Since 2012, he has starred in films of the horror genre, Beneath (2013), It Follows (2014), and Don't Breathe (2016), The Pope's Exorcist (2023), Woman Of The Hour (2024) as well as the romantic comedy Laggies (2014).
His next film project was the romantic comedy Laggies, in the role of Junior, alongside actors including Chloë Grace Moretz, Keira Knightley, and Mark Webber.
[6] Zovatto played a leading role in Don't Breathe, a horror film directed by Fede Álvarez, cast as the character Money.
[8] Although he does not appear in the premiere episode of season two, "Monster", Jack (Zovatto) is heard conversing with Alicia Clark (Alycia Debnam-Carey) after the latter responds to his distress calls over the radio.
Debnam-Carey and Zovatto's characters share a romance in the succeeding episodes "Blood in the Streets" and "Captive", despite Jack and accomplices of his having kidnapped Clark and her stepfather.
[10] Later, he was cast in one of the main roles in HBO's dark comedy-drama series Here And Now opposite Oscar winners Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter as Ramon, one of the adopted siblings of a multiracial family.
Although the movie hasn't had a theatrical release, it received positive reviews,[12][13] and Zovatto was invited to Variety's "10 Latinxs to Watch" brunch, held in partnership with the 36th annual Miami Film Festival, celebrating rising Latino filmmakers and actors.
It centers on a drug-addicted, codependent couple, Maddie (Turner) and Seven (Zovatto), living it up in the high-end drug scene, leading to unavoidable tragedy.
[16] In 2021, Zovatto returned to the small screen for HBO's miniseries Station Eleven playing the role of a cult leader called “The Prophet”.
[17] On the set of The Pope's Exorcist, Crowe convinced Zovatto to accept the role of real life serial killer Rodney Alcala in Anna Kendrick's directorial debut Woman of the Hour.