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Elyes Cherif Gabel (; born 8 May 1983) is an English actor. He gained recognition for his portrayal of Dr Gurpreet "Guppy" Sandhu in the
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Casualty Casualty may refer to: *Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster **Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare * The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
'' (2004–2007), computer genius
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in the
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series ''
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'' (2014–2018),
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Rakharo in Seasons 1 and 2 of the
HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...
series ''
Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
'' (2011–2012), and PE teacher Rob Cleaver in the
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school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road'' (2009). Gabel was last seen as Sean Tilson in Apple TV+ suspense-thriller, ''
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'' (2022). His other notable appearances are as DC Jose Rodriguez in the
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'' (2010), Detective Adam Lucas in
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of ''
Body of Proof ''Body of Proof'' is an American medical/crime comedy-drama television series that ran on ABC from March 29, 2011, to May 28, 2013, and starred Dana Delany as medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt. The series was created by Christopher Murphey and p ...
'' (2013), as virologist Andrew Fassbach in post-apocalyptic thriller film ''
World War Z ''World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War'' is a 2006 zombie apocalyptic horror novel written by American author Max Brooks. The novel is broken into eight chapters: “Warnings”, “Blame”, “The Great Panic”, “Turning the Ti ...
'' (2013), as Julian in crime drama film ''
A Most Violent Year ''A Most Violent Year'' is a 2014 American crime drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor. The film stars Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain with Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks, and Catalina Sandino Moreno. Isaac plays Abe ...
'' (2014), and as Adem Qasim in
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film '' Spooks: The Greater Good'' (2015).


Early life

Gabel was born in Westminster,
London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
and lived in
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, before returning to the UK to live in
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and
Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
. He is of
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,
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,
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and
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descent. He attended
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in
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. He later trained at Strodes College, the
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and the Northern Kids Theatre Company. He has also trained at
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, London. At the age of 18, he left school to shoot for a TV show in
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.


Career


2001–2007: Early work and recognition through ''Casualty''

Gabel made his debut in 2001 as the character Jean-Claude Tournier in episode titled ''Breaking point'' of Series 15 of
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medical drama A medical drama is a television show or film in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment. Most recent medical drama (film and television), dramatic programming go beyond the events pertaining to the chara ...
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Casualty Casualty may refer to: *Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster **Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare * The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
''. In 2002, Gabel dropped out of drama school to appear on the children's
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I Love Mummy ''I Love Mummy'' was a fantasy sitcom that ran for one season in 2002. It is composed of 26 episodes. The show was created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher; and produced by Ellis Iddon, Phil Meagher, Mark Iddon, Ira Levy and Peter Williamson. The ...
'' where he portrayed
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Prince Nuffratuti (Prince Nuff) of
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, who is unable to ascend to the afterlife until he has completed his scroll of tasks. In 2004, he appeared as Steve in
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medical Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practic ...
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''
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''. In the same year, Gabel appeared as two different characters in different episodes of ''
Casualty Casualty may refer to: *Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster **Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare * The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
''. Later he joined as series regular character Gurpreet Guppy Sandhu in the same show as a part of Series 19. He was nominated as Most Popular Newcomer at the 2005
National Television Awards The National Television Awards (often shortened to NTAs) is a British television awards ceremony, broadcast by the ITV network and initiated in 1995. The National Television Awards are the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted ...
for the role. He also appeared as Gurpreet in episode four titled "Teacher's Pet" of
Casualty@Holby City Casualty@Holby City (styled as ''CASUAL+Y @ HOLBY CI+Y'') is a series of special crossover episodes of BBC medical dramas ''Casualty'' and '' Holby City''. While ''Casualty'' was launched on 6 September 1986, and its spin-off ''Holby City'' wa ...
, a nine part special
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series of ''
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'' and its spin off ''
Holby City ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', and pr ...
'' in 2005. He decided to leave ''Casualty'' in 2007 to pursue new acting challenges and concentrate on recording music with his band.


2008–2013: Film debut, ''Game of Thrones'', ''Body of Proof'' and ''World War Z''

In 2008, he made his debut in films portraying the character Ben in American
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'', the final installment of ''Boogeyman'' film series. In the same year, Gabel appeared as Vimal, a trainee priest, in the BBC drama ''
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'', alongside
Martin Shaw Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945) is an English actor. He came to national recognition as Doyle in ITV (TV network), ITV crime-action television drama series ''The Professionals (TV series), The Professionals'' (1977–1983). Further notable ...
. The first episode aired on
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on 13 November 2008. He then starred as P.E. teacher Rob Cleaver in the BBC One school drama '' Waterloo Road'' from
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, which began on 7 January 2009. In 2010, Gabel starred in the 6-part British
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series ''
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'' as DC Jose Rodriguez on ITV, a member of the identity unit. In the same year, he lent his voice to Apache: Air Assault, a
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. In 2011, He played Prince Djem, brother of Sultan
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of the
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's '' The Borgias''. In the same year, he played Shahrouz in the second series of British
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television series ''
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'' and as Ahmed in war torn Baghdad based hostage drama film ''Kingdom of Dust: Beheading of Adam Smith''. He later appeared as the Dothraki "Bloodrider" Rakharo, loyal bodyguard of
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in the season-1 and beginning of season-2 of
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series ''
Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
''. According to the showrunners
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and
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, journey of his character in the show had to be cut short as he quit the show to pursue projects that put him more front and center. In 2011, he joined the cast of CIA procedural
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pilot ''Exit Strategy'', portraying transport expert Tarik Fayad alongside
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but the show was dropped after being considered for a midseason airing and later released as a TV movie (2015). In the same year, he appeared as Jaz in British
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'' alongside James Floyd and
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. In 2012, he appeared as Troy Vargas in David Hubbard's CBS TV movie ''Widow Detective''. In the same year, he appeared as Umar in two part episode titled "And Then I Fell in Love" of series-15 of British
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television series ''
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''. In 2013, Gabel starred as Detective Adam Lucas in Season 3 of American
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television series, ''
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'' on
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. His character Adam Lucas was described as young, smart, a rebel and a
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native, who is a new entrant in Philadelphia Homicide division, in the revamped third season of the show. The show was ABC's third most-watched show and yet was cancelled by the channel at the end of the ''
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''. He later appeared as Ruan Sternwood in
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's
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'' alongside
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,
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, and
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. He went on to appear as Danny in
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's horror
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titled ''
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''. Later in the same year, he appeared as a young virologist Andrew Fassbach in American post-apocalyptic thriller ''
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'' based on the 2006 novel of the same name by
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.


2014–2018: Break out performance in ''Scorpion''

Gabel starred as an eccentric computing genius
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on the American drama series ''
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'' by
Nick Santora Nick Santora (born 1970) is a writer and producer born in Queens, New York. He won the Best Screenplay of the Competition in the New York City Independent International Film Festival. He has also written and/or produced ''The Sopranos'', ''The ...
on
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, based on the real life of
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. According to the show creator Nick Santora, "Gabel was able to play the difficulty of expressing emotion while being emotional” for the character of ''Walter O'Brien'', who had difficulty processing and expressing emotions. The series debuted on 22 September 2014 and became the highest rated and highest streamed drama for
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. Scorpion also won '' The Golden Nymph'' award for 'Best Action & Science Fiction TV Series' in
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(2018). The series was cancelled after 4 seasons, 93 episodes despite having higher ratings than other cancellations with the last airing on 16 April 2018. Gabel starred in all 93 episodes of the series and was termed as one of the "11 Breakout Stars of the Fall TV Season 2014" by ''
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''. In the same year, he made an appearance in a crossover episode of ''Scorpion'' with American
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'' NCIS: Los Angeles'', had a cameo appearance in
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'' Interstellar''. He was also seen as Julian in
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'', which was among "323 feature films eligible for the
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. In 2015, he appeared as Adem Qasim in British
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'' Spooks: The Greater Good'' alongside
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and
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. In 2017, he directed an episode titled "Black White & a shade of grey" of TV series ''Stakes''. In 2018, he directed and produced a short feature film titled ''Grimshaw'' based on drug addiction and regression of individual freedom for which he received the Jury Award for Best Director in Show Low Film Festival (2018).


2019–present

In 2019, he gave voice to Thomas Kallor also known as Star Boy/Star Man, a member of
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and an ally to ''
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'' in
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''. The film had its world premiere at WonderCon ’19 (March 29–31, 2019). He has written, directed and produced a short film titled ''Game Show Hurt'' alongside fellow ''Scorpion'' alumni
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, Glenn Keogh and Paul K. Daniel. In 2020, he joined the cast of the thriller ''
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'' on
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based on the Israeli thriller TV series ''
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'', alongside
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and
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. Gabel portrayed British citizen Sean Tilson in eight part thriller series which premiered on 4 February 2022 on Apple TV+.


Personal life

Gabel dated ''Scorpion'' co-star
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for almost two years. They split in 2016.


Philanthropy

In 2005, Gabel performed in '' Children in Need'', an annual BBC
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for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK. In 2008, he joined actors and sports stars to record a rap-single to support the Anti-knife campaign and raising money to fight the spate of knife crimes. He supports ''ALS Association Golden West Chapter'' to help in the fight to end
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and raising awareness and funds for the disease in honor of his maternal grandmother Noreen Gurney who suffered from the disease via his fundraising page ''Teamelyes.org''. In 2014, he was part of
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Golden West Chapter's "walk to defeat ALS" alongside
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,
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. In the same year, Gabel along with the cast of ''Scorpion'' was part of CBS Cares's awareness and discussion campaigns for
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. He was associated with ''American Forces Network'' / AFN's ''Stop Bullying Body Positive'' campaign along with the ''Scorpion'' cast in 2015. In the same year, Gabel along with his ''Scorpion'' co-star Katharine Mcphee joined
Sloane Stephens Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 after Wimbledon in 2018. Stephens was the 2017 US Open champion, and has won seven WTA Tour singles titles in t ...
,
CoCo Vandeweghe Colleen "CoCo" Vandeweghe ( ) (born Colleen Mullarkey; December 6, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. A former Junior US Open champion and top 10 singles player, she has also won two WTA titles, both at the Rosmalen Grass Court C ...
,
Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob (born January 26, 1977) is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey, and as of 2009 lived in Santa Monica, California. He was the top-ranked boy in his age group at the a ...
,
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and others for a Pro-Am
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tournament in Brentwood to help raise money for the
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Foundation, which supports tennis and educational programs under- resourced youth, individuals with disabilities, and wounded, ill and injured service members, veterans and their families. Gabel was also involved in CBS Cares's awareness, discussions and fundraising campaigns for
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(MS) during its awareness month, March in association with a
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,
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in 2017. In 2019, he supported “Raising the Stakes” charity by ''One Step Closer Foundation'' for raising funds towards helping people with
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by participating in Cerebral Palsy (CP) Celebrity Poker Tournament.


Filmography


Film


Television


As Writer, producer & director


Theatre


Discography

Gabel is a singer, songwriter and a guitarist who also fronts a band ''El & The Broken Bones''. He considers music as passion and has expressed his love for emotional and haunting scores. His songs are available online on his youtube channel ''Roughened Verse Elyes''. Gabel along with his ''
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'' costar, Luke Bailey performed a rendition of '' The Beatles '' classic ''
I Saw Her Standing There "I Saw Her Standing There" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. It is the opening track on the band's 1963 debut UK album ''Please Please Me'' and their debut US album '' Introducing... The B ...
'' in 2005 edition of annual BBC
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for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK, '' Children in Need''. In 2008, Gabel recorded a single alongwith Luke Bailey, Stephen Nicholas,
Lee Otway Lee Otway (born 4 January 1982) is an English actor best known for his role as David "Bombhead" Burke in the British television drama Hollyoaks, for which he was nominated for a British Soap Award. Otway also played 'Ben West' in the BBC dram ...
,
Junior Witter Junior Witter (born 10 March 1974) is a British former world champion professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2015. He held the WBC light welterweight world title from 2006 to 2008 and challenged once for the IBF light welterweight title ...
and ''
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'', under the collaboration ''UK Flow'', a campaign aimed at raising money to fight the spate of knife crimes. In 2016, he did a
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rendition of
Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career a ...
’s ''
Don't Go Breaking My Heart "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a 1976 duet by English musician Elton John and English singer Kiki Dee. It was written by John with Bernie Taupin under the pseudonyms "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche", respectively, and intended as an affection ...
'' alongside his costar Katharine McPhee in Season-2, episode 14 "Sun of a Gun" and a musical in Season-4, episode 1 "Extinction" (2017) for his show ''Scorpion''. Some of his music compositions are: * Beauty's Bad (live) * Bow Down to Time * Could It Be My Fault (live at Battersea) * Dirty Grey Grout * Ever I feel * Find a spot * Hello Winter * High Hopes * Hold On * Hometown Glory * If You Knew You Hurt Your Baby (bit) * Pastures New * Pay Attention Lord * Shame on You * Wade Through Water * Wasting Time (rough mix) * Well I


Awards and nominations


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gabel, Elyes 1983 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors English people of Algerian descent English people of Dutch descent English people of Indian descent English people of Irish descent English people of Portuguese descent English people of Spanish descent Male actors from London