William Abadie

William Abadie
Born	(1977-02-16) 16 February 1977 Saint-Raphaël, Var, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present

William Abadie (or Abadie William Jean Louis) (born 16 February 1977) is a French actor. 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).

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Unfaithful	Passerby
2006	The Pink Panther	Bizu
2007	Resident Evil: Extinction	French Envoy
2008	My Sassy Girl	Jean-Jacques
	The Con is On	Gurmukh
	The Human Contract	Joseph
2009	Give 'Em Hell, Malone	Pretty Boy
2014	The Longest Week	Concierge
2020	Waiting for Anya	Father Lasalle
TBA	Greenland: Migration	Denis Laurent	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Sex and the City	Tony	Episode: "Lights, Camera, Relationship"
2003	ER	David	Episode: "Makemba"
2006	Ugly Betty	Phillippe Michel	Episode: "Pilot"
2006	CSI: NY	Michel Hetu	Episode: "Fare Game"
2006	The O.C.	Jean Claude	Episode: "The Metamorphosis"
2007	Entourage	Hotel Manager	Episode: "The Cannes Kids"
2007	Samantha Who	Rene	Episode: "Pilot"
2007–2009	Gossip Girl	Roman	2 episodes
2008	Chuck	Guy Lafleur	Episode: "Chuck Versus the Ex"
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Gerard Dumais	2 episodes
2009	Royal Pains	Javier Santos	Episode: "Crazy Love"
2010	90210	Olivier	Episode: "Meet the Parent"
2011	Pan Am	Gasper	Episode: "We'll Always Have Paris"
2013	White Collar	Henri	Episode: "The Original"
2013	Blue Bloods	Alex Schecter	Episode: "Devil's Breath"
2013	Homeland	Alan Bernard	5 episodes
2014	Person of Interest	Christos Sevon	Episode: "Allegiance"
2014	The Mentalist	Hugo Joubert	Episode: "Black Market"
2015	Madam Secretary	Swiss Ambassador Claude Wuthrich	Episode: "The Greater Good"
2016	Gotham	Dr. Maxwell Symon	Episode: "Blood Rush"
2019	Sweetbitter	Etienne	Episode: "Truffles and Champagne"
2020–present	Emily in Paris	Antoine Lambert	10 episodes
2022–2023	And Just Like That…	Zed	4 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2006	Call of Duty 3	Pierre LaRoche
2018	Red Dead Redemption 2	Jean-Marc Mercier

External links

• William Abadie at IMDb