Harvey Guillén
Harvey Guillén
Biography
Javier "Harvey" Guillén (Latin American Spanish:[xaˈβjeɾ ˈxaɾβi ɣiˈʝen]; born May 3, 1990) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the human familiar Guillermo de la Cruz in the television series What We Do in the Shadows. Guillén is the son of Mexican immigrants. He adopted the name Harvey when school teachers could not pronounce his first name. Guillén attended Citrus College, completing the three-year Citrus Singers program in 2005. His father, who was the first person who encouraged him to pursue acting, died of lung cancer in 2017. Guillén speaks Spanish, English, and Japanese—the last acquired during a 13-month visit to Japan. He identifies as queer. Guillén at the 2022 Phoenix Fan Fusion Guillén has appeared in recurring roles on television series such as Alistair Delgado on Huge (2010), Cousin Blobbin on The Thundermans (2013–2018), George Reyes in Eye Candy (2015), and Benedict Fenwick on The Magicians(2017–2018). He also appeared in the 2013 film The Internship. Beginning in 2019, Guillén played the role of Guillermo, the vampires' human familiar, in the FX television series What We Do in the Shadows. He was set to appear in Quibi's science fiction drama series Don't Look Deeper before the platform shut down in December 2020. Guillén has received considerable acclaim for his role as Guillermo. TheWrap included Guillén in a list of "2019 Emmy Contenders". Hank Steuver, in his review of What We Do in the Shadows in The Chicago Tribune, stated that Guillén "provides at least half the big laughs" in the show. Guillén provided the voice of Funny the Magic House in Mickey Mouse Funhouse. He played Nightwing in season 3 of Harley Quinn. In 2022, Guillén provided the voice for the comedic sidekick character Perrito in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. In 2023, Guillén appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in a skit as Representative George Santos. In 2024, Guillén reprised his role as Cousin Blobbin from The Thundermans in The Thundermans Return. He also provided the voice of Odie in The Garfield Movie and played Vassago in Helluva Boss. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harvey Guillén, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
83
Gender
Male
Birthday
1990-05-03 (35 years old)
Place of Birth
Orange County, California, USA
Acting

2025

Companion as Eli

2025

The Life of Chuck as Hector

2025

BULLDOZER as Angel

2024

After Midnight as Self

2024

The Garfield Movie as Odie (voice)

2024

Angry Birds Mystery Island as Buddy (voice)

2024

The Thundermans Return as Blobbin

2024

Crossword as Terry

2023

Digman! as (voice)

2023

Shape Island as Square (voice)

2023

Wish as Gabo (voice)

2023

Blue Beetle as Dr. Sanchez

2023

Strays as Shitstain (voice)

2023

The Trident as Perrito (voice)

2023

Don't Look Deeper as Renato

2022

Reacher as Jasper

2022

We Baby Bears as Genie / Wishbone Salesman (voice)

2022

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight as Pelpel / Villager 1 (voice)

2022

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight as Pelpel (voice)

2022

Human Resources as José the Spider Receptionist (voice)

2022

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish as Perrito (voice)

2022

Inventions That Changed History as Self - Actor

2022

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans as Self - Guest Judge

2022

Cursed Friends as Andy

2022

I'm Totally Fine as DJ Twisted Bristle

2021

Mickey Mouse Funhouse as Funny (voice)

2021

Teenage Euthanasia as Not available

2021

Werewolves Within as Joachim Wolfson

2020

Little America as Not available

2020

Don't Look Deeper as Renato

2020

Helluva Boss as Vassago (voice)

2020

Jimmy's Jungle as Marvin

2019

What We Do in the Shadows as Guillermo de la Cruz

2019

Harley Quinn as Nightwing / Alvin (voice)

2019

Harley Quinn as Nightwing / Clerk (voice)

2019

Harley Quinn as Nightwing / Dick Grayson (voice)

2019

Harley Quinn as Nightwing (voice)

2019

Harley Quinn as Nightwing / Red X (voice)

2018

Um, Actually... as Self - Contestant

2018

Status Update as Lonnie Gregory

2018

The Body as Nick

2018

F.R.E.D.I. as Lopez

2017

Room 104 as Luke

2017

Truth or Dare as Holt Thorne

2017

8 Bodies as Gary

2017

Cock N' Bull 2 as Not available

2016

The Good Place as Steve

2016

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula as Self - Guest Judge

2016

The Real O'Neals as August

2016

Haters Back Off as Fish Store Manager

2015

The Magicians as Benedict Pickwick

2015

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Beans

2015

Eye Candy as George Reyes

2013

The Thundermans as Blobbin

2012

Dog with a Blog as Glenn

2012

The First Family as Carl

2011

Impractical Jokers as Not available

2010

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked as Self - Guest Judge

2010

Raising Hope as Elijah

2009

RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge

2009

Archer as Alton (voice)

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

NaN

Pickleheads as Harvey Guillén

2013

Chocolate Milk as Phillip Hensler

2012

General Education as Andy

NaN

Street Smart as Danny G

2013

Big Gay Love as Not available

NaN

That Friend as Paul

2013

The Internship as Zach

NaN

(Saint) Peter as Daymon Grundy

NaN

Spicy Will as Eugenio

NaN

Damned If You Do as Not available

2008

El Tux as Bobby Gomez
Crew

2024

Crossword Executive Producer

2013

Chocolate Milk Executive Producer

2013

Chocolate Milk Casting Director

NaN

Damned If You Do Executive Producer

NaN

That Friend Producer