Edward Philipe Mott (portrayed by Evan Peters and Elliott Ehlers) was a previous owner of the Roanoke farmhouse and the ancestor of Dandy and Gloria Mott, featured in American Horror Story: Freak Show. Though physically beautiful, Dandy finds himself more in common with the performers of Elsa Mars's freak show and aspires to join the troupe. There, he became the original owner of the big Mott had only lived there for a couple of days before he awoke to find all his art destroyed by Edward Philippe Mott is a wealthy heir suffering from what today is known as severe His appearance is quirky and opulent, wearing a garish white wig and powdering his face in accordance with the primarily aristocratic fashion of the time. In "My Roanoke Nightmare" he is portrayed by Rory Monahan (portrayed by Evan Peters). The latest he'd ever been introduced in prior seasons was the second episode, so viewers were perplexed and a little bit peeved that Peters didn't show up at all for so much of the season. Edward Mott, the original builder of the house on the cursed Roanoke land, was introduced – and he shares a name with a certain Freak Show villain. Naturally, the Butcher was none too pleased that someone had trespassed on "her" land, so she brutally killed Edward, burning him alive and hiding his body.
On tonight's episode, "Chapter 5," we finally met the Edward Mott in question. She theorized that Dandy's "eccentricities" (to put it super, super mildly) might be rooted in the fact that there was just a ton of inbreeding and madness in the earlier generations of the Mott family. Now, at least, we've gotten our dose of the actor â however surprisingly brief and minor his appearance as Edward Mott may have been.
Previously married with an heir, Edward moved to North Carolina with Guinness, his slave as well as his lover. Edward Philippe Mott was first mentioned by Elias Cunningham during his explanation of the cursed house's history on last week's "Chapter 4." He was a relatively-out gay man ("relatively-out" in the sense that he made out with his male lover publicly in front of a small crowd of very judge-y people) and an *extremely* avid art lover who fell victim to the Butcher and her followers. Dandy Mott.
Dandy Mott is the son of Gloria Mott. Edward Philippe Mott was originally married and had an heir, but he left them and moved to North Carolina. He's played by none other than Evan Peters, a fan favorite Fans were up in arms over the fact that Evan Peters went completely unseen for the entire first four episodes of the season. He is a character in Freak Show primarily portrayed by Finn Wittrock.