One of the most mysterious people on the hit “Glee” is the guy who sits mute behind the piano. The actor is Brad Ellis.
“He played the piano when we did all the auditions for all the kids, and he was very cool,” show creator Ryan Murphy says. “And we put him in black, and he sits there, and I’ve only given him one direction, which is: ‘You hate those kids.’ ”
“That’s all I’ve ever said to him, and he hasn’t had any lines yet, but we have a whole backstory where he goes home and does voodoo dolls. He hates those kids. So watch the show from now on and you see shots of him, he’s purposely glaring at them. That’s his only direction that he’s received to date.”
Essentially, Murphy says, “he’s a very low-paid teacher at the school who is like a part-time helper.”
So far, he’s said nothing on the show, and may never do so.
“He might say, ‘I hate those kids.’ I don’t know. By season eight, maybe, if we’re so lucky.”