
Acting
Elyes Gabel
EN cinema · 13 credits
Born
8 May 1983 (age 43)
Birthplace
Westminster, London, England, UK
Also known as Elyes Charif Gabel · Elyes Cherif Gabel
Elyes Cherif Gabel (/ˈɛliəs ɡəˈbɛl/; born May 8, 1983) is a British actor. Gabel's global breakout role was portraying computer genius Walter O'Brien in the CBS series Scorpion (2014–2018). Earlier he gained recognition as series regular Dr. Gurpreet "Guppy" Sandhu in the BBC medical drama Casualty (2004–2007), as Dothraki Rakharo in seasons 1 and 2 of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2012), as PE teacher Rob Cleaver in series 4 of BBC One's school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2009) and as DC Jose Rodriguez in the ITV drama Identity (2010). In 2011, he appeared as Prince Djem in a guest-star-role in the 3-times Emmy awarded TV show The Borgias, and appeared later in 2011 as Shahrouz in the dark comedy Psychoville. He moved to the US and was starting to be cast in US TV shows, as series-regular Detective Adam Lucas in season 3 of Body of Proof (2013). In February 2022, Gabel starred as Sean Tilson in Apple TV's 8-part-thriller Suspicion. In 2024, he appeared as Hassan in the CBS series FBI episode "Creating a Monster". His most notable film appearances are as virologist Andrew Fassbach in the post-apocalyptic thriller World War Z (2013), as Julian in J.C. Chandor's Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award nominated crime drama A Most Violent Year (2014), and as Adem Qasim in the spy thriller Spooks: The Greater Good (2015). He voiced Thom Kallor/Star Boy in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Elyes Gabel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Game Show Hurt
Game Show Hurt
as Game Show Host / Defiant, Director, Writer, Producer

The Odyssey
as Elatus

Justice League vs. the Fatal Five
as Thomas Kallor / Star Boy (voice)

Spooks: The Greater Good
as Adem Qasim

Scorpion - Tech, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll
as Walter O'Brien

A Most Violent Year
as Julian

Interstellar
as Administrator

World War Z
as Andrew Fassbach

Welcome to the Punch
as Ruan Sternwood

Kingdom of Dust
as Ahmed

Boogeyman 3
as Ben



