Gilles Marini

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Gilles Marini (born January 26, 1976 in Grasse , Alpes-Maritimes ) is a French - American actor .

Life

Gilles Marini is the son of an Italian and a Greek . He grew up in Grasse , worked there in his father's bakery and graduated from school there. After graduating, he joined the French Army, whereupon he was stationed in Paris . There he worked as a firefighter . During his time in Paris, Marini met the photographer Fred Goudon, who got him some jobs as a model. After doing his military service, he began to learn English . In addition, he continued to work as a model.

Gilles Marini gained her first acting experience in 2006 with guest roles in television series , for example Criminal Minds , Ugly Betty and Dirty Sexy Money . He became known to a large audience in 2008 for his impersonation of Dante , the almost affair of Samantha Jones in the movie Sex and the City . After another guest role in Nip / Tuck - Beauty Has Its Prize , he won the supporting role of Luc Laurent in the series Brothers & Sisters in 2009 . This role was expanded to a lead role for the fifth and final season of the series. Between 2013 and 2014 he played in a total of seven episodes of the sitcom 2 Broke Girls to Nicolas . Marini has been in the ABC Family series Switched at Birth since 2011 . There he played the biological father of Vanessa Marano's series character Bay until his serial death at the end of the third season . He also had a guest role in the finale of the second season of Devious Maids - Dirty Secrets . A week after the series was extended for a third season, his role was expanded to a lead role.

Gilles Marini participated in the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars in 2009 , where he and his dance partner Cheryl Burke took second place.

He has been married to his wife Carole since 1998. They have a son and a daughter.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Gilles Marini  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manuel Palacios: Gilles Amrini . gillesmarini.com. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  2. ^ Nellie Andreeva: 'Devious Maids' Promotes Gilles Marini to Series Regular . In: TheHollywoodReporter.com . October 3, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ Gilles Marini Biography . In: imdb.com . Retrieved October 14, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Marini, Gilles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Grasse , Alpes-Maritimes department