William Abadie

William Abadie (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, Homeland (2013), The O.C. (2006), Ugly Betty (2006) and Emily in Paris (2020–present).

Early life Abadie was born in Saint Raphaël in southern France. He spent his adolescence between Megève and Paris before leaving the French capital at the age of 25 to relocate to New York, where he enrolled at The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.

Life and career William is a graduate of L'École Claude Mathieu in Paris and The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in New York City. He 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 NotesRef. 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 2026 Greenland 2: Migration Denis Laurent

Television Year Title Role NotesRef. 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 18 episodes 2022–2023 And Just Like That… Zed 4 episodes 2026 Hit Point TBA Upcoming thriller

Video games Year Title RoleRef. 2006 Call of Duty 3 Pierre LaRoche 2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Jean-Marc Mercier