David Charvet

{{short description|French singer, actor, model and television personality (born 1972)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = David Charvet

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| birth_name = David Franck Charvet

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|5|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lyon, France

| death_date =

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| occupation = Actor, singer, model, television personality

| years_active = 1992–present

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.davidcharvet.com}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Brooke Burke|2011|2020|reason=divorced}}

| children = 2

| notable_works = Baywatch
Melrose Place

}}

David Franck Charvet ({{IPA|fr|david ʃaʁve}}; born 15 May 1972{{Cite web |last=Mike Rose |first=cleveland com |date=2024-05-15 |title=Famous birthdays list for today, May 15, 2024 includes celebrities Chazz Palminteri, David Krumholtz |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/05/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-may-15-2024-includes-celebrities-chazz-palminteri-david-krumholtz.html |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=cleveland |language=en}}) is a French singer, actor, model, and television personality.

Early life

Charvet was born and raised in Lyon, France, the son of Christiane Charvet Haddad and businessman Paul Guez,

[http://www.leaders.com.tn/article/mais-que-fait-a-tunis-paul-guez-le-roi-du-jean-en-amerique?id=468 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. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aSP6OwWNkWVY Bloomberg: "Paul Guez, Denim King, Bounces Back From Cocaine, Bankruptcy"], bloomberg.com, 3 August 2006.Bloom, Nate. [http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_Kicking_Off_Football_Season_and_the_Emmy_Awards.shtml 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.{{cite journal|last=Zuckerman|first=Blaine|title=Brooke Burke & David Charvet: Our Blended Traditions|journal=People|date=19 September 2011|url=https://people.com/parents/brooke-burke-david-charvet-our-blended-traditions/|access-date=4 November 2019|quote=actor David Charvet, was raised in a Jewish household in Lyon, France, before moving to the U.S.}}

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.{{Cite web|last=McGovern|first=Tim|date=2018-04-06|title=David Charvet: 5 Things To Know About Brooke Burke's Husband As She Files For Divorce|url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2018/04/06/who-is-david-charvet-brooke-burke-husband-divorce/|access-date=2021-05-29|website=Hollywood Life|language=en-US}}

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.[http://www.twitpic.com/5m1fb 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.{{IMDb name|1039|David Charvet}} Charvet was a runner-up in the show.

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,[http://www.blueseals.org/index/home BlueSeals.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927080812/http://blueseals.org/index/home |date=27 September 2010 }}; accessed 18 March 2015. and is a member of its board of directors.[http://www.blueseals.org/index/aboutus BlueSeals official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826050657/http://www.blueseals.org/index/aboutus |date=26 August 2010 }}, 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.[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blue-seals-congressman-bob-filner-and-actress-brooke-burke-in-louisiana-on-tuesday-to-announce-plan-to-hire-unemployed-veterans-to-build-gulf-oil-spill-clean-up-boats-95610534.html 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.{{cite web|url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/pamela-opens-up-about-sex-life-in-candid-chat/YYHL2LZ3YLAMJHBRKF46YMROXM/?outputType=amp |access-date=4 February 2023 |title=Pamela opens up about sex life in candid chat |date=27 July 2018 }}

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.[https://people.com/parents/brooke-burke-tr/ "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.{{cite web|first=Dahvi|last=Shira|title=Brooke Burke Is Taking Hubby David Charvet's Name|url=https://people.com/tv/brooke-burke-takes-david-charvets-name/|work=People|access-date=4 November 2019|date=19 September 2011}}{{cite web |last1=Slutsky |first1=Caroline |title=Brooke Burke and David Charvet Wed |url=https://people.com/celebrity/brooke-burke-married-david-charvet-in-st-barts/ |website=People |access-date=4 November 2019 |date=13 August 2011}} In April 2018, the couple announced that they were divorcing after seven years of marriage.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/04/06/reports-tv-host-brooke-burke-files-divorce-actor-david-charvet/495469002/|title=Reports: TV host Brooke Burke files for divorce from actor David Charvet|last=Keveney|first=Bill|work=USA Today|date=6 April 2018|access-date=8 April 2018}} Their divorce was finalized in March 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/broke-burke-david-charvet-divorce-assets|title=Brooke Burke and David Charvet finalize their divorce|last=McCathy|first=Tyler|work=Fox News|date=6 March 2020|access-date=7 March 2020}}

Filmography

class="wikitable"

|+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

| rowspan="3" |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=

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align="center" rowspan="1"\|1997 \|David Charvet \|align="center"\|8 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|41 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|FR: 1x Gold{{Cite web \|title=DAVID CHARVET album sales \|url=https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/2999 \|access-date=2023-10-25 \|website=BestSellingAlbums.org \|language=en-US}}
align="center" rowspan="1"\|2002 \|Leap of Faith \|align="center"\|21 \|align="center"\|43 \|align="center"\|19 \|align="center"\|21 \|align="center"\|98 \|align="center"\|52 \|align="center"\|
align="center" rowspan="1"\|2004 \|Se laisser quelque chose \|align="center"\|32 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|58 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|

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!align="center" rowspan="2" width="70"|Certifications

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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL
(Wa)
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NED
{{cite web | url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=David+Charvet | title=David Charvet discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=dutchcharts.nl | access-date=2 February 2014 }}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWI
{{cite web | url=http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=David+Charvet | title=David Charvet discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=hitparade.ch | access-date=2 February 2014}}

align="center" rowspan="1"|1997

|David Charvet

|align="center"|8

|align="center"|{{spaced ndash}}

|align="center"|41

|align="center"|{{spaced ndash}}

|align="center"|FR: 1x Gold{{Cite web |title=DAVID CHARVET album sales |url=https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/2999 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=BestSellingAlbums.org |language=en-US}}

align="center" rowspan="1"|2002

|Leap of Faith

|align="center"|21

|align="center"|43

|align="center"|19

|align="center"|21

|align="center"|98

|align="center"|52

|align="center"|

align="center" rowspan="1"|2004

|Se laisser quelque chose

|align="center"|32

|align="center"|{{spaced ndash}}

|align="center"|58

|align="center"|{{spaced ndash}}

|align="center"|

=Singles=

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align="center" rowspan="2"\|1997 \|"Should I Leave" \|align="center"\|3 \|align="center"\|12 \|align="center"\|16 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|48 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\| \|align="center" rowspan=2\|David Charvet
"Regarde-toi" \|align="center"\|28 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|14 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|
align="center" rowspan="2"\|2002 \|"Jusqu'au bout" / "Leap of Faith" \|align="center"\|6 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|17 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|15 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\| \|align="center" rowspan=3\|Leap of Faith
"Apprendre à aimer" / "Teach Me How to Love" \|align="center"\|13 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|32 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|88 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|48 \|align="center"\|
align="center" rowspan="1"\|2003 \|"Take You There" \|align="center"\|68 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|6* \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|
align="center" rowspan="1"\|2004 \|"Je te dédie" \|align="center"\|12 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|13 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\| \|align="center" rowspan=2\|Se laisser quelque chose
align="center" rowspan="1"\|2006 \|"Sometimes It Rains" \|align="center"\|52 \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|11* \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|
align="center" rowspan="1"\|2010 \|"Swim With the Birds" \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\|{{spaced ndash}} \|align="center"\| \|align="center"\|Non-album digital release

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!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Single

!align="center" colspan="7" width="30"|Peak positions

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="70"|Certifications

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FR

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL
(Wa)
{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=David+Charvet|title=David Charvet discography|publisher=Hung Medien|work=ultratop.be/nl|access-date=2 February 2014}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL
(Wa)
(Ultratop)

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL
(Wa)
(Ultratip)*

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NED

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWE
{{cite web | url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=David+Charvet | title=David Charvet discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=swedishcharts.com | access-date=2 February 2014}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWI

align="center" rowspan="2"|1997

|"Should I Leave"

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|12

|align="center"|16

|align="center"|{{spaced ndash}}

|align="center"|48

|align="center"|{{spaced ndash}}

|align="center"|

|align="center" rowspan=2|David Charvet

"Regarde-toi"