6 famous actors who became serial killers for cinema and television

Among the thriller and mystery films and series, there are several based on real events that tell the lives of different serial killers, such as’Monster: the story of Jeffrey Dahmer’the new Netflix where Evan Peters will give life to one of the most famous criminals in the United States, of which curiously was already made a film years ago.

Evan Peters

Although the following work Evan Peters plays Jeffrey Dahmer in the new Netflix series, years ago he already gave life to a serial killer on television, precisely in the first season of ‘American Horror Story’ where he gives life to Tate Langdon a character inspired by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, two young people who in 1999 they organized a massacre in a school, killing 12 students and 1 teacher and then committing suicide.

Zack Efron

After no longer being the beloved Troy Bolton from the “High School Musical” trilogy, Zack Efron He has been commissioned to act in all kinds of films and in “Sleeping with the Murderer” he becomes the sinister Ted Bundywho has appeared in films and television with several adaptations that tell the story of his crimes.

Jermey Renner

Before becoming one of Marvel’s Avengers and starring in the “Hawkeye” series on Disney +, this famous actor took on the skin of Jeffrey Dahmer to present the story of the killer in a 2002 film. Years later Ross Lynch did the same in a juvenile version of the plot and this 2022 is up to Evan Peters with the same plot seen from a new perspective.

darren Chris

The famous actor and singer who years ago starred in the ‘Glee’ series, Darren Chris worked just like the famous Ricky Martin in the series’American Crime Story: The murder of Gianni Versace’, where he plays Andrew Cunanan, famous for killing designer Gianni Versace in the city of Miami and real estate developer Lee Miglin in Chicago.

Zach Villa

Returning to the series’American horror story’, Evan Peters partner Zach Villa gives life Richard Ramirezalso known in the United States as “The Night Stalker”, a brutal serial killer who killed 14 people in the city of Los Angeles between 1984 and 1985 and is one of the characters in season 5, available on Star +

Mad Mikkelsen

To conclude this list of the most famous film and television actors who have played serial killers, it is impossible to give up Hannibal the cannibal inspired by the life of Robert Maudsley, brought to the big screen years ago by Anthony Hopkins and in 2013 by the famous Mads Mikelsenbut this time in a series that you can watch on Amazon Prime Video.