Netflix's latest true-crime series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story brings one of the world's most sensationalized cases to life, with the help of rising star Nicholas Chavez. In the Ryan Murphy-produced Netflix series, Chavez plays Lyle Menendez, the older brother of the real-life pair who was sentenced to life in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez.
Though the 25-year-old actor makes his Netflix debut in the harrowing series, Chavez is already an award-winning actor who has found fame through one of Hollywood's most intense subcultures: the soap opera world. Read on to learn more about the Monsters star, including the surprising friend he made while starring in another Ryan Murphy series.
