Alan-Peter Gadiot is a British actor known for his roles as James Valdez in the USA Network show Queen of the South (2016–2021) and as Shanks in Netflix's series One Piece (2023). He also played Cyrus in ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013–2014), Adam in Showtime's Yellowjackets (2021), and Tom Westfall in season two of NBC's Quantum Leap (2023–2024).
Gadiot trained classically at Drama Centre London and has appeared in numerous stage productions. His past credits include MTV's Hot Mess, the British series My Spy Family (2010) and a British horror film 13Hrs (2010), also known by the name Night Wolf.
In 2013, Gadiot made his American network debut as Cyrus, the handsome and mysterious Genie, in ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. That same year, Gadiot starred opposite Léa Seydoux in a short film (campaign) Prada: Candy for the fragrance Prada Candy L'Eau, directed by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola. He also appeared in three episodes of the British series Fresh Meat, a Channel 4 dramedy with a large cult following and starred in the German horror film The Forbidden Girl (2013).
Gadiot went behind the camera to write, direct and produce the short film 12–17, released in 2014. The short film is about young men who would deceive younger girls into falling in love with them before emotionally blackmailing them into becoming prostitutes (loverboys). The short film is called 12–17, because that's the age of most girls who are trafficked. Also in 2014, Gadiot played the recurring role of Caesar in the series Matador and in 2015 the role of Ka in the Canadian-American miniseries Tut.
