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name: "Nicolas Briançon"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 July 1962"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-17T14:16:12.929237+00:00"
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# Nicolas Briançon

Actor. Born 29 July 1962 in Chambéry, Savoie, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 July 1962, Chambéry, Savoie, France
- **Also known as:** 尼可萊斯·布里昂松
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3340143, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0108431/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54922

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Spiral*](https://film.one/tv/spiral.md) (86)

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## Biography

Nicolas Briançon is a French actor and stage director. Born on 29 July 1962 in Chambéry, Savoie, he trained in theatre and began his career on stage before moving into film and television.

He is known for his recurring role as Commissaire Herville in the series *Spiral* (Engrenages, 2005–2020), appearing across several seasons. Other credits include *Maison close* (2010), *Carlos* (2010), *The Brats* (2013), *French Women* (2014), *Mr & Mme Adelman* (2017), *Cyrano, My Love* (2018) and *The Goldman Case* (2023). He has also directed numerous theatre productions.

Briançon served as artistic director of the Festival d'Anjou from 2004 to 2019.

*Sources: imdb.com, allocine.fr, ouest-france.fr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Spiral* (2005), Fi1m 86, as Commissaire Herville — [page](https://film.one/tv/spiral.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

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

- *Nothing to Lose* (2026), Acting
- *Parle-moi d'Amour* (2026), Stage Director
- *Je me souviendrai... de presque tout* (2026), as Le père
- *Meurtres à Millau* (2025), as Guillaume Castro
- *Belphegor* (2025), series, as Luc Trivic
- *Un meurtre (presque) parfait* (2025), as Yves Cayatte, patron d'un groupe de luxe international
- *Un meurtre (presque) parfait* (2025), series, as Yves Cayatte
- *Bistronomia* (2025), series, as Bernard Brey
- *Dans de beaux draps* (2025), series, as Georges Laville
- *Flash(s) - Double Vue* (2025), as Commissaire Étienne
- *La maîtresse de mon fils* (2024), Assistant Director
- *The Rebellious* (2024), as Minister
- *Flash(s)* (2023), as Etienne
- *Flash(s)* (2023), series, as Etienne
- *Joyeuses Pâques* (2023), Stéphane, Director
- *The Goldman Case* (2023), as Maître Garaud
- *Des mains en or* (2023), as Antoine
- *Masquerade* (2022), as Laurent Bardin
- *Amis d'enfance* (2022), as Pierre
- *N'écoutez pas mesdames* (2021), Director
- *Dix ans après* (2021), Director
- *Do You Do You Saint-Tropez* (2021), as Jacques Aziza
- *Mademoiselle Else* (2021), Director
- *Où sont passées les hirondelles ?* (2020), as narrator
- *The Gold-digger* (2020), as Xavier Briançon
- *Prière d'enquêter* (2020), series, as Vincent
- *The Lion* (2020), as Paul
- *The Secretary Bird* (2019), Hugh Preston, Stage Director
- *Venice Calling* (2019), as M. Després
- *One Role for Two* (2019), as Le réalisateur
- *Cyrano, My Love* (2018), as Jules Clarétie
- *Né sous silence* (2018), as Olivier
- *Mr & Mme Adelman* (2017), as Le pédiatre
- *Pauline's Law, Bad Seed* (2017), as Juge du tribunal
- *Le mec de la tombe d'à côté* (2016), as Frédéric Leroy
- *French Women* (2014), as Jean, le mari de Fanny
- *Divina* (2014), Director
- *Détectives* (2013), series, as Francis Thonon
- *Murders in...* (2013), series, as Guillaume Castro
- *The Brats* (2013), as Bruno
- *The Lookout* (2012), as Meyer
- *Headwinds* (2011), as Commissaire Galland
- *Leila* (2011), as Brice
- *Maison close* (2010), series, as Pierre Gaillac
- *Clérambard* (2010), Director
- *Carlos* (2010), as Me Jacques Vergès
- *Mutants* (2009), as Franck
- *All About Actresses* (2009), as Le producteur de Maïwenn
- *The Little Murders of Agatha Christie* (2009), series, as Marc Borel
- *De sang et d'encre* (2008), as Guillaume Martial
- *My Stars* (2008), as Le réalisateur salle de casting
- *What Love Means* (2008), as Docteur Ardant
- *What Love Means* (2008), series, as Docteur Ardant
- *Dombey and Son* (2007), as Cartier
- *Trivial* (2007), as Camille Bérangère
- *Hellphone* (2007), as Commandant Crochet
- *Le Grand Charles* (2006), series, as Paul de Villelume
- *Gentille* (2005), as Jean-Jacques
- *Spiral* (2005), series, as Commissaire Herville — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/spiral.md)
- *The Airplane* (2005), as Xavier
- *Russian Dolls* (2005), as Directeur Série
- *Le Manège* (2005), Stéphane, Director
- *Antigone* (2003), Director
- *It's Easier for a Camel...* (2003), as Director
- *Le Menteur* (2002), Director
- *Summer Things* (2002), as Dr. Davy
- *Tell Me Yes, Tell Me No* (1989), as Laurent
- *Maternité*, series, Acting

## Gallery

- ![Nicolas Briançon](https://film.one/media/person/897876/gallery-c9b5897522a2.jpg) Nicolas Briançon — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Nicolas_Brian%C3%A7on_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nicolas Briançon Mnphotography (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/897876/gallery-e8d215f96303.jpg) Nicolas Briançon Mnphotography (2022) — Jacques Bruller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/AP8A2828_2.jpg/1280px-AP8A2828_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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