Peter Gadiot

Peter Gadiot
Gadiot in 2016
Born	(1986-01-02) 2 January 1986 (age 35) West Sussex, England
Occupation	Actor, Model
Years active	2010–present

Peter Gadiot (/ˈɡædioʊ/;^[1] born 2 January 1986) is a British actor. He portrayed the role of James Valdez in the hit USA Network show Queen of the South. He also played Cyrus in ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

Career[]

Peter Gadiot trained classically at Drama Centre London and has appeared in numerous stage productions. His past credits include the 2013 film The Forbidden Girl, MTV's Hot Mess and the British series My Spy Family.

In 2013, Gadiot made his American network debut as Cyrus, the handsome and mysterious Genie, in ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. That same year, Gadiot starred opposite Léa Seydoux in a short film directed by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Prada: Candy. He also appeared in three episodes of the British series Fresh Meat, a Channel 4 dramedy with a large cult following.

He went behind the camera to write and direct the short film 12–17, released in 2014.

Gadiot played the recurring role of Caesar in the series Matador (2014) and the role of Ka in the Canadian-American miniseries Tut (2015).

In 2016 he played the lead role of Petruchio in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington DC.

From 2016 to 2021, Gadiot starred as James Valdez in the crime drama series Queen of the South, produced for USA Network, an adaptation of Arturo Perez-Reverte's best-selling novel La Reina del Sur. In 2017 he won the Imagen award for 'Best supporting actor in a television series' for his portrayal of James Valdez in Touchstone Television and USA Networks Queen of the South. In 2021, the fifth and final season of Queen of the South was broadcast on USA Network.

Gadiot played Mister Mxyzptlk in CBS's Supergirl in the second season (2017).

Currently, Peter Gadiot is working on Showtime's new series called Yellowjackets. Gadiot will portray Adam, a magnetic and curious stranger who, drawn to something inexplicable in one of the adult Yellowjackets, will befriend and provoke her at a tumultuous time in her life. ^[2]

Personal life[]

Raised primarily in the United Kingdom, his father is Dutch, and his mother is Mexican. Gadiot speaks English and Spanish. He has one older brother.

Filmography[]

Philanthropy[]

Gadiot also actively campaigns against slavery and human trafficking, and once rowed across the Atlantic to support the cause. He rowed across the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean to Africa with a crew in about 39 days. Afterwards, he ran a "self-sufficient 250-kilometer ultra-marathon in the Sahara Desert." He finally completed his journey by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Gadiot gave talks to thousands of school children educating them about the issues. With Rowing Against Slavery, Gadiot was able to raise money for Anti-Slavery International and Save the Children.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Peter Gadiot at IMDb

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