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David Charvet Born David Franck Guez
May 15, 1972
Lyon, FranceOccupation Actor/Singer Years active 1992–present Spouse Brooke Burke-Charvet (2011–present) Website http://www.davidcharvet.com David Charvet (born David Franck Guez; May 15, 1972) is a French singer and actor.
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Personal life
Charvet was born in Lyon, France. His father is the Tunisian Jewish businessman Paul Guez.[1] David Charvet's mother, Christiane Charvet, is French.[citation needed] He and his siblings speak French as their first language. He won a green card through the "Morrison visa lottery" in the early 1990s. Until recently, Charvet lived in his native France, where he toured (among other parts of Europe) as a singer.
Before becoming engaged to Brooke Burke, Charvet dated Israeli model Bar Refaeli and actress Tori Spelling. Charvet and Burke have two children together: a daughter, Heaven Rain (born January 8, 2007), and a son, Shaya Braven (born March 5, 2008). Burke already had two daughters from a previous relationship.[2] They married on August 12, 2011 and currently reside in California.[3]
Career
Charvet (using his mother's maiden name as his professional name) caught his big break in 1992 on the American television program, Baywatch as "Matt Brody" and remained with the show for three full seasons, until 1995. Charvet also appeared as "Craig Field" on producer Aaron Spelling's Melrose Place from 1996 to 1998. From 1995 to 1999, he appeared in Seduced and Betrayed, Derby, Angel Flight Down and Meet Prince Charming. He left acting in 1999 to concentrate on his musical career.
In 2006, he returned to acting in a movie directed by Roger Christian called Prisoners of the Sun, due for release in 2009. He is also going to appear in the film Green Flash and Nephilim.
In 2009, he was a contestant in ABC's summer reality show The Superstars and came in 3rd with partner Lisa Leslie. Green Flash was released in the US on July 14, 2009 as Beach Kings.[4] In 2010, he was a contestant in the French reality show La Ferme Célébrités (French version of The Farm). The show was broadcast on TF1.
In June 2010, Charvet joined The Blue Seals, a non profit organization aimed at providing a rapid response to environmental emergencies, focusing on oceans preservation.[5] He is a member of The Blue Seals Board of Directors.[6] and works on raising awareness on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, also helping French company Ecoceane's ships designed to collect floating waste and hydrocarbons to take part in the cleaning. At the same time, a plan to hire unemployed veterans for building ships using this French technology will be unveiled by U.S. Congressman Bob Filner (D-CA).[7]
Filmography
- Baywatch (1992–1995)
- Seduced and Betrayed (1995)
- Derby (1995)
- Angel Flight Down (1996)
- Melrose Place (1996–1998)
- Meet Prince Charming (1999)
- Green Flash (2009); US title: Beach Kings
- Prisoners of the Sun (2009)
- The Perfect Teacher (2010); Spanish title: Falsa Inocencia; French title: Une Elève Trop Parfaite
- Nephilim (2010)
Reality-shows
- Dancing with the Stars (2008–2009) (15 episodes)
- The Superstars (2009)
- La Ferme Célébrités (2010)
Music
Charvet has released three albums in the past ten years and is currently working on his fourth.
Discography
Albums
- David Charvet (1997)
- Leap of Faith (2002)
- Se laisser quelque chose (2004)
Singles
- "Should I Leave" (1997)
- "Regarde-toi" (1997)
- "Jusqu'au bout" (Leap of faith) (2002)
- "Apprendre à aimer" (Teach me how to love) (2002)
- "Take you there" (2003)
- "Je te dédie" (2004)
- "Sometimes it rains" (2006)
Digital release
- "I Swim with the birds" (2010)
References
External links
Categories:- 1972 births
- French expatriates in the United States
- French film actors
- French male singers
- French television actors
- Living people
- People from Lyon
- French Jews
- La Ferme Célébrités participants
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