Henri Lubatti is an American actor.

Life and career

Lubatti was born in Seattle, Washington, to Catherine Lubatti, a travel agency worker who is of French descent, and Henri Lubatti, Sr., a physics professor who is of

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descent. A graduate of the

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Drama School, Lubatti made his feature film debut in the 1997 sports drama ''Prefontaine'', which was filmed in Washington and co-starred

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. He made his earliest television appearances while working in Vancouver, Canada in 1998. In that year, appeared in an episode of ''

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". This was followed by a guest spot on the series ''

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'' and '' Seven Days'', directed by

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's '' Felicity''. Subsequent TV credits include guest appearances on ''

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'', '' ER'' (in an episode with

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), ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2002 he had a recurring role as Jovan Myovic on the first season of the hit series '' 24'', during which time he worked alongside fellow ''

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'' alumni Mina Badie,

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and Richard Cox), ''CSI'' (with Robert Curtis-Brown), ''

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'', and two episodes of ''

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). He also had a role in the 2000 ''

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'' TV movie '' A Story to Die For'', as did

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, J. Patrick McCormack, and

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. He also had a guest role in the seventh season of the drama fantasy series

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. Lubatti also has a recurring role on the soap opera ''

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'' and was a regular on the Showtime series ''

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'', which debuted in 2005. His most recent film credit is 2005's ''

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. On January 11, 2014, it was announced that Lubatti had been cast as Lumière in the ABC fantasy series ''

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* * * American people of French descent American people of Italian descent University of Washington School of Drama alumni American male television actors Living people Male actors from Seattle Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-tv-actor-stub