David Franck Charvet (; born 15 May 1972
Early life
Charvet was born and raised in
Lyon,
France, the son of Christiane Charvet Haddad and businessman Paul Guez,
[
Leaders Magazine Tunisia: "Mais que fait à Tunis, Paul Guez, le Roi du Jean en Amérique?", 4 February 2009]
"Première halte à Lyon où il rencontrera son épouse, Christiane Charvet qui lui donnera en 1971 son fils, David Frank, devenu célèbre acteur et chanteur" ("In Lyon he met his wife, Christiane Charvet and in 1971 sic they had a son, David Frank, who became a famous actor and singer") founder of the Sasson brand of jeans in the 1980s.
[Seth Lubove. Bloomberg: "Paul Guez, Denim King, Bounces Back From Cocaine, Bankruptcy", bloomberg.com, 3 August 2006.][Bloom, Nate. Interfaith Families.com: "Interfaith Celebrities: Kicking Off Football Season and the Emmy Awards", interfaithfamily.com], 16 September 2008.] He was raised in a
Jewish household.
He won a green card through the Morrison visa lottery in the early 1990s. In 1999, he left acting to pursue a music career. Until recently, Charvet lived in his native France, where he toured (among other parts of Europe) as a singer.
Acting career
Charvet caught his big break in 1992 on the American television program
Baywatch as
Matt Brody. He remained on
Baywatch for three full seasons until 1995. He appeared as Craig Field on
Melrose Place from 1996–98. Between 1995–99, he appeared in
Seduced and Betrayed,
Derby,
Angel Flight Down, and
Meet Prince Charming. He left acting in 1999 to concentrate on his musical career.
In 2006, Charvet returned to acting in a movie directed by Roger Christian called Prisoners of the Sun, which was only completed and released in 2013. He portrayed athlete Cameron Day in the sports comedy-drama film Green Flash (2008) alongside Torrey DeVitto and Kristin Cavallari.[ Beach Kings DVD cover, twitpic.com; accessed 29 February 2016.] In 2009, he took part in ABC's summer reality show The Superstars and came in third with his partner Lisa Leslie. In 2010, he was a contestant on the third season of the French reality television series La Ferme Célébrités, a French version of The Farm. The show was broadcast on TF1.
Music career
After successful runs at
Baywatch and
Melrose Place in the 1990s, Charvet decided to return to France with a 5-album contract with
Universal Music Group France. During a span of seven years, he released three
pop rock studio albums with self-titled
David Charvet in 1997,
Leap of Faith in 2002, and
Se laisser quelque chose in 2004. His materials catered to both English and French language listeners for a wider spectrum of audiences.
His debut single "Should I Leave", a bilingual hit in French and English, hit #3 in France and also charted in Belgium and Sweden. His bilingual hit "Jusqu'au bout"/"Leap of Faith" reached #6 in France, followed by the bilingual "Apprendre à aimer"/"Teach Me How to Love" that made it to the French Top 20 and was a hit in Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. Charvet has sold over 2.5 million albums.
Interests
In June 2010, Charvet joined
The Blue Seals, a non-profit organization aimed at providing a rapid response to environmental emergencies, focusing on ocean preservation,
[ BlueSeals.org ; accessed 18 March 2015.] and is a member of its board of directors.
[ BlueSeals official website , blueseals.org; accessed 29 February 2016.] It worked on raising awareness of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, helping French company Ecoceane's ships designed to collect floating waste and hydrocarbons to take part in the cleanup.
[ Press Release re Filner, Burke and Charvet, prnewswire.com; accessed 18 March 2015.]
Personal life
After meeting on the set of
Baywatch, Charvet dated co-star
Pamela Anderson from 1992 to 1994.
Charvet and
Brooke Burke married on 12 August 2011; Brooke announced that she would take her husband's last name and be known as Brooke Burke-Charvet. They have two children together, daughter Heaven (born 2007) and son Shaya (born 2008), and are raising their children in the
Jewish faith.
[ "CBB Exclusive: Brooke Burke answers reader's questions", People, 19 February 2008] Brooke already had two daughters from her first marriage to plastic surgeon
Garth Fisher.
In April 2018, the couple announced that they were divorcing after seven years of marriage.
Their divorce was finalized in March 2020.
Filmography
| +Film and television
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes |
| 1992–1996 | Baywatch | Matt Brody | Main role: Season 3–6; 70 episodes |
| 1994 | Harts of the West | Tad Miller | Episode: "You Got to Have Heart" |
| 1995 | Baywatch: Forbidden Paradise | Matt Brody | Film |
| 1995 | Seduced and Betrayed | Dan Hiller | Television film |
| 1995 | Derby | Cass Sundstrom |
| 1996 | Angel Flight Down | Brad Brown |
| 1996–1998 | Melrose Place | Craig Field | Main role: Season 5–6; 46 episodes |
| 1999 | Meet Prince Charming | Jack Harris | Film |
| 2008 | Green Flash | Cameron Day | Film |
| 2009 | The Superstars | Himself | Contestant; 6 episodes |
| 2010 | La Ferme Célébrités | Himself | Contestant; 11 episodes |
| 2010 | The Perfect Teacher | Jim Wilkes | Television film |
| 2013 | Prisoners of the Sun | Doug Adler | Film |
| 2017 | The Apprentice | Himself | Model; Episode: "Candy for a Billionaire" |
Discography
Albums
|
|
| 1997 | David Charvet | 8 | | 41 | | | | France: 1x Gold |
| 2002 | Leap of Faith | 21 | 43 | 19 | 21 | 98 | 52 | |
| 2004 | Se laisser quelque chose | 32 | | 58 | | | | |
|
Singles
|
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| 1997 | "Should I Leave" | 3 | 12 | 16 | | | 48 | | | David Charvet |
| "Regarde-toi" | 28 | | 14 | | | | | |
| 2002 | "Jusqu'au bout" /
"Leap of Faith" | 6 | | 17 | | 15 | | | | Leap of Faith |
"Apprendre à aimer" /
"Teach Me How to Love" | 13 | | 32 | | 88 | | 48 | |
| 2003 | "Take You There" | 68 | | | 6* | | | | |
| 2004 | "Je te dédie" | 12 | | 13 | | | | | | Se laisser quelque chose |
| 2006 | "Sometimes It Rains" | 52 | | | 11* | | | | |
| 2010 | "Swim With the Birds" | | | | | | | | | Non-album digital release |
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*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
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