The Purge

As Gabriel Chavarria tells us, he never chose acting but just happened to be in the right place at the right time. From the moment he was discovered by a casting director who was searching for a Latino kid to act opposite Hilary Swank in Richard LaGravenese's Freedom Writers, Gabriel Chavarria knew that he was destined to a life in front of a camera.

In the past four years, The Purge franchise has racked up over $330 million at the worldwide box office (with one film currently still in theaters), peddling a unique mixture of horror, action and social commentary that has only grown more resonant against a backdrop of nationalistic political animus. Now it’s coming to the small screen as well, in the form of a 10-episode series set to premiere on September 4.