Peter Gadiot (; born 2 January 1986) is a British actor. He portrayed the role of James Valdez in the hit
USA Network
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show ''
Queen of the South''. He also played Cyrus in
ABC
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's ''
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'' and Adam in
Showtime
Showtime or Show Time may refer to:
Film
* ''Showtime'' (film), a 2002 American action/comedy film
* ''Showtime'' (video), a 1995 live concert video by Blur
Television Networks and channels
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’s
''Yellowjackets''. Additionally, Gadiot filmed for
Netflix
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's upcoming
live action
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series ''
One Piece
''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chapte ...
'', as
Shanks and as Felix in a pilot for a new show, based on the Dutch series,'' Adam and Eva'' for
NBC
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.
Early life
Raised primarily in the United Kingdom, his father is
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
, and his mother is
Mexican
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Mexico and its culture
*Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America
** People
*** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants
*** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...
. He speaks fluently both English and Spanish. He has one older brother.
Career
Peter Gadiot trained classically at
Drama Centre London
Drama Centre London (often abbreviated as Drama Centre) was a British drama school in King's Cross, London, where it moved in 2011 after a major reshaping of the University of the Arts London. It was part of Central Saint Martins, a constitue ...
and has appeared in numerous stage productions. His past credits include
MTV
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's Hot Mess, the British series ''
My Spy Family
''My Spy Family'' is a British live action family comedy series created by Paul Alexander. The series is a co-production between Kindle Entertainment and Turner Broadcasting System Europe with Decode Enterprises handling distribution. The ser ...
'' (2010) and a British horror film ''
13Hrs
''13Hrs'', also known by the name ''Night Wolf'', is a 2010 British horror film directed by Jonathan Glendening. The film stars Isabella Calthorpe as the main female lead, and also features Gemma Atkinson, John Lynch, Joshua Bowman, Antony De Li ...
'' (2010), also known by the name ''
Night Wolf''.
In 2013, Gadiot made his American network debut as Cyrus, the handsome and mysterious Genie, in
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
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* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
's ''
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland''. That same year, Gadiot starred opposite
Léa Seydoux
Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne (; born 1 July 1985) is a French actor. Known for her roles in both French cinema and in Hollywood she's received various accolades including the Cannes Film Festival's Trophée Chopard in 2009 as well ...
in a short film (campaign) ''Prada: Candy'' for the fragrance Prada Candy L’Eau, directed by
Wes Anderson
Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are known for their eccentricity and unique visual and narrative styles. They often contain themes of grief, loss of innocence, and dysfunctional families. Cited by so ...
and
Roman Coppola
Roman François Coppola (born April 22, 1965) is an American director, screenwriter, producer and the son of Francis Ford Coppola and Eleanor Coppola. For the 2012 film ''Moonrise Kingdom'', he and co-writer Wes Anderson were nominated for the A ...
. He also appeared in three episodes of the British series ''
Fresh Meat'', a
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
dramedy with a large cult following. And starred in the German horror film ''
The Forbidden Girl
''The Forbidden Girl'' (german: Das verbotene Mädchen) is a 2013 German horror film that was directed by Till Hastreiter. The film was released in Germany on 7 February 2013 and was released to video in the United States on 26 August 2014. It star ...
'' (2013).
Gadiot went behind the camera to write, direct and produce the short film ''12–17'', released in 2014. The short film is about young men who would deceive younger girls into falling in love with them before emotionally blackmailing them into becoming prostitutes (loverboys). The short film is called 12–17 because that’s the age of most girls who are trafficked.
Furthermore, Gadiot played in 2014 also the recurring role of Caesar in the series ''
Matador
A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activit ...
'' and after that the role of Ka in the Canadian-American miniseries ''
Tut'' (2015).
In 2016, Gadiot went back to the theater and played the lead role of
Petruchio
Petruchio (an anglicisation of the Italian name Petruccio; ) is the male protagonist in Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (c. 1590–1594). Petruchio is a fortune seeker who enters into a marriage with a strong-willed young woman nam ...
in
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
's ''
The Taming of the Shrew
''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
'' at
the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington DC.
From 2016 to 2021, Peter Gadiot starred as James Valdez in the crime drama series ''
Queen of the South'', produced for
USA Network
USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison ...
, an adaptation of
Arturo Perez-Reverte Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur.
People
*Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer
*Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1959), Mexican footballer
*Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (b. 1982), Bra ...
's best-selling novel
La Reina del Sur. Gadiot won the 2017
Imagen Award
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for Best Supporting Actor – Television for his presentation of James Valdez in
USA Network
USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison ...
s ''
Queen of the South''. In 2021, the fifth and final season of ''
Queen of the South'' was broadcast on
USA Network
USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison ...
.
Beside his role in ''
Queen of the South'', Gadiot played
Mister Mxyzptlk
Mister Mxyzptlk (, ), sometimes called Mxy, is a character who appears in DC Comics' '' Superman'' comic books. He is usually presented as a trickster in the classical mythological sense. Mxyzptlk possesses reality-warping powers with which he en ...
in
CBS
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's ''
Supergirl
Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original, current, and most well known Supergirl is Kara Zor-El, the cousin of superhero Superman. The character made her fir ...
''
in the second season (2017). And Gadiot starred in the Rock ’n Roll miniseries ''All You Need Is Me'' (2018), which is released on Studio+ and
Canalplus. Gadiot played the lead guitarist Stephen.
In the drama film ''Another Girl'', released in 2021, Gadiot played Dave Hastings, the hot, married boss of Elle Overton. The film picks up where its predecessor, the cult hit ''
Ask Me Anything'', left off.
After the popular series ''
Queen of the South'', Peter Gadiot is featured in another series with extremely positive reviews, namely in
Showtime
Showtime or Show Time may refer to:
Film
* ''Showtime'' (film), a 2002 American action/comedy film
* ''Showtime'' (video), a 1995 live concert video by Blur
Television Networks and channels
* Showtime Networks, a division of Paramount Global w ...
's series called ''
Yellowjackets
A yellowjacket is a black-and-yellow vespid wasp.
Yellowjacket(s) or Yellow Jacket(s) may also refer to:
Places
* Yellow Jacket, Colorado, an unincorporated town
* Yellow Jacket, Florida, an unincorporated area in Dixie County, Florida
Arts, e ...
'' (2021). Gadiot portrays Adam Martin, 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. The series premiered in November 2021 on
Showtime
Showtime or Show Time may refer to:
Film
* ''Showtime'' (film), a 2002 American action/comedy film
* ''Showtime'' (video), a 1995 live concert video by Blur
Television Networks and channels
* Showtime Networks, a division of Paramount Global w ...
.
Peter Gadiot is filming for his role as
Shanks in the upcoming
Netflix's adventure
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fantasy
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live action
Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video ga ...
television series ''
One Piece
''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chapte ...
'', which is based on the ongoing Japanese
manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...
series ''
of the same name''.
Shanks is the captain of the
Redhead Pirates, the man who inspired
Luffy
, also known as , is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the ''One Piece'' manga series, created by Eiichiro Oda. Luffy made his debut as a young boy who acquires the properties of rubber after accidentally eating one of the devil f ...
to become the King of the Pirates.
Recently Gadiot was cast as Felix, a recurring role in
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an Television in the United States, American English-language Commercial broadcasting, commercial television network, broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Enterta ...
's Pilot based on the Dutch series ''
A'dam & Eva''. Shooting has commenced in
Montreal
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,
Canada
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.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theater
Awards and nominations
Philanthropy
Peter Gadiot actively campaigns against slavery and human trafficking. To raise awareness of the problem of modern-day slavery, Peter Gadiot rowed Against Slavery across the
Atlantic Ocean
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from the
Caribbean
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to
Africa
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with a crew in about 39 days. A huge achievement, which attracted enormous attention for the good cause.
Gadiot then ran The
Marathon Des Sables
''Marathon des Sables'', or MdS, ( French for Marathon of the Sands, also known as Sahara Marathon)
"Facing Africa NOMA : The Marathon des Sables",
FacingAfrica.org, 2010, webpage:
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is a six-day, ultramarath ...
(MDS - Marathon of the Sands), which is held for six consecutive days in the Saharan desert. The 250 km ultra marathon, includes running across ground with towering sand dunes, uneven rocky terrain and dangerous valleys, is considered the toughest foot race on Earth.
He finally completed his journey by climbing
Mount Kilimanjaro
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. In doing so, Gadiot completed a trilogy of extreme challenges within 1 year. In between Gadiot gave talks to thousands of school children educating them and creating awareness about the issues. With Rowing Against Slavery, Gadiot was able to raise money for
Anti-Slavery International
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and
Save the Children
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.
Today, Peter Gadiot regularly uses his social media exposure to raise awareness for humanitarian organizations such as
Choose Love
''Choose Love'' is the 14th studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 2005.
Background and recording
Recorded throughout 2004 into 2005, using the same team that created ''Vertical Man'' (1998) and ''Ringo Rama'' (2003), Starr produced the set wi ...
and
Survival International
Survival International is a human rights organisation formed in 1969, a London based charity that campaigns for the rights of indigenous and/or tribal peoples and uncontacted peoples.
The organisation's campaigns generally focus on tribal peopl ...
.
References
External links
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Living people
1985 births
21st-century British male actors
British actors of Latin American descent
English male film actors
English male television actors
English people of Dutch descent
English people of Mexican descent
Male actors from London
Male actors from Sussex
Male actors of Mexican descent