Elyes Cherif Gabel (/ˈɛliəs ɡəˈbɛl/; born 8 May 1983) is an English actor. He gained recognition for his portrayal of Dr. Gurpreet "Guppy" Sandhu in the BBC medical drama Casualty (2004–2007), computer genius Walter O'Brien in the CBS series Scorpion (2014–2018), Dothraki Rakharo in Seasons 1 and 2 of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2012), and PE teacher Rob Cleaver in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2009). Gabel was last seen as Sean Tilson in Apple TV suspense-thriller, Suspicion (2022).
His other notable appearances are as DC Jose Rodriguez in the ITV drama Identity (2010), Detective Adam Lucas in season 3 of Body of Proof (2013), as virologist Andrew Fassbach in the post-apocalyptic thriller film World War Z (2013), as Julian in the crime drama film A Most Violent Year (2014), and as Adem Qasim in the spy thriller film Spooks: The Greater Good (2015).
Early life
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,...More about Elyes Gabel...
