Here you have previously seen Carlo Rota from General Hospital

Some of General Hospital‘s newest cast additions come from the land of primetime and streaming television. For example, Adam J. Harrington, who, until recently Agent Cates playedis best known for his role in the CW series The Secret Circle, SupernaturalAnd Netflix- Lincoln’s Advocate. Charles Mesure’s recent credits include Syfy’s The MagiABC’s Once upon a timeAnd Desperate housewives. Take the actor who currently plays the villainous crime boss holding Lucky hostage in East Africa. Carlo Rota has appeared in countless TV and film projects. In fact, we bet you’ve seen him before.

Backstory of the villain

Since Jonathan Jackson returned to GH, Lucky Spencer’s character has been locked in a small room somewhere in Somalia. His favorite way to distract himself is playing poker with the crime lord, who keeps coming up with reasons not to kill his hostage.

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Carlo Rota currently plays Sidwell, the villainous, poker-loving threat to Lucky’s freedom. The talented character actor is no stranger to playing mob bosses, criminal overlords, terrorists, corrupt prison guards, and of course, rich and shady businessmen.

Carlo Rota played a villain five times

Here’s a sneak peek at Rota’s Bad Guy selection:

• Villain #1: Emilio Solano, Jane the Virgin
  • Solano was the shady businessman father of Rafael and Luisa. The consistent con man eventually met a brutal end. He died in a pile of dried concrete.
• Villain #2: Anton LaVey, American Horror Story: Apocalypse
  • LaVey was the supreme leader of a group called The Satanists. If your group’s name has the word “Satan” in it, you’re a bad guy.
• Villain #3: Ivan, Scandal
  • Ivan was a terrorist who was an ally of Olivia Pope’s evil mother, Maya Lewis. Enough said.
• Bad Guy #4: Giuseppe “Papa Joe” Yakavetta, Boondock Saints
  • Papa Joe was the Don of the Yakavetta crime organization. Yes, he ran a syndicate, which meant there was nothing warm and fuzzy about him. He wanted to track down members of the Saints.
• Villain #5: Remington Meiser, The Flash
  • Rota played a German criminal who took on superheroes like The Flash and The Elongated Man.

And once Carlo Rota played a good guy

On Fox’s 24Rota, who was born in the United Kingdom but grew up in Italy, Canada, Hong Kong and the Bahamas, played Morris O’Brian. He was Chloe’s husband and the father of their child. Although Morris was not a bad guy, he did have an alcohol addiction. So he was very smart and sometimes very troubled. And since this 24his character may have faced danger. Tragically, Morris and his son were killed in a hit-and-run. Poor Chloe.

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In addition, the actor also includes the 1994 films on the small screen The woman Nikia series on USA Network, Fox’s Deadly weaponCBS’s Scorpioand Syfy’s Dark matter. Here’s a question: how many times has one of Rota’s characters died on screen? Sadly, that’s the fate of many villains. Where have you seen Carlo Rota before? Let us know in the comments.