When a show needs gravitas, there’s one surefire solution: Vincent D’Onofrio. The iconic actor has appeared in movies like Full Metal Jacket and Men in Black, but he’s become a character actor on television thanks to roles in Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Ratched. He’s best known nowadays for his role as Wilson Fisk, aka Kingpin, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But he wears the “character actor” label like a badge of pride.
“It's so much fun being a character actor,” D’Onofrio tells Inverse. “I've been acting for so long now, and it's still so much fun to create these characters.” His latest creation in Ryan Murphy’s The Beauty is Byron Forst, the ultra-rich businessman who tries to get his hands on the infamous “shot that makes you hot” by whatever means necessary. He may be playing another villain, but this one’s a little different — I didn’t even recognize him the first time I watched the series.
