Yani Gellman

Yani Gellman
Born (1985-09-02) September 2, 1985
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Occupation Actor

Yani Gellman (born September 2, 1985) is a Canadian film and television actor, known for playing Paolo Valisari in The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Garrett Reynolds in Pretty Little Liars and Diego Flores in "90210."

Life and career

Gellman was born in Miami, Florida to a Canadian father and an Australian mother. He is of Jewish heritage.[1] He was named after a family friend, writer Jan Joors. His father was a reporter, and the family frequently moved during Gellman's childhood, living in Australia, Spain, and Texas before settling in Toronto.[2]

Gellman's acting debut was in a 1998 episode of the television series, Animorphs. After appearing in several more television productions, he was cast in supporting roles in the 2000 film, Urban Legends: Final Cut and in 2001's Jason X. In both films, his characters eventually became victims of serial killers. He appeared in 2002's The Matthew Shepard Story as Pablo, the love interest of the title character. Gellman became known among teenage audiences after playing the part of Paolo Valisari, an Italian pop singer and the main antagonist of 2003's The Lizzie McGuire Movie.

Most recently, he has been cast in the Canadian series Monster Warriors. He plays a lawyer, Rafe Torres, in the long-running soap opera, The Young and the Restless. In April 2009 it was revealed that the character of Rafe Torres was gay. Gellman has also appeared as a model in numerous print ads, including Omega watches. He made a cameo in Degrassi Goes Hollywood, as well as playing Pete in multiple episodes of "Greek". He has recently played the role of police officer, Garrett Reynolds in hit TV show Pretty Little Liars. He has also starred as Diego in the hit TV show 90210.

Gellman speaks Spanish, having learned it during his time living in Spain. He has a university degree in political science.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Urban Legends: Final Cut Rob
2001 Jason X Stoney
2003 The Lizzie McGuire Movie Paolo Valisari
2016 In the Deep Louis

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Goosebumps Young Man 2 episodes
1998 Animorphs Brad Episode: "The Forgotten"
2000 The Famous Jett Jackson JB Follower Episode: "What You Wish For"
2001 Blue Murder Patrick Lee Episode: "All Saints"
2001 Sex, Lies & Obsession Romeo Television film
2001 Boss of Bosses Young Paul Castellano Television film
2002 The Matthew Shepard Story Pablo Television film
2002 Mentors King Tutankhamen Episode: "Cursed"
2002 Tru Confessions Billy Television film
2002 Guinevere Jones Michael Medina Lead role, 26 episodes
2003–04 Wild Card Ryder Recurring role, 8 episodes
2006–07 Monster Warriors Antonio Lead role
2007 Trapped Carlitos Documentary series
2008–11 The Young and the Restless Rafael Torres 86 episodes
2009 Degrassi Goes Hollywood The Shores Boy Television film
2009 Lincoln Heights Marco Gutierrez 2 episodes
2010 Greek Pete/Omega Chi 3 episodes
2011–12 Pretty Little Liars Officer Garrett Reynolds Recurring role, 23 episodes
2012 90210 Diego Flores 7 episodes
2012 The Mentalist Julian Gallego Episode: "Devil's Cherry"
2012 Beauty & the Beast Sam Episode: "All In"
2013 Criminal Minds Mitchell Ruiz Episode: "Broken"
2013 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Doug Lasky Episode: "Ghosts of the Past"
2013 The Client List Diego Shankman Episode: "I Miss Back Then"
2013 Category 5 Pete Keller Television film
2014 Castle Manny Castro Episode: "Law & Boarder"
2014 Major Crimes Dante Episode: "Major Crimes"
2015 Trigger Point Jared Church Television film
2015 Blood & Oil A.J. Menendez Episode: "Pilot"
2015 iZombie Gabriel 2 episodes
2015 CSI: Cyber Jackson Richmond Episode: "Shades of Grey"

References

  1. ↑ "Yani Gellman on working with Burt Reynolds and growing up in North York - Do - June 2014 - Toronto". Postcity.com. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
  2. ↑ Alachua Today Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
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