‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’s Zach Gilford Says Goodbye To Elias Voit After Four Killer Seasons: “It’s What Needed To Happen”

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ET See more of our coverage in your search results. When Zach Gilford signed on to play a serial killer in the debut season of Criminal Minds: Evolution, he never imagined he’d be saying goodbye four seasons, 40 episodes, and two directing credits later. But his performance as Elias Voit — a cold-blooded murderer, master manipulator, and evil genius who spent his COVID-19 lockdown training a network of serial killers online — was so compelling that the Criminal Minds crew didn’t want to say goodbye.

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▪ET See more of our coverage in your search results.
▪When Zach Gilford signed on to play a serial killer in the debut season of Criminal Minds: Evolution, he never imagined he’d be saying goodbye four seasons, 40 episodes, and two directing credits later.
▪But his performance as Elias Voit — a cold-blooded murderer, master manipulator, and evil genius who spent his COVID-19 lockdown training a network of serial killers online — was so compelling that the Criminal Minds crew didn’t want to say

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