Consuelos had a starring role in the educational serial
Connect With English, which aired on public television stations as part of the
Annenberg/CPB Project. In the early 1990s, Consuelos was a dancer with the Suncoast Calendar Men, based in Clearwater, Florida. He left in 1995 when he got the part on
All My Children. In February 1995, Consuelos had his breakthrough when he landed the role of
Mateo Santos on the soap opera
All My Children. Consuelos is not new to the
Law & Order franchise, he had guest-starred in the sixth-season episode "
Albatross" of
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as the U.S. Attorney involved in a case where the judge's life is threatened. Consuelos portrayed Spivey, a recurring character, in
American Horror Story: Asylum, the second season of the anthology horror series. In 2013, Consuelos co-starred as Florida Senator Andy Guzman in Amazon's
Alpha House, a political comedy written by
Doonesbury creator
Garry Trudeau. Along with
John Goodman, Consuelos plays one of four Republican senators living together in a house on Capitol Hill. He has spent the summer of 2014 filming the second season. In 2016, Consuelos landed a role on a new
FOX series,
Pitch, as Oscar Arguella. In 2017, Consuelos was cast in the series regular role of Hiram Lodge on
The CW drama
Riverdale. His oldest son, Michael Consuelos, plays a younger Hiram Lodge starting in the third season. His final episode as a series regular was the fifth-season finale, departing after four seasons. On February 16, 2023, Consuelos was announced as
Ryan Seacrest's successor as co-host of
Live. ==Personal life==