Elyes Gabel
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| Born | 8 May 1983 London, England |
Elyes Gabel (born 8 May 1983 in London) is a British Asian[clarification needed] actor who played Dr Gupreet "Guppy" Sandhu in the BBC medical drama, Casualty. He starred as PE teacher Rob Cleaver in BBC drama, Waterloo Road and appeared in the ITV Drama Identity. He is currently appearing as Rakharo in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
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[edit] Background
Gabel was born in London but has lived in Canada, Bristol and Manchester. He atteneded St Damian's RC science college in Ashton-Under-Lyne. Gabel trained at Strodes College, the Oldham Theatre Workshop and the Northern Kids Theatre Company. He is a keen sportsman and enjoys tennis and football.
He dropped out of drama school to play the part of the mummy Nuff, in the children's television show, I Love Mummy. He has also participated in theatre productions such as West Side Story; Oliver!; and Diary of Anne Frank.
He was nominated for a National Television Award (Best Newcomer) in 2005.[1]
He was recently interviewed for Take it Easy magazine and revealed that he was working with Martin Shaw in Liverpool on the new TV series Apparitions, the first episode of which was screened on BBC One 13 November 2008.
Elyes recently appeared as Danny in the TV Horror series Dead Set, in which he is turned into a zombie.
He starred as PE teacher Rob Cleaver in the BBC1 school drama Waterloo Road in series 4, which began on 7 January 2009.
He starred in 6-part ITV drama Identity as DC Jose Rodriguez a cast regular as part of the identity unit.
He played Prince Cem, brother of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire in episode 3 of Showtime's The Borgias.
In May 2011 he played the part of Shahrouz in the 2nd series of BBC 2 series Psychoville.
He is currently playing the Dothrakan Rakharo in HBO's Game of Thrones.
[edit] Selected credits
- Headstone (2004: Arcola theatre Y Touring Theatre Company) as Jack [2]
- Fragile Land (2003: Hampstead Theatre) as Hassan
- Mr Elliot (2003: Chelsea Theatre Y Touring Theatre Company ) as Ash
- Casualty as Dr Gupreet (Guppy) Sandhu
- Waterloo Road BBC (Series 4) as Rob Cleaver
- Identity ITV1 as DC Jose Rodriguez
- The Borgias (2011: Showtime) as Prince Djem
- Game of Thrones (2011: HBO) as Rakharo
- Psychoville (2011: BBC) as Shahrouz
