth and final season.

In the four years following 2015, Villar guest starred on seven television shows and held recurring roles on four other shows; these include AMC's The Son, a seven-episode arc on the science fiction drama Time After Time, as an FBI agent in Sneaky Pete, and as Detective Herrera in the CBS anthology thriller show Tell Me a Story. He returned to the stage in 2018 for the off-Broadway production of Mary Page Marlowe at the Second Stage Theatre.

Personal life Villar is married to actress Emily Dorsch.

Filmography

Television YearTitleRoleNotes2008The Return of Jezebel JamesFrancisEpisode: "Return of the Crazy Jackal Shillelagh Lady"2009The Beautiful Life: TBLDJEpisode: "Pilot"2010Law & OrderOscar SilvaEpisode: "Brazil"2010MercyDale's OfficerEpisode: "We All Saw This Coming"2013Blue BloodsJames MonteroEpisode: "Drawing Dead"2013ElementaryChristian SuarezEpisode: "Blood is Thicker"2014The Good WifeDr. Ian VailEpisode: "Dramatics, Your Honor"2014Black BoxBomb Squad TechEpisode: "Kodachrome"2015GothamThomas Schmidt2 episodes2015The BlacklistLoyd MunroeEpisode: "The Longevity Initiative (No. 97)"2015American OdysseyAideEpisode: "Kmag Yoyo"2015–19Mr. RobotFernando Vera9 episodes 2015The AffairAndrew Nunez2 episodes2016The Mysteries of LauraYasiel LeonEpisode: "The Mystery of the Political Operation"2017The SonCesar Sanchez2 episodes2017Time After TimeDoug Lawson7 episodes2018Sneaky PeteAgent Kent / Adam3 episodes2018DeceptionFeliz RuizEpisode: "Pilot"2018Shades of BlueOfficer StoneEpisode: "The Reckoning"2018Tell Me a StoryDetective Herrera2 episodes2019The Enemy WithinSteven HaibachEpisode: "An Offer"2019The CodeCaptain TevezEpisode: "P.O.G."2019The ChiRobert MorenoEpisode: "Blind Eye"2019–20God Friended MeMiguel2 episodes2020ManifestWard AttwoodEpisode: "Call Sign"2020Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMarc VargasEpisode: "Ballad of Dwight and Irena"2021Prodigal SonClayton FielderEpisode: "Exit Strategy"2021–22Law & Order: Organized CrimeTeddy Garcia4 episodes2023SuccessionDaniel Jiménez5 episodes2024The EqualizerCharles BensonEpisode: "All Bets Are Off"2024FBIMario BecerraEpisode: "Pledges"

Film YearTitleRoleNotes2004KnotsOblivious mover2008Two Lovers Bystander2009The ReboundYael2012JagooJagooShort film2015The InternEscalade Driver2018Loser Leaves TownFranciscoShort film2021A Certain Kind of PersonOscarShort film2026Disclosure DayAgent Diaz

Theater Year Title Role Venue 2002 The Winter's Tale EnsembleMichael R. Klein Theatre:August 27 – October 20, 2002 2004 I'm with Mauricio Alex INTAR Theater:June 25–27, 2004 2004 El amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín PerlimpínRepertorio Español:2004 2005 The Winter's TaleFlorizelMary Rippon Outdoor Theatre:June 30 – August 13, 2005 2006 All's Well That Ends Well Lord Dumaine Yale Repertory Theater:April 27 – May 20, 2006 2007 A Midsummer Night's DreamDemetrius Delacorte Theater:August 8 – September 9, 2007 2007 The Brothers Size Elegba The Public Theater:January 16 – March 16, 2008 2008 Boleros for the Disenchanted Eusebo/OskarHuntington Theatre:October 10 – November 15, 2008 2009 Coraline Mr. Bobo/Others Lucille Lortel Theatre:May 8 – July 5, 2009 2009 The Age of Iron HectorClassic Stage:November 4 – December 6, 2009 2010 After the Revolution MiguelPlaywrights Horizon:October 21 – December 12, 2010 2011–13 War Horse Allan/Soldat Vivian Beaumont Theatre: March 15, 2011 – January 6, 2013 2013 Collapse David New York City Center: August 10 – September 10, 20132018Mary Page Marlowe BenSecond Stage Theatre: April 7 – August 19, 2018

References

External links

Elliot Villar at Internet Broadway Database Elliot Villar at Internet Off-Broadway Database