---
name: "Christian Marquand"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christian-marquand"
fi1m_id: "christian-marquand"
imdb_id: "nm0549650"
tmdb_id: 38914
wikidata_id: "Q1081030"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 March 1927"
died: "22 November 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T06:45:08.897334+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Christian Marquand

## Identity

Christian Marquand

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christian-marquand
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christian-marquand
- **IMDb ID:** nm0549650
- **TMDB ID:** 38914
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1081030
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Marquand, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1081030, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0549650/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38914

Actor. Born 15 March 1927 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Died 22 November 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 March 1927, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- **Died:** 22 November 2000
- **Active:** 1954–1979
- **Also known as:** Christian Marquant
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 79 (1), 1960s 68 (1), 1970s 92 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, War 3, Action 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $200m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Marquand, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1081030, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0549650/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38914

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Senso*](https://film.one/film/senso.md) (79)

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## Biography

Christian Marquand (15 March 1927 – 22 November 2000) was a French actor, screenwriter and director. Born in Marseille, he was the brother of actor Serge Marquand and director Nadine Trintignant.

His first film appearance was an uncredited role as a footman in Jean Cocteau's *Beauty and the Beast* (1946). After small parts, he was featured in *Lucrèce Borgia* (1953) and as an Austrian soldier in Luchino Visconti's *Senso* (1954). In 1956 he played opposite Brigitte Bardot in Roger Vadim's *...And God Created Woman*.

Marquand appeared in international productions including *The Longest Day* (1962), *Lord Jim* (1965), *The Flight of the Phoenix* (1965) and *Apocalypse Now* (1979). He directed *Les Grands Chemins* (1963) and *Candy* (1968).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Apocalypse Now* (1979), Fi1m 92, as Hubert de Marais — [page](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md)
- *The Longest Day* (1962), Fi1m 68, as Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader — [page](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md)
- *Senso* (1954), Fi1m 79, as Un Ufficiale Boemo — [page](https://film.one/film/senso.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Le Tiroir secret* (1986), series, as Stanislas
- *Farewell Fred* (1985), as Victor
- *Next Summer* (1985), as Pierre
- *Emmanuelle 4* (1984), as Doctor Santano
- *Chassé-croisé* (1982), Actor
- *Choice of Arms* (1981), as Jean
- *Le Beau Monde* (1981), as Bertrand I
- *I Love You All* (1980), as Victor
- *Beggarman, Thief* (1979), series, as Inspector Charboneau
- *Marrakesh Cult* (1979), as Père Peter
- *Apocalypse Now* (1979), as Hubert de Marais — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md)
- *Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses* (1979), as Georges Julienne · great reporter and writer
- *Swimming Instructor* (1979), as Paul
- *Evening in Byzantium* (1978), series, as Insp. DuBois
- *The Sorceror's Apprentice* (1977), as Ashe / Bezzerides
- *The Other Side of Midnight* (1977), as Armand Gautier
- *Victory at Entebbe* (1976), as Captain Dukas
- *Ciao! Manhattan* (1973), as Entrepreneur
- *Heiß und kalt* (1972), Actor
- *Candy* (1968), as Film Director (uncredited) · Director
- *The Road to Corinth* (1967), as Robert
- *The Corrupt Ones* (1967), as Brandon
- *The Flight of the Phoenix* (1965), as Dr. Renaud
- *Lord Jim* (1965), as French Officer
- *Behold a Pale Horse* (1964), as Zaganar
- *How to Make a French Dish* (1964), as Lucien Volard
- *Young Girls of Good Families* (1963), as Steve
- *Of Flesh and Blood* (1963), Director, Writer
- *The Longest Day* (1962), as Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md)
- *Un chien dans un jeu de quilles* (1962), as Rodolphe
- *Tales of Paris* (1962), as Christian Lénier (segment "Antonia")
- *Shadows of Adultery* (1961), as Bruno
- *Playtime* (1961), as Philippe
- *Schlussakkord* (1960), as Frank Leroux
- *Sweet Deceptions* (1960), as Enrico
- *Altas variedades* (1960), as Walter
- *Tender and Violent Elisabeth* (1960), as Claude Walter
- *Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion* (1960), as Michel Rousseau
- *I Spit on Your Grave* (1959), as Joe Grant
- *Two Men in Town* (1959), as Pablo Morales
- *Temptation* (1959), as Patrick
- *End of Desire* (1958), as Julien de Lamare
- *Sexpot* (1957), as Engineer Philippe Vincent
- *No Sun in Venice* (1957), as Michel Lafaurie
- *...And God Created Woman* (1956), as Antoine Tardieu
- *Lady Chatterley's Lover* (1955), as Pub Regular
- *More Whiskey for Callaghan* (1955), as (uncredited)
- *Love at Night* (1955), as Eugène Legrand
- *Les Hommes en blanc* (1955), as Philippon
- *Attila* (1954), as Capo degli Unni
- *Human Torpedoes* (1954), as Paolo
- *Senso* (1954), as Un Ufficiale Boemo — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/senso.md)
- *Lucrèce Borgia* (1953), as Paolo
- *La demoiselle et son revenant* (1952), as Le zouave
- *Dirty Hands* (1951), as Dimitri
- *Jenny Lamour* (1947), as Bit Part (uncredited)
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1946), as Footman (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Christian Marquand](https://film.one/media/person/387609/gallery-2a8dba3ac866.jpg) Christian Marquand — Alberto Lattuada, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Dolci_inganni_-_Catherne_Spaak_Christian_Marquand_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Christian Marquand](https://film.one/media/person/387609/gallery-9430a39570bf.jpg) Christian Marquand — Image via TMDB

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