Height 1.80 m Role Actor | Name Daniel Gillies Years active 1997–present Education Southwell School | |
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Full Name Daniel J. Gillies Occupation Actor, Screenwriter, Director and Producer Children Charlotte Easton Gillies, Theodore Vigo Sullivan Gillies Movies and TV shows Similar People Joseph Morgan, Rachael Leigh Cook, Phoebe Tonkin, Claire Holt, Charles Michael Davis Profiles | ||
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Daniel Gillies (born March 14, 1976) is a Canadian-born New Zealand actor. He is best known for his role as Elijah Mikaelson on the television series The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals, as well as Dr. Joel Goran on the Canadian series Saving Hope, a medical themed show with a mystical, paranormal twist. He wrote and directed the 2012 film Broken Kingdom.
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- Early life
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Early life
Gillies was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to New Zealand parents. When he was five, his parents decided to return to their native New Zealand, and moved to Invercargill and then to Hamilton. Though born into a family of strong medical background (his father is a pediatrician, his mother a nurse, and his great-great-great-grandfather was the renowned ENT/plastic surgery pioneer Sir Harold Gillies), he became interested in acting because he said it was "the only thing I was ever any good at".
Frustrated with the lack of opportunities in New Zealand, he moved to Sydney, Australia for six weeks in 2001, before going to Canada for two months, where he worked as a waiter and dishwasher until deciding to move to Los Angeles, USA.
Career
Gillies began his career starring in several Auckland Theatre Company productions, before landing a two season lead role in the television drama Street Legal. After deciding that his acting options in his native New Zealand were limited, Gillies explored his options in Sydney and Canada. Gillies then moved to Los Angeles and was soon cast in the movies Bride and Prejudice and Spider-Man 2.
Since 2002, Gillies has worked in Canadian and American film and television – at times simultaneously. Before landing lead roles in television series, Gillies landed guests spots on television shows such as Masters of Horror, NCIS, and True Blood. In 2010, he was cast on the hit The CW drama The Vampire Diaries as Elijah Mikaelson. In 2013, CW created a successful spin-off of The Vampire Diaries chronicling the lives of the first (aka "the Original") vampires. Gillies' once recurring part as Elijah from The Vampire Diaries became a lead part in The Originals. A potential nightmare existed for CW since Gillies was already under contract to play the playboy-ish Dr. Joel Goran in the supernatural series, Saving Hope. Saving Hope initially aired in the US on NBC, but the series was not renewed although it continued to run in Canada. He continued both shows. In 2012, Gillies wrote, directed and starred with his wife Rachael Leigh Cook in Broken Kingdom.
Personal life
Gillies married American actress Rachael Leigh Cook on 8 August 2004, after less than a year of dating. Together, they have a daughter born in 2013 and a son born in 2015.
Filmography
Actor
2022
The Newsreader (TV Series) as
Charlie
- Decision 87 (2022) - Charlie
2019
Virgin River (TV Series) as
Mark Monroe
- Be My Baby (2022) - Mark Monroe
- The Sun Also Rises (2021) - Mark Monroe
- Life and Death (2021) - Mark Monroe
- Where There's Smoke- (2021) - Mark Monroe
- Out of the Past (2020) - Mark Monroe
- Into the Light (2019) - Mark Monroe
- A Wounded Heart (2019) - Mark Monroe
- -and Found (2019) - Mark Monroe
- Lost (2019) - Mark Monroe
- Carry On (2019) - Mark Monroe
- Unexpected Endings (2019) - Mark Monroe
- Everybody Has a Secret (2019) - Mark Monroe
2021
Coming Home in the Dark as
Mandrake
2020
Occupation: Rainfall as
Wing Commander Hayes
2019
Marvel's Thor: Metal Gods (Podcast Series) as
Narrator
2013
The Originals (TV Series) as
Elijah Mikaelson
- When the Saints Go Marching In (2018) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Tale of Two Wolves (2018) - Elijah Mikaelson
- 'Til the Day I Die (2018) - Elijah Mikaelson
- There in the Disappearing Light (2018) - Elijah Mikaelson
- We Have Not Long to Love (2018) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Kindness of Strangers (2018) - Elijah Mikaelson
- God's Gonna Trouble the Water (2018) - Elijah Mikaelson
- What, Will, I, Have, Left (2018) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Don't It Just Break Your Heart (2018) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (2018) - Elijah Mikaelson (credit only)
- Ne Me Quitte Pas (2018) - Elijah Mikaelson
- One Wrong Turn on Bourbon (2018) - Elijah Mikaelson (credit only)
- Where You Left Your Heart (2018) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Feast of All Sinners (2017) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Voodoo Child (2017) - Elijah Mikaelson
- A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken (2017) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Phantomesque (2017) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Queen Death (2017) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Voodoo in My Blood (2017) - Elijah Mikaelson
- High Water and a Devil's Daughter (2017) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Bag of Cobras (2017) - Elijah Mikaelson
- I Hear You Knocking (2017) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Keepers of the House (2017) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Haunter of Ruins (2017) - Elijah Mikaelson
- No Quarter (2017) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Gather Up the Killers (2017) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Bloody Crown (2016) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Give 'Em Hell Kid (2016) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Where Nothing Stays Buried (2016) - Elijah Mikaelson
- No More Heartbreaks (2016) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Devil Comes Here and Sighs (2016) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Behind the Black Horizon (2016) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Alone with Everybody (2016) - Elijah Mikaelson
- An Old Friend Calls (2016) - Elijah Mikaelson
- A Streetcar Named Desire (2016) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Heart Shaped Box (2016) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Dead Angels (2016) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Wild at Heart (2016) - Elijah Mikaelson
- A Ghost Along the Mississippi (2016) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Savior (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Other Girl in New Orleans (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Out of the Easy (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Beautiful Mistake (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Axeman's Letter (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- A Walk on the Wild Side (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- I'll See You in Hell or New Orleans (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- You Hung the Moon (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- For the Next Millennium (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Ashes to Ashes (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Fire with Fire (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- City Beneath the Sea (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- When the Levee Breaks (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Night Has a Thousand Eyes (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Exquisite Corpse (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Save My Soul (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- They All Asked for You (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- I Love You, Goodbye (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Devil Is Damned (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Sanctuary (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Brotherhood of the Damned (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Gonna Set Your Flag on Fire (2015) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Map of Moments (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Brothers That Care Forgot (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Chasing the Devil's Tail (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Wheel Inside the Wheel (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Red Door (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Live and Let Die (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Every Mother's Son (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Alive and Kicking (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Rebirth (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- From a Cradle to a Grave (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Battle of New Orleans (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- A Closer Walk with Thee (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- An Unblinking Death (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Big Uneasy (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Moon Over Bourbon Street (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Farewell to Storyville (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Le Grand Guignol (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Long Way Back from Hell (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Crescent City (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Dance Back from the Grave (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Après Moi, Le Déluge (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Casket Girls (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Reigning Pain in New Orleans (2013) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The River in Reverse (2013) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Bloodletting (2013) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Fruit of the Poisoned Tree (2013) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Sinners and Saints (2013) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Girl in New Orleans (2013) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Tangled Up in Blue (2013) - Elijah Mikaelson
- House of the Rising Son (2013) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Always and Forever (2013) - Elijah Mikaelson
2017
The Lost Wife of Robert Durst (TV Movie) as
Robert Durst
2017
SEAL Team (TV Series) as
Nate Massey
- Other Lives (2017) - Nate Massey
- Tip of the Spear (2017) - Nate Massey
2012
Saving Hope (TV Series) as
Dr. Joel Goran
- All the Pretty Horses (2015) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Fearless (2015) - Dr. Joel Goran
- A Simple Plan (2015) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Remains of the Day (2015) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Trading Places (2015) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Narrow Margin (2015) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Hearts of Glass (2015) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Days of Heaven (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- The Other Side of Midnight (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- The Heartbreak Kid (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Joel 2:31 (AKA Apocalypse Now) (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Breaking Away (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Stand by Me (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Awakenings (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Kiss Me Goodbye (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Heaven Can Wait (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Broken Hearts (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Twinned Lambs (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Breathless (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Don't Poke the Bear (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- 43 Minutes (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Wide Awake (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Nottingham 7 (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- En Bloc (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Wishbones (2014) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Vamonos (2013) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Defriender (2013) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Bed One (2013) - Dr. Joel Goran
- All Things Must Pass (2013) - Dr. Joel Goran
- The Face of the Giant Panda (2013) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Defense (2013) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Why Waste Time (2013) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Little Piggies (2013) - Dr. Joel Goran
- I Watch Death (2013) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Pink Clouds (2012) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Ride Hard or Go Home (2012) - Dr. Joel Goran
- The Law of Contagion (2012) - Dr. Joel Goran
- A New Beginning (2012) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Bea, Again (2012) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Heartsick (2012) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Consenting Adults (2012) - Dr. Joel Goran
- The Great Randall (2012) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Out of Sight (2012) - Dr. Joel Goran
- The Fight (2012) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Blindness (2012) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Contact (2012) - Dr. Joel Goran
- Pilot (2012) - Dr. Joel Goran
2010
The Vampire Diaries (TV Series) as
Elijah Mikaelson
- 500 Years of Solitude (2014) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Originals (2013) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Pictures of You (2013) - Elijah Mikaelson
- American Gothic (2013) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Five (2012) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Departed (2012) - Elijah Mikaelson
- All My Children (2012) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Dangerous Liaisons (2012) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Bringing Out the Dead (2012) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Ties That Bind (2012) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Ordinary People (2011) - Elijah Mikaelson
- As I Lay Dying (2011) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Sun Also Rises (2011) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Last Day (2011) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Klaus (2011) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Last Dance (2011) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The House Guest (2011) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Dinner Party (2011) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Crying Wolf (2011) - Elijah Mikaelson
- By the Light of the Moon (2010) - Elijah Mikaelson
- The Sacrifice (2010) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Katerina (2010) - Elijah Mikaelson
- Rose (2010) - Elijah Mikaelson
2012
Broken Kingdom as
Jason '80'
2010
NCIS (TV Series) as
Royal Marine Major Peter Malloy
- Royals & Loyals (2010) - Royal Marine Major Peter Malloy
2010
True Blood (TV Series) as
Jon
- I Smell a Rat (2010) - Jon
2010
The Glades (TV Series) as
Dave Rollins
- Doppelganger (2010) - Dave Rollins
2008
Uncross the Stars as
Troy
2007
Wait for Me (Video)(voice)
2007
Matters of Life and Death (Short) as
Jimmy
2007
Captivity as
Gary Dexter
2007
Masters of Horror (TV Series) as
Jack Miller
- Dream Cruise (2007) - Jack Miller
2006
The Sensation of Sight as
Dylan
2005
Into the West (TV Mini Series) as
Ethan Biggs
- Hell on Wheels (2005) - Ethan Biggs
- Dreams and Schemes (2005) - Ethan Biggs
2004
Bride & Prejudice as
Johnny Wickham
2004
Evil Remains as
Mark
2004
Spider-Man 2 as
John Jameson
2002
Snow Queen (TV Mini Series) as
Delfont Chalfont
2002
Various Positions as
Marcel
2002
Mentors (TV Series) as
King Arthur
- Once and Future King (2002) - King Arthur
2002
Jeremiah (TV Series) as
Simon
- The Long Road: Part 1 (2002) - Simon
2000
Street Legal (TV Series) as
Tim O'Connor
- For Better, for Worse (2001) - Tim O'Connor
- Tim's Friend (2001) - Tim O'Connor
- The Juror (2001) - Tim O'Connor
- Streetfighter (2001) - Tim O'Connor
- The Coach (2001) - Tim O'Connor
- The Recruit (2001) - Tim O'Connor
- Maria's Trial (2001) - Tim O'Connor
- Ave Maria (2001) - Tim O'Connor
- Clifford Redux (2001) - Tim O'Connor
- Baby Love (2001) - Tim O'Connor
- Good Cop/Bad Cop: Part 2 (2001) - Tim O'Connor
- Good Cop/Bad Cop: Part 1 (2001) - Tim O'Connor
- Retribution (2000) - Tim O'Connor
- Offside (2000) - Tim O'Connor
- Brother's Keeper (2000) - Tim O'Connor
- Rest in Peace (2000) - Tim O'Connor
- Possession Is Ten Tenths of the Law (2000) - Tim O'Connor
- Dangerous Waters (2000) - Tim O'Connor
- The Boxer (2000) - Tim O'Connor
- Provocation (2000) - Tim O'Connor
- E Is for Exit (2000) - Tim O'Connor
- In the Name of the Son (2000) - Tim O'Connor
- Who Lives by the Sword (2000) - Tim O'Connor
- Heroin Chic (2000) - Tim O'Connor
- Ellis's Restaurant (2000) - Tim O'Connor
- Hit and Run (2000) - Tim O'Connor
2001
No One Can Hear You as
Dirk Mettcalfe
2000
Cleopatra 2525 (TV Series) as
Cute Guy
- Mind Games (2000) - Cute Guy
1999
Young Hercules (TV Series) as
Antos
- My Fair Lilith (1999) - Antos
1998
A Soldier's Sweetheart (TV Movie) as
Medic (as Daniel J. Gillies)
Director
2017
The Originals (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- There in the Disappearing Light (2018)
- Phantomesque (2017)
2012
Broken Kingdom
2007
Wait for Me (Video)
Writer
2012
Broken Kingdom
2007
Wait for Me (Video) (story)
Cinematographer
2007
Wait for Me (Video)
Editor
2005
One: The Movie (Documentary)
Producer
2007
Wait for Me (Video) (executive producer)
Self
2021
On Air with Ka$h (TV Series) as
Self
- Daniel Gillies (2021) - Self
2021
Occupation Rainfall: Behind the Scenes (Documentary short) as
Self
2017
Home & Family (TV Series) as
Self
- Nicole Ari Parker/Daniel Gillies/Matt Moore (2017) - Self
2017
The Vampire Diaries: Forever Yours (TV Special) as
Self
2016
Harmontown (Podcast Series) as
Self - Guest
- A Lady Who Is Famous for Killing Her Baby (2016) - Self - Guest
2015
This Week in Hollywood (TV Series) as
Self
- Vampire Basketball (2015) - Self
- Lucky Us (2015) - Self
2014
E! News (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 24 March 2014 (2014) - Self
2013
RingCon 2012 (Documentary) as
Self
2011
Kingdom Come (Documentary) as
Self
Archive Footage
2019
SEAL Team (TV Series) as
Nate Massey
- The Ones You Can't See (2019) - Nate Massey (uncredited)
2005
Pride and Prejudice Revisited (TV Movie documentary) as
Johnny Wickham (uncredited)
2002
Jeremiah (TV Series) as
Simon
- Things Left Unsaid: Part 1 (2002) - Simon
References
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