The short answer is: Britain. Over there, though, it hasn't seemed like hiding at all.

He's been all over British TV for years now, co-starring in a number of series, such as sitcoms "Miranda" (2009-2015) and "Gates" (2012), the fantasy-thriller series "The Fades" (2011), and the horror miniseries "The Secret of Crickley Hall" (2012). He also fulfilled his British TV-star duty by appearing in an episode of "Agatha Christie's Poirot" in 2014 (playing Det. Insp. Bland in the episode "Dead Man's Folly").

Interestingly, he's done a few religious-themed roles over there as well. He played an apostle in "The Passion," a 2008 BBC miniseries about the last days in the life of Jesus, and played a priest in a couple of episodes of the long-running forensic drama "Silent Witness."

Though it may seem as if he's been hiding in his native Britain, Ellis did try previously to make inroads to American television. He starred in the USA Network series "Rush," which only lasted a season in 2014.

Whether "Lucifer" will do better is yet to be seen. The show's only partway through its inaugural season, so a renewal announcement is likely a long way away.

And the show is not without its detractors. Ellis plays Lucifer -- the actual devil -- who decides to retire from ruling the underworld and move to Los Angeles to punish criminals there instead (if that sounds implausible, bear in mind it's based on a comic book). A parents group recently complained that the show was putting the devil in an overly sympathetic light.

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