When Nicholas Alexander Chavez began researching his role as Lyle Menéndez for Monsters, he paid special attention to the “mask” that Lyle’s dad Jose forced him to use when he began losing his hair. That “mask” is how Chavez refers to Lyle’s infamous toupée,

Chavez plays Lyle in the Netflix limited series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story opposite Javier Bardem, Chloë Sevigny and Cooper Koch. He can also be seen in the horror drama series Grotesquerie as Father Charlie alongside Travis Kelce, Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance, and Lesley Manville. Grotesquerie premiered yesterday on FX.