GLAAD award-winning actor and producer Harvey Guillén’s inventive and creative approach to acting has won the hearts of fans across the globe in the Emmy nominated FX comedy series What We Do In the Shadows. Guillén’s role as Guillermo De la Cruz recently earned him a Critics Choice Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Guillen made LGBTQ+ Latinx History by becoming the first queer Latinx actor to be nominated in this category.
Currently, Guillen is in production on season 3 of What We Do In The Shadows. In the series created by Jermaine Clement and based on the Taika Waititi film of the same name, Guillén stars alongside Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry and Natasia Demetriou and Mark Proksch as Guillermo, the ambitious human familiar and assistant to Nandor. Guillermo’s hope and
GLAAD award-winning actor and producer Harvey Guillén’s inventive and creative approach to acting has won the hearts of fans across the globe in the Emmy nominated FX comedy series What We Do In the Shadows. Guillén’s role as Guillermo De la Cruz recently earned him a Critics Choice Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Guillen made LGBTQ+ Latinx History by becoming the first queer Latinx actor to be nominated in this category.
Currently, Guillen is in production on season 3 of What We Do In The Shadows. In the series created by Jermaine Clement and based on the Taika Waititi film of the same name, Guillén stars alongside Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry and Natasia Demetriou and Mark Proksch as Guillermo, the ambitious human familiar and assistant to Nandor. Guillermo’s hope and dream has always been to one day become a vampire himself, but ten years of being a vampire familiar, his plan of becoming a vampire is seemingly derailed when he suddenly finds out he is a descendent of Van Helsing. After learning of his relation to the famous vampire slayer, Guillermo tried to hide his true identity but can’t stop accidentally killing vampires. What We Do In The Shadows premiered its second season on FX on April 15, 2020, and since has been included on over 50 “Best of 2020” lists, including The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone and The New Yorker.
In addition to What We Do In The Shadows, Guillén joined the cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist for Season 2, showcasing his musical side in a multi-episode arc. Guillén played the character of a programmer, George, who is constantly seeking approval from Zoey (Jane Levy) and his colleagues.
Upcoming, Guillen will costar in Werewolves Within based on the Ubisoft game of the same name in Spring of 2020. Guillén acts opposite Michael Chernus, Michaela Watkins, Sam Richardson, Cheyenne Jackson and more. Similar to the video game, the horror comedy film directed by Josh Ruben, the movie revolves around the shenanigans that ensue when a massive blizzard isolates a small Vermont town, causing simmering resentments to boil over as the oddball townspeople are one by one picked off by a mysterious creature. The film will premiere in June at the Tribeca Film Festival and release June 25, 2021.
Guillén got his start in acting after watching Annie on TV as a child. Since then, Guillén has been seen in a wide arrange TV series and films, including Syfy’s The Magicians created by Sera Gamble, John McNamara, Nickelodeon’s The Thundermans, created by Jed Springarn, Apple TV+’s Little America and MTV’s Eye Candy starring Victoria Justice. Guillén also portrayed Elijah in the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Me What to Do” episode of the series Raising Hope, and received a GLAAD Media Award for his role. In film, Guillén acted opposite Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in the Shawn Levy-directed comedy The Internship and in Netflix’s mystery thriller Truth or Dare, directed by Nick Simon.
