Mark Ghanimé
Born (1977-12-01) December 1, 1977
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Citizenship
  • Canadian
  • Lebanese
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Mark Ghanimé (born December 1, 1977) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Major Sergio Balleseros on the Syfy original series Helix, and for recurring as Don Carlos on The CW series Reign.

Early life

Ghanimé was born on December 1, 1977, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to a Canadian mother and a Lebanese father.[1][2] He spent time growing up in both Calgary and in Montreal, Quebec, Canada[1] and was trilingual from an early age, speaking French, English, and Arabic due to his diverse heritage.[2][3]

Ghanimé grew up focusing on academics with the intent of becoming a business man and going into real estate. He obtained a finance degree from the University of Lethbridge in Canada. In his early twenties, Ghanimé began taking vocal lessons and hip-hop dance classes in order to explore his creative side.[1] In 2004, Ghanimé had an uncredited, background role in Chasing Freedom starring Juliette Lewis. While on set, he became passionate for acting and knew he wanted to pursue it as a career.[2]

Career

After starting his career acting in commercials, Ghanimé was cast in his first guest-starring role as Graham in the CBC Television series Wild Roses. He then had small guest starring roles on Smallville and Supernatural in 2010 and The Secret Circle, Fairly Legal, and Arrow in 2012.[2] Starting in 2012, Ghanimé had a recurring role as Dr. Jamie Albagetti on The CW series Emily Owens, M.D.[4] and a starring role as Daniel Goose-Egg in the web series Soldiers of the Apocalypse, for which he also served as associate producer.[5] In 2013, he had supporting roles as Run in the Showcase miniseries Eve of Destruction and as the museum curator in the Hallmark Channel television movie The Hunters.[2][6]

Ghanimé's most significant role came in 2014 when he was cast as a series regular in the Syfy original series Helix, playing Major Sergio Balleseros who guides a team of CDC scientists to investigate a disease outbreak at a research facility in the arctic.[1] The series was cancelled on April 29, 2015, and aired for two seasons.[7]

In 2015, Ghanimé was cast in the recurring role of Don Carlos in the third season of The CW series Reign. He also recurred as Justin Faysal on the Chiller horror anthology series Slasher in 2016.[8]

in 2017, Ghanimé recurred on the second season of Private Eyes, playing a romantic interest of the main character, Angie Everett, played by Cindy Sampson.[9]

In 2023, Ghanimé plays Sam Calloway in To All a Good Night with Kimberley Sustad.

Ghanimé currently stars as Dr. Cameron Hayek on Netflix's Virgin River.

Personal life

He has visited Lebanon numerous times and wishes to portray more Middle-Eastern characters in order to bring positive light to the Middle East and accentuate the beauty of countries such as Lebanon which he says are rarely portrayed positively in the media.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Take Out Lebanese Gangster
2011 Citizen 101 Richard
2013 One Night in Seattle Mark Henley
2013 Cinemanovels The Man in the Clock Tower
2015 The Age of Adaline New Year's Eve Stranger
2018 Christmas with a View Hue Peters

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Chasing Freedom Villager (Uncredited) Television film
2009 Wild Roses Graham Episode: "Time and Chance"
2010 Smallville Teddybear Guy Episode: "Persuasion"; uncredited
2010 Supernatural Dr. Drake Episode: "The Devil You Know"
2012 The Secret Circle Java Brew Man Episode: "Traitor"
2012 Fairly Legal CSI Detective Episode: "Borderline"
2012 Abducted: The Carlina White Story Photographer Television film
2012 Arrow Dr. Douglas Miller Episode" "Year's End"
2012–2013 Soldiers of the Apocalypse Daniel Goose-Egg Main role; also Associate Producer
2012–2013 Emily Owens, M.D. Dr. Jamie Albagetti Recurring role, 6 episodes
2013 Eve of Destruction Run Miniseries
2013 The True Heroines Police Officer Episode: "Pilot Part 2"; uncredited
2013 The Hunters Museum Curator Television film
2014–2015 Helix Major Sergio Balleseros Main role
2015 Killer Photo Kurt Miller Television film; also known as Watch Your Back[11]
2015 Quantico Danny Episode: "Quantico"
2015–2017 Reign Don Carlos Recurring role, 5 episodes
2016 Slasher Justin Faysal 3 episodes
2017 iZombie Devon Episode: "Eat, Pray, Liv"
2017–2018 Private Eyes Dr. Ken Graham Recurring role, 5 episodes
2017 Wynonna Earp Jonas Episode: "Everybody Knows"
2018 The Detectives Detective Mike Cavilla Episode: "Home"
2018 No Escape Room Michael Television film
2018 Christmas with a View Hugh Peters Television film
2019–2020 The Bold Type Dev 3 episodes
2019 Always and Forever Christmas Scott Jensen Television film
2019 Twinkle All the Way Danny Television film
2020 Candy Cane Christmas Eric Kelton Television film
2020–present The Wedding Planners Dan Karam Recurring role
2022–present Virgin River Dr. Cameron Hayek Main role (season 4, 5)
2023 To All a Good Night Sam Calloway Lead role, Television film

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Chang, Kee (January 17, 2014). "Screen Test: Mark Ghanimé". anthemmagazine.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Major Sergio Balleseros: Mark Ghanimé". syfy.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ Jefferson, Whitney (January 13, 2014). "Tell Us About Yourself(ie): Mark Ghanimé". buzzfeed.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ Mitovitch, Matt Webb (July 19, 2013). "TVLine Items: Syfy's Helix Cast Grows, Bill Hader Rejoins South Park, a Scandal-thon and More". TVLine.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ "S.O.T.A. - "Soldiers of the Apocalypse"". facebook.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Eve of Destruction 2013". hollywood.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  7. ↑ Petski, Denise (April 29, 2015). "'Helix' Cancelled By Syfy After Two Seasons". Deadline.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  8. ↑ Harris, Bill (March 30, 2016). "'Slasher' star Katie McGrath's character gets a bloody good welcome". torontosun.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  9. ↑ Ahearn, Victoria (May 25, 2017). "Small Screen: Private Eyes' Priestley pleased to come home". timescolonist.com. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  10. ↑ Huskey, Brittany (March 15, 2015). "Mark Ghanime Interview". clichemag.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  11. ↑ Stockly, Ed (March 20, 2015). "Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'A Million Ways to Die in the West'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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