EXCLUSIVE: Cooper Koch, the star of Ryan Murphy series Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menedez Story, has inked with United Talent Agency for representation. Monsters centers on the 1989 murders of José and Kitty Menendez, who were killed by their sons. The show has racked up 53.6M global views on Netflix since dropping on Sept. 21.

While there may not now be plans for more Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Murphy's next Monsters instalment is already confirmed, with it being focused on killer Ed Gein, who will be played by Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam.

Cooper Koch, who plays Erik Menendez in Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story on Netflix, detailed meeting him in prison.

After portraying him in Ryan Murphy's 'Monsters', Cooper Koch opened up about meeting Erik Menéndez in prison.

"Getting to meet him was so rewarding," Koch, who portrays Erik in Netflix's 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,' said

Before sitting front row at Giorgio Armani’s spring-summer 2025 show, the rising star caught up with GQ about his “kinda crazy” newfound fame.

Cooper Koch let it all hang out — literally — during the prison shower scene in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”

The nine-episode Ryan Murphy-co-created show chronicles the real-life 1989 murders of multimillionaires José (Javier Bardem) and Kitty Menendez (Chloë Sevigny) by their sons, Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik.