Zach Villa (born March 17, 1987) is an American actor and musician. Villa was born in Clinton, Iowa. He is best known for his role as real-life serial killer Richard Ramirez in the ninth season of the FX anthology horror series American Horror Story, titled American Horror Story: 1984,[1] and his artistic experience through the band Cylvia. Villa plays piano, drums, bass, guitar, and violin.

Zach Villa
Villa in 2020
Born (1987-03-17) March 17, 1987 (age 37)
Alma materJuilliard School and Interlochen Arts Academy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • dancer
  • musician
Years active2011–present

Personal life

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He was born to Mexican parents in Clinton, Iowa. In January 2015, Villa and his bandmate Evan Rachel Wood announced they were engaged. Their band was called Rebel and a Basketcase.[2][3] The couple ended their engagement in September 2017.[4]

Since June 2017, Villa is lead vocalist and guitarist in the band Sorry Kyle.[5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2014 Jesus Year Phil Short film
2015 Honeyglue Jordan
2016 Cardboard Boxer Tyler
2017 A Break in White 5 Short film
2018 Destroyer Arturo Guerrero
2019 As You Like It Orlando
2022 Hypochondriac Will
2022 Good Mourning Angel
2022 Vengeance Sancholo

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 Archer Bishop (voice) Episode: "The Double Deuce"
2013 NCIS: Los Angeles Javier Ramos Episode: "Resurrection"
2016 Bordertown Carlos Sanchez (voice) 8 episodes
2017 Dan Is Dead Dashiell Lowman 8 episodes
2018 The Expanse Manéo "Néo" Jung-Espinoza Episode: "Delta-V"
2019 Shameless Dax 3 episodes
2019 American Horror Story: 1984 Richard Ramirez 9 episodes
2021 Station 19 Charlie 2 episodes
2022 Archive 81 Chris Lee 1 episode

Video games

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Year Title Voice role
2016 Batman: The Telltale Series Cop / Drug Dealer / Reporter / Thug / Thug Boss / Bar Patron
2019 Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn Somnus Lucis Caelum

References

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  1. ^ Schulman, Alissa. "American Horror Story's Zach Villa Is Ready For His Breakout Moment". MTV News. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Evan Rachel Wood Is Engaged to Rebel and a Basketcase Bandmate Zach Villa". 30 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Rebel and a Basketcase on Instagram".
  4. ^ "Evan Rachel Wood and Zach Villa Call Off Engagement". 7 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Sorry Kyle on Instagram".
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