Elyes Gabel
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Gabel at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con
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| Born |
Elyes Cherif Gabel 8 May 1983 Westminster, London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Elyes Cherif Gabel (born 8 May 1983) is an English actor. Among his most notable roles, he has portrayed Dr. Gupreet "Guppy" Sandhu in the BBC medical drama Casualty, Dothraki Rakharo in Seasons 1 and 2 of the HBO series Game of Thrones, and P.E. teacher Rob Cleaver in the BBC drama Waterloo Road. He appeared in the ITV drama Identity and portrayed Detective Adam Lucas in Season 3 of Body of Proof. He is currently starring in the CBS series Scorpion as computer genius Walter O'Brien.
Gabel was born in Westminster, London and lived in Canada, before returning to the UK to live in Bristol and Manchester. He is of Algerian, French, Spanish, Dutch, Anglo-Indian, Irish, and Portuguese descent. He attended St Damian's Roman Catholic Science College in Ashton-Under-Lyne. He later trained at Strodes College, the Oldham Theatre Workshop and the Northern Kids Theatre Company.
Gabel dropped out of drama school to appear on the children's television show I Love Mummy. He participated in stage productions of West Side Story, Oliver! and Diary of Anne Frank. In 2004, Gabel joined the cast of Casualty as Guppy Sandhu. He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2005 National Television Awards for the role. He decided to leave Casualty in 2007 to pursue new acting challenges and concentrate on recording music with his band.
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