Daniel Gillies is a Canadian-born New Zealand actor. He is best known for his role as Elijah Mikaelson on the television series The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals, as well as Dr. Joel Goran on the Canadian series Saving Hope.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Sight Unseen (2024)
Guest starring as Jake Campbell
(17 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Rekindling (Mar 24, 2025) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x09: Strangers in a Game (Mar 17, 2025) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x08: Don't Look Back (Mar 10, 2025) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x05: Girls Like Us (Feb 17, 2025) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x03: Chain Reaction (Feb 3, 2025) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x02: About a Boy (Jan 27, 2025) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x01: Runaway Bride (Jan 20, 2025) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x10: Razor's Edge (Mar 25, 2024)
- Episode 1x09: Burn Notice (Mar 18, 2024)
- Episode 1x08: Fluffed (Mar 11, 2024)
- Episode 1x07: Leo (Mar 4, 2024)
- Episode 1x06: Lucas (Feb 26, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: Matt (Feb 19, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: Mia (Feb 12, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: Jake (Feb 5, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: Sunny (Jan 29, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Tess (Jan 21, 2024)
The Newsreader (2021)
Starring as Charlie Tate
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: Fireworks (Sep 19, 2023)
- Episode 2x05: A Model Daughter (Sep 19, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: The Hungry Truth (Sep 19, 2023)
- Episode 2x03: Greed and Fear (Sep 19, 2023)
- Episode 2x02: People Like You and Me (Sep 17, 2023)
- Episode 2x01: Decision 87 (Sep 10, 2023)
Virgin River (2019)
Starring as Mark Monroe
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Unexpected Endings (Dec 6, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: Everybody Has a Secret (Dec 6, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: Into the Light (Dec 6, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: A Wounded Heart (Dec 6, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: ... and Found (Dec 6, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: Lost (Dec 6, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Carry On (Dec 6, 2019)
Guest starring as Mark Monroe
(5 episodes)
- Episode 4x01: Be My Baby (Jul 20, 2022)
- Episode 3x09: The Sun Also Rises (Jul 9, 2021)
- Episode 3x08: Life and Death (Jul 9, 2021)
- Episode 3x01: Where There's Smoke... (Jul 9, 2021)
- Episode 2x06: Out of the Past (Nov 27, 2020)
SEAL Team (2017)
Guest starring as Nate Massey
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Other Lives (Oct 4, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Tip of the Spear (Sep 27, 2017)
The Originals (2013)
Starring as Elijah Mikaelson
(86 episodes)
- Episode 5x13: When the Saints Go Marching In (Aug 1, 2018)
- Episode 5x12: The Tale of Two Wolves (Jul 25, 2018)
- Episode 5x11: Til the Day I Die (Jul 18, 2018)
- Episode 5x10: There in the Disappearing Light (Jul 11, 2018)
- Episode 5x09: We Have Not Long to Love (Jun 20, 2018)
- Episode 5x08: The Kindness of Strangers (Jun 13, 2018)
- Episode 5x07: God's Gonna Trouble the Water (Jun 6, 2018)
- Episode 5x06: What, Will, I, Have, Left (May 30, 2018)
- Episode 5x05: Don't It Just Break Your Heart (May 16, 2018)
- Episode 5x03: Ne Me Quitte Pas (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 4x13: The Feast of All Sinners (Jun 23, 2017)
- Episode 4x12: Voodoo Child (Jun 16, 2017)
- Episode 4x11: A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken (Jun 9, 2017)
- Episode 4x10: Phantomesque (Jun 2, 2017)
- Episode 4x09: Queen Death (May 19, 2017)
- Episode 4x08: Voodoo in My Blood (May 12, 2017)
- Episode 4x07: High Water and a Devil's Daughter (May 5, 2017)
- Episode 4x06: Bag of Cobras (Apr 28, 2017)
- Episode 4x05: I Hear You Knocking (Apr 14, 2017)
- Episode 4x04: Keepers of the House (Apr 7, 2017)
- Episode 4x03: Haunter of Ruins (Mar 31, 2017)
- Episode 4x02: No Quarter (Mar 24, 2017)
- Episode 4x01: Gather Up the Killers (Mar 17, 2017)
- Episode 3x22: The Bloody Crown (May 20, 2016)
- Episode 3x21: Give 'em Hell, Kid (May 13, 2016)
- Episode 3x20: Where Nothing Stays Buried (May 6, 2016)
- Episode 3x19: No More Heartbreaks (Apr 29, 2016)
- Episode 3x17: Behind the Black Horizon (Apr 8, 2016)
- Episode 3x16: Alone with Everybody (Apr 1, 2016)
- Episode 3x15: An Old Friend Calls (Mar 4, 2016)
- Episode 3x14: A Streetcar Named Desire (Feb 26, 2016)
- Episode 3x13: Heart-Shaped Box (Feb 19, 2016)
- Episode 3x12: Dead Angels (Feb 12, 2016)
- Episode 3x11: Wild at Heart (Feb 5, 2016)
- Episode 3x10: A Ghost Along the Mississippi (Jan 29, 2016)
- Episode 3x09: Savior (Dec 10, 2015)
- Episode 3x08: The Other Girl in New Orleans (Dec 3, 2015)
- Episode 3x06: Beautiful Mistake (Nov 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x04: A Walk on the Wild Side (Oct 29, 2015)
- Episode 3x03: I'll See You in Hell or New Orleans (Oct 22, 2015)
- Episode 3x02: You Hung the Moon (Oct 15, 2015)
- Episode 3x01: For the Next Millennium (Oct 8, 2015)
- Episode 2x22: Ashes to Ashes (May 11, 2015)
- Episode 2x21: Fire with Fire (May 4, 2015)
- Episode 2x20: City Beneath the Sea (Apr 27, 2015)
- Episode 2x19: When the Levee Breaks (Apr 20, 2015)
- Episode 2x18: Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Apr 13, 2015)
- Episode 2x17: Exquisite Corpse (Apr 6, 2015)
- Episode 2x16: Save My Soul (Mar 16, 2015)
- Episode 2x15: They All Asked for You (Mar 9, 2015)
- Episode 2x14: I Love You, Goodbye (Feb 16, 2015)
- Episode 2x13: The Devil is Damned (Feb 9, 2015)
- Episode 2x12: Sanctuary (Feb 2, 2015)
- Episode 2x11: Brotherhood of the Damned (Jan 26, 2015)
- Episode 2x10: Gonna Set Your Flag on Fire (Jan 19, 2015)
- Episode 2x09: The Map of Moments (Dec 8, 2014)
- Episode 2x08: The Brothers That Care Forgot (Nov 24, 2014)
- Episode 2x07: Chasing the Devil's Tail (Nov 17, 2014)
- Episode 2x06: Wheel Inside the Wheel (Nov 10, 2014)
- Episode 2x05: Red Door (Nov 3, 2014)
- Episode 2x04: Live and Let Die (Oct 27, 2014)
- Episode 2x03: Every Mother's Son (Oct 20, 2014)
- Episode 2x02: Alive and Kicking (Oct 13, 2014)
- Episode 2x01: Rebirth (Oct 6, 2014)
- Episode 1x22: From a Cradle to a Grave (May 13, 2014)
- Episode 1x21: The Battle of New Orleans (May 6, 2014)
- Episode 1x20: A Closer Walk with Thee (Apr 29, 2014)
- Episode 1x19: An Unblinking Death (Apr 22, 2014)
- Episode 1x18: The Big Uneasy (Apr 15, 2014)
- Episode 1x17: Moon Over Bourbon Street (Mar 18, 2014)
- Episode 1x16: Farewell to Storyville (Mar 11, 2014)
- Episode 1x15: Le Grand Guignol (Mar 4, 2014)
- Episode 1x14: Long Way Back from Hell (Feb 25, 2014)
- Episode 1x13: Crescent City (Feb 4, 2014)
- Episode 1x12: Dance Back from the Grave (Jan 28, 2014)
- Episode 1x11: Après Moi, Le Déluge (Jan 21, 2014)
- Episode 1x10: The Casket Girls (Jan 14, 2014)
- Episode 1x09: Reigning Pain in New Orleans (Dec 3, 2013)
- Episode 1x08: The River in Reverse (Nov 26, 2013)
- Episode 1x07: Bloodletting (Nov 12, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: Fruit of the Poisoned Tree (Nov 5, 2013)
- Episode 1x05: Sinners and Saints (Oct 29, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: Girl in New Orleans (Oct 22, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: Tangled Up in Blue (Oct 15, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: House of the Rising Son (Oct 8, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: Always and Forever (Oct 3, 2013)
Saving Hope (2012)
Starring as Dr. Joel Goran
(46 episodes)
- Episode 3x18: All the Pretty Horses (Feb 18, 2015)
- Episode 3x17: Fearless (Feb 11, 2015)
- Episode 3x16: A Simple Plan (Feb 4, 2015)
- Episode 3x15: Remains of the Day (Jan 28, 2015)
- Episode 3x14: Trading Places (Jan 21, 2015)
- Episode 3x13: Narrow Margin (Jan 14, 2015)
- Episode 3x12: Hearts of Glass (Jan 7, 2015)
- Episode 3x10: Days of Heaven (Dec 17, 2014)
- Episode 3x09: The Other Side of Midnight (Dec 10, 2014)
- Episode 3x08: The Heartbreak Kid (Dec 3, 2014)
- Episode 3x06: Joel 2:31 (Oct 23, 2014)
- Episode 3x04: Stand by Me (Oct 9, 2014)
- Episode 3x03: Awakenings (Oct 2, 2014)
- Episode 3x02: Kiss Me Goodbye (Sep 25, 2014)
- Episode 3x01: Heaven Can Wait (Sep 22, 2014)
- Episode 2x18: Broken Hearts (Feb 27, 2014)
- Episode 2x17: Twinned Lambs (Feb 20, 2014)
- Episode 2x16: Breathless (Feb 13, 2014)
- Episode 2x15: Don't Poke the Bear (Feb 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x14: 43 Minutes (Jan 30, 2014)
- Episode 2x13: Wide Awake (Jan 23, 2014)
- Episode 2x12: Nottingham 7 (Jan 16, 2014)
- Episode 2x11: En Bloc (Jan 9, 2014)
- Episode 2x10: Wishbones (Jan 2, 2014)
- Episode 2x09: Vamonos (Aug 20, 2013)
- Episode 2x08: Defriender (Aug 13, 2013)
- Episode 2x07: Bed One (Aug 6, 2013)
- Episode 2x06: All Things Must Pass (Jul 30, 2013)
- Episode 2x05: The Face of the Giant Panda (Jul 23, 2013)
- Episode 2x04: Defense (Jul 16, 2013)
- Episode 2x03: Why Waste Time (Jul 9, 2013)
- Episode 2x02: Little Piggies (Jul 2, 2013)
- Episode 2x01: I Watch Death (Jun 25, 2013)
- Episode 1x13: Pink Clouds (Sep 13, 2012)
- Episode 1x12: Ride Hard or Go Home (Sep 6, 2012)
- Episode 1x11: The Law of Contagion (Aug 30, 2012)
- Episode 1x10: A New Beginning (Aug 23, 2012)
- Episode 1x09: Bea, Again (Aug 16, 2012)
- Episode 1x08: Heartsick (Jul 26, 2012)
- Episode 1x07: Consenting Adults (Jul 19, 2012)
- Episode 1x06: The Great Randall (Jul 12, 2012)
- Episode 1x05: Out of Sight (Jul 5, 2012)
- Episode 1x04: The Fight (Jun 28, 2012)
- Episode 1x03: Blindness (Jun 21, 2012)
- Episode 1x02: Contact (Jun 14, 2012)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jun 7, 2012)
The Vampire Diaries (2009)
Guest starring as Elijah Mikaelson
(20 episodes)
- Episode 5x12: The Devil Inside (Jan 30, 2014) [Co-Star]
- Episode 5x11: 500 Years of Solitude (Jan 23, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 4x20: The Originals (Apr 25, 2013)
- Episode 4x19: Pictures of You (Apr 18, 2013)
- Episode 4x18: American Gothic (Mar 28, 2013)
- Episode 4x04: The Five (Nov 1, 2012)
- Episode 3x15: All My Children (Feb 16, 2012)
- Episode 3x08: Ordinary People (Nov 3, 2011)
- Episode 2x22: As I Lay Dying (May 12, 2011)
- Episode 2x21: The Sun Also Rises (May 5, 2011)
- Episode 2x20: The Last Day (Apr 28, 2011)
- Episode 2x19: Klaus (Apr 21, 2011)
- Episode 2x18: The Last Dance (Apr 14, 2011)
- Episode 2x16: The House Guest (Feb 24, 2011)
- Episode 2x15: The Dinner Party (Feb 17, 2011)
- Episode 2x14: Crying Wolf (Feb 10, 2011)
- Episode 2x11: By the Light of the Moon (Dec 9, 2010)
- Episode 2x10: The Sacrifice (Dec 2, 2010)
- Episode 2x09: Katerina (Nov 11, 2010)
- Episode 2x08: Rose (Nov 4, 2010)
NCIS (2003)
Guest starring as Royal Marine Major Peter Malloy
- Episode 8x04: Royals & Loyals (Oct 12, 2010)
Crew Credits
The Originals (2013)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x10: There in the Disappearing Light (Jul 11, 2018)
- Episode 4x10: Phantomesque (Jun 2, 2017)