Gilles Marini

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Gilles Marini (; born 26 January 1976) is a French actor known for his roles in the film Sex and the City, and in the American television shows Brothers & Sisters, Switched at Birth and Devious Maids. He was also the runner-up in season 8 of Dancing with the Stars, and was one of the returning celebrities in season 15. He was also a French co-host on the Netflix show Ultimate Beastmaster.

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Early life Marini was born in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France, to a Greeks mother and Italians father. He worked as a baker in his father's bakery from the age of eight. After completing high school, he joined the French army and was stationed in Paris, where he served as a fireman in the Paris Fire Brigade. There, Marini met Fred Goudon, a photographer who introduced him to the world of modeling. After fulfilling his military duties in his early twenties, he went to the United States to learn English while working as a model. One of his first jobs was a television commercial for Bud Light beer. He made his acting debut at the age of 29, in the 2005 horror film Screech of the Decapitated.

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Career Marini played Dante in , and has appeared on Brothers & Sisters, Ugly Betty, Dirty Sexy Money, Criminal Minds, Nip/Tuck, The Bold and the Beautiful, Passions, and 2 Broke Girls. His film credits include One and the Other (L'Une et L'Autre) and The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down. On February 8, 2009, it was announced that Marini would participate in the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars. His professional partner was Cheryl Burke. Marini appears on Dancing with the Stars He also took part in the fifteenth season of Dancing with the Stars for another chance to win the mirrorball trophy. He danced with season fourteen winner, Peta Murgatroyd. They were the eighth couple eliminated from the competition, alongside Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, on November 13, 2012.

In 2009, Marini was introduced as a recurring character on ABC's family drama Brothers & Sisters. He played Luc Laurent, the French love interest of Rachel Griffiths' character Sarah Walker, in what was slated to be a five-episode arc, but was promoted to series regular in 2010. Exclusive: "Brothers & Sisters" Promotes Luc, Drops Ryan, Entertainment Weekly, April 27, 2010 Brothers & Sisters was cancelled by ABC in May 2011, after the fifth season ended. He also appeared as Bay Kennish's biological father, Angelo Sorrento, in Switched at Birth. On September 18, 2012, it was announced that he would become a series regular for the second season.

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Dancing with the Stars Marini and his professional partner Cheryl Burke came in as the runners-up of the eighth season of the American televised ballroom dancing competition Dancing with the Stars. On May 19, 2009, then-seventeen-year-old gymnast Shawn Johnson and her partner Mark Ballas were crowned champions of that season, defeating Marini and Burke by 1%. Marini returned alongside professional partner Peta Murgatroyd for the fifteenth season of Dancing with the Stars; the pair finished in sixth place.

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Filmography

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Film

2005	Screech of the Decapitated	Henri	Direct-to-video
2006		Attractive man in club
2007	Stand Up	Photographer
	L'Une et L'Autre	Gilles	Short film
2008	Sex and the City	Dante
2012		Captain of the Guard, Paolo the Squire	Voice; short film
	Scruples	Renee Dufaux	Television film
2014		Dr. Antonio Rosenblatt
	The Last Rescue	Bruno Travert
2017	All I Wish	Jean-Michel
Entitled Resistance: 1942 in some territories

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Television

2004	The O.C.	Lawyer	1 episode
2005, 2017		French waiter (2005)/Doctor (2017)	4 episodes
2006	Passions	Italian bicycle rider	Season 7, episode 213
	Criminal Minds	Curt	Episode: "The Fisher King: Part 1"
	Windfall	French man	Episode: "The Getaway"
	Ugly Betty	Jean-Luc	Episode: "Queens for a Day"
2007		Jean Claude	Season 21, episode 88
	Dirty Sexy Money	Italian designer	Episode: "The Lions"
2009–2011	Brothers & Sisters	Luc Laurent	Guest star: season 4; main cast: season 5; 30 episodes
2009	Nip/Tuck	Renaldo Panettiere	2 episodes
2011	Castle	Tobias Strange	Episode: "Poof! You're Dead"
	Royal Pains	Niko	Episode: "Listen to the Music"
2011–2017	Switched at Birth	Angelo Sorrento	Recurring: season 1; main cast: seasons 2–3; guest: s5; 54 episodes
2011	Modern Family	Julian	Episode: "Go Bullfrogs!"
2011–2012	Hot in Cleveland	Captain Lebeau	2 episodes
2012	Are You There, Chelsea?	Robert	Episode: "The Foodie"
2013–2014	2 Broke Girls	Nicolas Saintcroix	7 episodes
2013	Kirstie	Michel	Episode: "Pilot"
2014–2015	Devious Maids	Sebastien Dussault	Guest star: season 2; main cast: season 3; 12 episodes
2014	The McCarthys	Maurice	Episode: "Red Sox Swap"
	The Mysteries of Laura	Tom Birk	Episode: "The Mystery of the Red Runway"
2016	Teen Wolf	Sebastien Valet	Guest star; 3 episodes
	Daredevil	Jacques Duchamps	Episode: "The Man in The Box"
	Bones	The Marquis de Chaussin	Episode: "The Jewel in the Crown"
2017	The Bold and the Beautiful	Dr. Ghode	Guest star; 2 episodes
2018	Another Period	Juan Pablo del Castillo	Guest star; 1 episode
2018–2019	Days of Our Lives	Ted Laurent	42 episodes
2022	Dollface	Richard	Episode: "Space Cadet"
2022	The Rookie	Detective Olivier Marseille	Episode: "Real Crime" Season 4 Episode 16
2022	Uncoupled	Paolo	Episode: "Chapter 3"
2023	Grey's Anatomy	Michael	Episode: "Wedding Bell Blues"
2024	Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch	Andre Dubreuil	TV movie
2024	S.W.A.T.	Gus Dupont	Episode: "Vanished"
2024	Beyond Black Beauty	Cédric Dumont
2025	Night Court	Rodrigo	season 3 episode 6 "The Jakeout"

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