Mark Ghanimé

Mark Ghanimé (born December 1, 1977) is a Canadian actor, with Lebanese origins. 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. He spent time growing up in both Calgary and in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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. and a starring role as Daniel Goose-Egg in the web series Soldiers of the Apocalypse, for which he also served as associate producer. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Ghanimé most recently appeared 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.

Filmography

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

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 Supernatural Dr. Drake Episode: "The Devil You Know" 2012 The Secret Circle Java Brew Man Episode: "Traitor" Fairly Legal CSI Detective Episode: "Borderline" Abducted: The Carlina White Story Photographer Television film Arrow Dr. Douglas Miller Episode" "Year's End" 2012–2013 Soldiers of the Apocalypse Daniel Goose-Egg Main role; also Associate Producer Emily Owens, M.D. Dr. Jamie Albagetti Recurring role, 6 episodes 2013 Eve of Destruction Run Miniseries The True Heroines Police Officer Episode: "Pilot Part 2"; uncredited 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 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" Wynonna Earp Jonas Episode: "Everybody Knows" 2017–2018 Private Eyes Dr. Ken Graham Recurring role, 5 episodes 2018 The Detectives Detective Mike Cavilla Episode: "Home" No Escape Room Michael Television film Christmas with a View Hugh Peters Television film 2019 Always and Forever Christmas Scott Jensen Television film Twinkle All the Way Danny Television film 2019–2020 The Bold Type Dev 3 episodes 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 2024 A Dance in the Snow Daniel Hallmark Movie