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26 Facts About Peter Gadiot
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Peter Gadiot played Cyrus in ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and Adam in Showtime's Yellowjackets.
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Additionally, Gadiot portrayed Tom Westfall in the second season of NBC's Quantum Leap.
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Peter Gadiot was born in England, raised in East Grinstead, West Sussex, and educated in London.
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Peter Gadiot's father is Dutch, and his mother is Mexican.
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Peter Gadiot is a citizen of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
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Peter Gadiot trained classically at Drama Centre London and has appeared in numerous stage productions.
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In 2013, Peter Gadiot made his American network debut as Cyrus, the handsome and mysterious Genie, in ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.
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That same year, Peter Gadiot starred opposite Lea Seydoux in a short film Prada: Candy for the fragrance Prada Candy L'Eau, directed by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola.
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Peter Gadiot appeared in three episodes of the British series Fresh Meat, a Channel 4 dramedy with a large cult following and starred in the German horror film The Forbidden Girl.
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Also in 2014, Peter Gadiot played the recurring role of Caesar in the series Matador and in 2015 the role of Ka in the Canadian-American miniseries Tut.
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In 2016, Peter Gadiot went back to the theatre and played the lead role of Petruchio in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington DC.
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From 2016 to 2021, Peter Gadiot starred as James Valdez in the USA Network's crime drama series Queen of the South, an adaptation of Arturo Perez-Reverte's best-selling novel La Reina del Sur.
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Beside his role in Queen of the South, Peter Gadiot played Mister Mxyzptlk in The CW's Supergirl in the second season.
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Also in 2021, Peter Gadiot portrayed Adam Martin in Showtime's series Yellowjackets.
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Peter Gadiot plays an artist who has an affair with one of the main characters after having an auto collision with her.
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In 2022, Peter Gadiot went behind the camera again to write, direct and produce the short film Black Ewe.
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In 2023, Peter Gadiot made a brief appearance in the Apple TV series Silo.
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Peter Gadiot played Shanks in the Netflix's adventure fantasy live action television series One Piece, which is based on the ongoing Japanese manga series of the same name.
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Peter Gadiot starred as Tom Westfall, a US Army Officer, former special forces, in the second season of NBC's Quantum Leap.
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Consistently throughout the years, Peter Gadiot has been modeling for different brands like Kooples, Tommy Hilfiger, Topshop, Acne and others.
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Peter Gadiot then ran the Marathon des Sables, which is held for six consecutive days in the Saharan desert.
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Peter Gadiot finally completed his journey by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
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In doing so, Peter Gadiot completed a trilogy of extreme challenges within one year.
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In between, Peter Gadiot gave talks to thousands of school children educating them and creating awareness about the issues.
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Peter Gadiot regularly uses his social media exposure to raise awareness for humanitarian organisations such as Choose Love and Survival International.