Panou plays Nick Gilmore in the Sci Fi Channel Flash Gordon series.
Panou has appeared in a number of science-fiction/fantasy series, including Forever Knight, Earth: Final Conflict, RoboCop: Prime Directives, I Was a Sixth-Grade Alien, Stargate SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, Smallville, and Blade: The Series.
His one-word birth name, "Panou", translates to "God Among Us" in his native Creole.