Yani Gellman

Yani Gellman is a Canadian film and television actor born in 1985 who grew up in Toronto and made his screen debut on Animorphs in 1998. After further television work, he took supporting parts in Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) and Jason X, with his characters in both falling prey to serial killers. He played Pablo, the title character's romantic interest, in The Matthew Shepard Story (2002). Teenage audiences came to know him as Paolo Valisari, the Italian pop singer who serves as the main villain in The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003). His television credits include the Canadian show Monster Warriors, Rafe Torres on The Young and the Restless from 2008 to 2012, Pete on Greek, the police officer Garrett Reynolds on Pretty Little Liars and Diego on 90210. He also did print modeling, including for Omega watches, made a cameo in Degrassi Goes Hollywood, and later appeared in the underwater survival thriller 47 Meters Down (2017).