Zach Villa

Zach Villa
Villa in 2020
Born	(1987-03-17) March 17, 1987 (age 38) Clinton, Iowa, U.S.
Education	Juilliard School (BFA)
Occupations	Actor singer songwriter dancer musician
Years active	2011–present
Partner	Ashley Atwell (2024-present)

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.

Personal life

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

Film

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
2024	Guns & Moses	Detective Nestor

Television

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

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

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".

External links

• Zach Villa at IMDb