Ivan Sergei

Ivan Sergei portrayed Henry Mitchell. He was Paige Matthews's boyfriend, and eventually husband, in numerous episodes of season 8.

Biography[]

Tall, dark-haired, handsome and well-built actor Ivan Sergei got his start in the mid-1990s, racking up numerous TV roles following his 1995 big-screen debut. The New Jersey native's big break came in the form of an open casting call for the 1995 high school-set drama "Dangerous Minds," starring Michelle Pfeiffer as a Marine turned English teacher who connects with her inner city class. Sergei landed the role of intimidating and troubled Huero in the film, working alongside real-life gang members as well as actors. The performer stayed out West and pursued an acting career, working extensively in TV series guest roles including "Touched By an Angel" (CBS, 1994), "Cybill" (CBS, 1995) and "Party of Five" (CBS, 1996) as well as landing parts in numerous TV-movies, from 1994's campy "Bionic Ever After?" (CBS) and 1996's unforgettable "Mother, May I Sleep With Danger" (NBC) to the somewhat more respectable actioner "John Woo's Once a Thief" (Fox).

Sergei returned to feature work with a role in the 1997 independent western "Gunfighter's Moon," an international theatrical release that went direct-to-video in the USA. The following year he essayed the role a slow-witted hunk seduced by the manipulative half-sister (Christina Ricci) of his partner (Martin Donovan) in Don Roos' acclaimed independent black comedy "The Opposite of Sex." Beginning in 1999, he reached a wider audience with a starring role on the romantic comedy "Jack & Jill" as David 'Jill' Jillefsky, an awkward but charming toy designer who falls for his affianced neighbor in New York City. During the series' 1999-2001 run, the actor completed several independent films including 2000's "Playing Mona Lisa." ^[1]

In 2005 and 2006, he starred in Charmed as Henry Mitchell, the boyfriend and later husband of the character Paige Matthews. He also had a minor role in The Break-Up with Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn.

He guest-starred in the October 2008 CSI: Miami episode "Raging Cannibal". Sergei also played the lead character in the TV mini-series Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit. Among Sergei's roles are the Lifetime Nora Roberts' series movie High Noon where he portrayed Duncan and a guest role in episode 3 of Warehouse 13 with his Jack Hunter co-star Joanne Kelly.

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Notes and trivia[]

6′ 3½″ (1.92 m) tall.
Ivan was a love interest on the TV movie, Santa Baby to Jenny McCarthy. Jenny portrayed Mitzy Stillman on the season 6 episode, "The Power of Three Blondes".
He also starred opposite Drew Fuller on Army Wives. Drew portrayed Chris Halliwell in season 5, season 6, season 7 and season 8 of Charmed.
Ivan is very interested in photography and video editing in his spare time.
In 2002 Ivan directed his first movie. The movie is called Rebellion and stars Patrick Dempsey.
Ivan is known to have paid $1000 phone bill for a rental cell phone that he used the four days that he was shooting the movie The Opposite Of Sex in Big Bear.
Ivan was set to star in the 2007 T.V show Drive, being later replaced by Nathan Fillion.
While working on Once a Thief, he received martial arts training for the show.
On the show, Ivan plays the husband of Paige Matthews, however, coincidentally Ivan would go onto play the fiancé of Alyssa Milano, who plays Phoebe Halliwell, in the movie Sundays at Tiffany's. Eric Winter, who played Trevor, is also in the movie.
"Gone with the Witches" aired on his 35th birthday.
Of Dutch and Italian descent.
He attended Hawthorne High School, where he was a member of the graduating class of 1989, and was a quarter-back on the Hawthorne Cubs football team.
He was married to wife Tanya from 2003-2009.

External links[]

Ivan Sergei on Cameo
Ivan Sergei at Wikipedia
Ivan Sergei at the Internet Movie Database

References[]

↑ Based on bio taken from tvinsider.com.

[1] Based on bio taken from tvinsider.com.

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