Gadiot trained classically at
Drama Centre London and has appeared in numerous stage productions. His past credits include
MTV's
Hot Mess, the British series
My Spy Family (2010) and a British horror film
13Hrs (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's
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. That same year, Gadiot starred opposite
Léa Seydoux in a short film (campaign)
Prada: Candy for the fragrance Prada Candy L'Eau, directed by
Wes Anderson and
Roman Coppola. He also 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 (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. Also in 2014, Gadiot played the recurring role of Caesar in the series
Matador and in 2015 the role of Ka in the Canadian-American miniseries
Tut. In 2016, 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. From 2016 to 2021, Gadiot starred as James Valdez in the
USA Network's crime drama series
Queen of the South, an adaptation of
Arturo Pérez-Reverte's best-selling novel
La Reina del Sur. Gadiot won the 2017
Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actor – Television for his presentation of James Valdez in
Queen of the South. In 2021, the fifth and final season of
Queen of the South was broadcast on USA Network. Beside his role in
Queen of the South, Gadiot played
Mister Mxyzptlk in
The CW's
Supergirl 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 married boss of the main character. The film picks up where its predecessor, the cult hit
Ask Me Anything, left off. Also in 2021, Gadiot portrayed Adam Martin in
Showtime's series
Yellowjackets. Gadiot plays an artist who has an affair with one of the main characters after having an auto collision with her. The series premiered in November 2021. In 2022, Gadiot went behind the camera again to write, direct and produce the short film
Black Ewe. Gadiot was cast in 2022 as Felix, a recurring role in
NBC's pilot based on the Dutch series ''
A'dam & Eva''. Shooting of the pilot ended in
Montreal, Canada. In 2023, Gadiot made a brief appearance in the
Apple TV series
Silo. 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. Shanks is the captain of the
Red-Haired Pirates and the man who inspired
Luffy to become the King of the Pirates.
One Piece premiered on 31 August 2023. Gadiot starred as Tom Westfall, a U.S. Army Officer, former special forces, in the second season of
NBC's
Quantum Leap. The second season premiered on 4 October 2023, on NBC. The show is a sequel to the 1989 to 1993 NBC drama of
the same name, set 30 years later after Dr. Sam Beckett (
Scott Bakula) stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. In the spring of 2024, Gadiot started filming the BBC's production of
Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue on the
Canary Islands. Consistently throughout the years, Gadiot has been modeling for different brands like Kooples, Tommy Hilfiger, Topshop, Acne and others. In August 2023, Gadiot became the marketing face for
Talisker's 30-year-old single malt Scotch whisky. ==Filmography==