Peter Gadiot

Alan-Peter Gadiot (born 2 January 1985 ) is a British actor.

Gadiot is best known for his role as James Valdez in the USA Network show Queen of the South and for his role as Shanks in Netflix's series One Piece.

He also played Cyrus in ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and Adam in Showtime’s Yellowjackets.

Additionally, Gadiot portrays Tom Westfall in the second season of NBC's Quantum Leap.

Peter Gadiot was born in England, raised in East Grinstead, West Sussex, and educated in London.

His father is Dutch, and his mother is Mexican.

He speaks both English and Spanish.

He has one older brother.

Gadiot is a citizen of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

Gadiot trained classically at Drama Centre London and has appeared in numerous stage productions.

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.

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.

Furthermore, Gadiot played in 2014 also the recurring role of Caesar in the series Matador 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 in William 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 crime drama series Queen of the South, produced for USA Network, an adaptation of Arturo Perez-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 USA Networks 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 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, Gadiot was featured in another series with extremely positive reviews, namely in Showtime's series Yellowjackets (2021).

Gadiot portrayed 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.

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 August 31, 2023.

Gadiot currently stars 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 October 4, 2023, on NBC.