William Abadie
{{Short description|French actor (born 1973)}}
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| name = William Abadie
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|02|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Saint-Raphaël, Var, France
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2002–present
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| nationality = French
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William Abadie (or Abadie William Jean Louis) (born 16 February 1977) is a French actor.{{Cite web |title=William Abadie |url=https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=117296.html |access-date=August 15, 2023 |website=AlloCiné}} He is best known for his roles in television series such as Gossip Girl (2007–2009), Sex and The City (2003), Homeland (2013), The O.C. (2006), Ugly Betty (2006) and Emily in Paris (2020–present).(French) [https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=117296.html Page] on AlloCiné.{{cite book|title=TeenStuff (April 2006)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVXIWhvhLNUC&pg=PT30|publisher=Kotobarabia.com|page=30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s188/homeland/news/a497620/homeland-adds-gossip-girls-william-abadie-for-third-season.html|title='Homeland' adds 'Gossip Girl's William Abadie for third season|website=Digital Spy|date=11 July 2013|accessdate=23 November 2014}}
Biography
A graduate of L'École Claude Mathieu in Paris and The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in New York City. William was honored with a Life Time Membership at the Actors Studio in 2000. Two years later, during the run of his self-produced Off-Broadway production of Dennis McIntyre's Modigliani (2002), he received positive reviews from The New York Times Theater Critic, Anita Gates. This milestone allowed him to attract established representation, which led to the start of his professional film and television career in the United States.
Abadie portrayed memorable characters in some of America's most acclaimed and iconic TV shows: Sex and the City, The O.C., ER, Entourage, Ugly Betty, 90210, Gossip Girl, Person of Interest, The Mentalist, Gotham, as well as the Golden Globe Award-winning show Homeland. On the silver screen Abadie has appeared in blockbusters including Resident Evil: Extinction and Shawn Levy's The Pink Panther, in which he plays opposite Steve Martin. In the Emmy and Golden-Globe nominated Netflix comedy-drama Emily in Paris, he plays Antoine Lambert, the seductive and married owner of a French fragrance house.
In early 2022 William took on the role of Zed in the HBO Max reboot of Sex and The City: And Just Like That.
He is an accomplished Alpine snowboarder, triathlete, Ironman Lake Placid finisher, as well as a devoted marathon runner with dozens of races. Abadie resides in New York City and Paris.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002
| Passerby | | |||
| 2006
| Bizu | | |||
| 2007
| French Envoy | | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2008
| Jean-Jacques | | |||
| The Con is On
| Gurmukh | | |||
| The Human Contract
| Joseph | | |||
| 2009
| Pretty Boy | | |||
| 2014
| Concierge | | |||
| 2020 | Waiting for Anya | Father Lasalle
| | |
| {{TableTBA}} | Greenland: Migration | Denis Laurent | Post-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2003
| Tony | Episode: "Lights, Camera, Relationship" |
| 2003
| ER | David | Episode: "Makemba" |
| 2006
| Phillippe Michel | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2006
| CSI: NY | Michel Hetu | Episode: "Fare Game" |
| 2006
| The O.C. | Jean Claude | Episode: "The Metamorphosis" |
| 2007
| Hotel Manager | Episode: "The Cannes Kids" |
| 2007
| Rene | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2007–2009
| Roman | 2 episodes |
| 2008
| Chuck | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Ex" |
| 2008
| Gerard Dumais | 2 episodes |
| 2009
| Javier Santos | Episode: "Crazy Love" |
| 2010
| 90210 | Olivier | Episode: "Meet the Parent" |
| 2011
| Pan Am | Gasper | Episode: "We'll Always Have Paris" |
| 2013
| Henri | Episode: "The Original" |
| 2013
| Alex Schecter | Episode: "Devil's Breath" |
| 2013
| Homeland | Alan Bernard | 5 episodes |
| 2014
| Christos Sevon | Episode: "Allegiance" |
| 2014
| Hugo Joubert | Episode: "Black Market" |
| 2015
| Swiss Ambassador Claude Wuthrich | Episode: "The Greater Good" |
| 2016
| Gotham | Dr. Maxwell Symon | Episode: "Blood Rush" |
| 2019
| Etienne | Episode: "Truffles and Champagne" |
| 2020–present
| Antoine Lambert | 10 episodes |
| 2022–2023
| Zed | 4 episodes |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! class="unsortable" | Role |
|---|
| 2006
| Pierre LaRoche |
| 2018
| Jean-Marc Mercier |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1156818}}
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Category:21st-century French male actors
Category:People from Saint-Raphaël, Var
Category:Male actors from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Category:French male film actors
Category:French male television actors