Elyes Gabel
Biography
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).
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Movies 11
The Odyssey
as Elatus
2026
Interstellar
as Administrator
2014
World War Z
as Andrew Fassbach
2013
A Most Violent Year
as Julian
2014
Spooks: The Greater Good
as Adem Qasim
2015
Justice League vs. the Fatal Five
as Thomas Kallor / Star Boy (voice)
2019
Welcome to the Punch
as Ruan Sternwood
2013
Boogeyman 3
as Ben
2008
Scorpion - Tech, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll
as Walter O'Brien
2015
Kingdom of Dust
as Ahmed
2011
Game Show Hurt
as Game Show Host / Defiant
TV Shows 15
Game of Thrones
as Rakharo
2011
FBI
as Hassan Khalil
2018
Casualty
as Gurpreet 'Guppy' Sandhu
1986
Casualty
as Jude
1986
Casualty
as Jean-Claude Tournier
1986
Scorpion
as Walter O'Brien
2014
Waterloo Road
as Rob Cleaver
2006
Body of Proof
as Adam Lucas
2011
The Borgias
as Cem Sultan
2011
The Borgias
as Prince Djem
2011
Suspicion
as Sean Tilson
2022
Dead Set
as Danny
2008
I Love Mummy
2002
Identity
as José Rodriguez
2010