---
name: "Elyes Gabel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elyes-gabel"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 May 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T12:33:26.463075+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Elyes Gabel

Actor. Born 8 May 1983 in Westminster, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 May 1983, Westminster, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Elyes Charif Gabel, Elyes Cherif Gabel
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 83 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 78 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Drama 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,390m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elyes_Gabel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5368467, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1175468/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78050

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*A Most Violent Year*](https://film.one/film/a-most-violent-year.md) (77)

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## Biography

Elyes Cherif Gabel is a British actor born on 8 May 1983 in Westminster, London. He trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, as well as at Strodes College, Oldham Theatre Workshop and the Northern Kids Theatre Company. He began his career with roles in British television, including a series regular part as Dr Gurpreet "Guppy" Sandhu in the BBC medical drama *Casualty* (2004–2007).

Gabel gained further recognition for playing Rakharo in the first two seasons of the HBO series *Game of Thrones* (2011–2012) and Walter O'Brien in the CBS series *Scorpion* (2014–2018). His film roles include Andrew Fassbach in *World War Z* (2013), an administrator in *Interstellar* (2014), Julian in *A Most Violent Year* (2014) and Adem Qasim in *Spooks: The Greater Good* (2015). He later appeared as Sean Tilson in the Apple TV+ series *Suspicion* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Odyssey* (2026), Fi1m 83, as Elatus — [page](https://film.one/film/the-odyssey.md)
- *A Most Violent Year* (2014), Fi1m 77, as Julian — [page](https://film.one/film/a-most-violent-year.md)
- *Interstellar* (2014), Fi1m 79, as Administrator — [page](https://film.one/film/interstellar.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Odyssey* (2026), as Elatus — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-odyssey.md)
- *Suspicion* (2022), series, as Sean Tilson
- *Justice League vs. the Fatal Five* (2019), as Thomas Kallor / Star Boy (voice)
- *FBI* (2018), series, as Hassan Khalil
- *Scorpion - Tech, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll* (2015), as Walter O'Brien
- *Spooks: The Greater Good* (2015), as Adem Qasim
- *A Most Violent Year* (2014), as Julian — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/a-most-violent-year.md)
- *Interstellar* (2014), as Administrator — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/interstellar.md)
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, as Walter O'Brien
- *World War Z* (2013), as Andrew Fassbach
- *Welcome to the Punch* (2013), as Ruan Sternwood
- *Kingdom of Dust* (2011), as Ahmed
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Rakharo — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *The Borgias* (2011), series, as Cem Sultan, Prince Djem
- *Body of Proof* (2011), series, as Det. Adam Lucas
- *Identity* (2010), series, as José Rodriguez
- *Apparitions* (2008), series, Acting
- *Dead Set* (2008), series, as Danny
- *Boogeyman 3* (2008), as Ben
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Rob Cleaver
- *I Love Mummy* (2002), series, Acting
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Gurpreet 'Guppy' Sandhu, Jude, Jean-Claude Tournier

## Gallery

- ![Elyes Gabel](https://film.one/media/person/293220/gallery-a852d3b1021e.jpg) Elyes Gabel — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Elyes_Gabel_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Elyes_Gabel_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elyes Gabel speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Scorpion", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribut](https://film.one/media/person/293220/gallery-dfb28109b8ba.jpg) Elyes Gabel speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Scorpion", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribut — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Elyes_Gabel_%2814766884031%29.jpg/1280px-Elyes_Gabel_%2814766884031%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elyes Gabel speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Scorpion", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribut](https://film.one/media/person/293220/gallery-f20206eab173.jpg) Elyes Gabel speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Scorpion", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribut — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Elyes_Gabel_%2814766899351%29.jpg/1280px-Elyes_Gabel_%2814766899351%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elyes Gabel speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Scorpion", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribut](https://film.one/media/person/293220/gallery-0048313858bb.jpg) Elyes Gabel speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Scorpion", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribut — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Elyes_Gabel_%2814789961183%29.jpg/1280px-Elyes_Gabel_%2814789961183%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elyes Gabel](https://film.one/media/person/293220/gallery-6cf5cf92edf3.jpg) Elyes Gabel — Image via TMDB
- ![Elyes Gabel speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Justice League vs. the Fatal Five", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute t](https://film.one/media/person/293220/gallery-7ce4bb98c45d.jpg) Elyes Gabel speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Justice League vs. the Fatal Five", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute t — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Elyes_Gabel_%2833649307278%29.jpg/1280px-Elyes_Gabel_%2833649307278%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elyes Gabel speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Justice League vs. the Fatal Five", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute t](https://film.one/media/person/293220/gallery-b7f1baa04813.jpg) Elyes Gabel speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Justice League vs. the Fatal Five", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute t — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Elyes_Gabel_%2846802455984%29.jpg/1280px-Elyes_Gabel_%2846802455984%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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