Robot', played by Christian Slater, to join a group of hacktivists called 'fsociety'. Elliot is recruited by an insurrectionary anarchist known as 'Mr. It stars Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker with social anxiety disorder and clinical depression. Robot is an American drama thriller television series created by Sam Esmail for USA Network. Universal Content Productions (season 4).Universal Cable Productions (seasons 1–3).