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name: "Sebastian Roché"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sebastian-roche"
roles: []
born: "4 August 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T17:14:04.520034+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."
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# Sebastian Roché

Actor. Born 4 August 1964 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Born:** 4 August 1964, Paris, France
- **Active:** 1992–2016
- **Also known as:**  Sabastian Roche , Sebastian Roche , Stebastian Roche, سباستین روشه
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $76m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Roch%C3%A9, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q605857, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23789

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Young Pope*](https://film.one/tv/the-young-pope.md) (80)

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## Biography

Sebastian Roché is a Scottish-French actor. He graduated from the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1989 after studying at the Cours Florent and the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre. He has lived in the United States since 1992.

Roché is known for recurring roles as Mikael in *The Vampire Diaries* (2009) and *The Originals* (2013), Balthazar in *Supernatural* (2005), and Cardinal Michel Marivaux in *The Young Pope* (2016). Other credits include *The Adventures of Tintin* (2011), *The Man in the High Castle* (2015–2018), and *6 Underground* (2019).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Young Pope* (2016), Fi1m 80, as Cardinal Michel Marivaux — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-young-pope.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), Fi1m 80, as Thomas Jerome Newton — [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992), Fi1m 84, as Martin — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-of-the-mohicans.md)

## Complete filmography (88)

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

- *Lone Star Bull* (2026), as Chuck Moore
- *The Gringo Hunters* (2025), series, as Padre Murphy
- *Queen of Tears* (2024), series, as Dr. Liam Braun
- *1923* (2022), series, as Father Renaud
- *Sleep No More* (2022), as Warren Emerson
- *Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities* (2022), series, as Roland
- *Heatwave* (2022), as Scott Crane
- *Burning at Both Ends* (2021), as Klaus Jager
- *The Colony* (2021), as Father
- *Welcome to Forever* (2021), as Tristan
- *Debris* (2021), series, as Brill
- *Big Sky* (2020), series, as Sheriff Wagy
- *6 Underground* (2019), as Lawyer
- *Batwoman* (2019), series, as Dr. Ethan Campbell
- *Magnum P.I.* (2018), series, as Zev Marker
- *We Love You, Sally Carmichael!* (2017), as Perry Quinn
- *Genius* (2017), series, as Emile Gilot
- *Negative* (2017), as Rodney
- *Last Meal* (2017), as Felix Blazer
- *The Young Pope* (2016), series, as Cardinal Michel Marivaux — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-young-pope.md)
- *MacGyver* (2016), series, as Hannibal
- *The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements* (2015), series, as Pierre Curie
- *The Man in the High Castle* (2015), series, as Martin Heusmann
- *Molly's Method* (2015), as James George
- *Phantom Halo* (2014), as Warren Emerson
- *A Walk Among the Tombstones* (2014), as Yuri Landau
- *Wer* (2013), as Klaus Pistor
- *The Originals* (2013), series, as Mikael
- *Pegasus vs. Chimera* (2012), as Belleros
- *Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!* (2012), as Chef Didier
- *Scandal* (2012), series, as Dominic Bell
- *Safe House* (2012), as Robert Heissler (uncredited)
- *Grimm* (2011), series, as Edgar Waltz
- *The Adventures of Tintin* (2011), as Pedro / 1st Mate (voice)
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, as King Stefan
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, as Victor Cushman
- *Happy Tears* (2009), as Laurent
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Lee Ashman
- *The Beautiful Life: TBL* (2009), series, as Nikolai
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, as Mikael
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Shirali Arlov
- *Fringe* (2008), series, as Thomas Jerome Newton — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *Beowulf* (2007), as Wulfgar
- *New York City Serenade* (2007), as Noam Broder
- *John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature* (2007), as John James Audubon (voice)
- *Burn Notice* (2007), series, as Roger Steele
- *What We Do Is Secret* (2007), as Sebastian Roché
- *George Washington: We Fight to Be Free* (2006), as George Washington
- *The Namesake* (2006), as Pierre
- *The Unit* (2006), series, as Colonel Leclerq
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Clyde Easter
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, as Balthazar
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Inspector Rousseau
- *Legend of Earthsea* (2004), series, as King Tygath
- *Earthed* (2004), Acting
- *Benjamin Franklin* (2002), series, as French Aristocrat
- *Odyssey 5* (2002), series, as Kurt Mendel
- *24* (2001), series, as John Quinn
- *Alias* (2001), series, as Willem Karg — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *15 Minutes* (2001), as Ludwig
- *Big Apple* (2001), series, as Vlad
- *Haven* (2001), as Johan Ritter
- *Haven* (2001), series, as Johan Ritter
- *Baby* (2000), as Rebel Clark
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Josh Frost / Moriarty
- *The Crossing* (2000), as Col. John Glover
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Arlo Beck
- *The Hunley* (1999), as Collins
- *Charmed* (1998), series, as The Sorceror
- *Naked City: Justice with a Bullet* (1998), as Marco
- *Into My Heart* (1998), as Chris
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, as Jerry
- *Merlin* (1998), series, as Gawain
- *Liberty!* (1997), series, as Marquis de Lafayette
- *The Peacemaker* (1997), as Hans, German Backpacker (as Sabastian Roche)
- *Dellaventura* (1997), series, as Van Kelk
- *Roar* (1997), series, as Longinus
- *Swift Justice* (1996), series, as Tony Jacks
- *Loungers* (1996), James, Writer
- *Psychedelic Trance: Music Is My Drug* (1995), Production Assistant
- *Normandy: The Great Crusade* (1994), as Alastair Bannerman (voice)
- *Household Saints* (1993), as Jesus
- *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992), as Martin — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-of-the-mohicans.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Clarence "C Square" Carmichael, Ken Taylor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Counterstrike* (1990), series, Acting
- *A Woman's Revenge* (1990), as Le dealer
- *La queue de la comète* (1988), as Joachim, Alice's brother
- *The Murders in the Rue Morgue* (1986), as Henri

## Gallery

- ![Sebastian Roché](https://film.one/media/person/400218/gallery-1bb33c360a60.jpg) Sebastian Roché — vagueonthehow, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Sebastian_Roch%C3%A9.jpg/1280px-Sebastian_Roch%C3%A9.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Candice Accola, Matt Davis & Sebastian Roché (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/400218/gallery-0d0b29344505.jpg) Candice Accola, Matt Davis & Sebastian Roché (2013) — vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Candice_Accola%2C_Matt_Davis_%26_Sebastian_Roch%C3%A9_%289117028475%29.jpg/1280px-Candice_Accola%2C_Matt_Davis_%26_Sebastian_Roch%C3%A9_%289117028475%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Calling Jenna to come out on stage and wave! (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/400218/gallery-9e565331799a.jpg) Calling Jenna to come out on stage and wave! (2013) — vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Kat_Graham%2C_Candice_Accola%2C_Matt_Davis%2C_Sebastian_Roch%C3%A9%2C_Ian_Somerhalder_%26_Michael_Trevino_%289119311594%29.jpg/1280px-Kat_Graham%2C_Candice_Accola%2C_Matt_Davis%2C_Sebastian_Roch%C3%A9%2C_Ian_Somerhalder_%26_Michael_Trevino_%289119311594%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nate Buzolic, Kat Graham, Candice Accola, Matt Davis & Sebastian Roché (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/400218/gallery-a6c5fc9900ed.jpg) Nate Buzolic, Kat Graham, Candice Accola, Matt Davis & Sebastian Roché (2013) — vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Nate_Buzolic%2C_Kat_Graham%2C_Candice_Accola%2C_Matt_Davis_%26_Sebastian_Roch%C3%A9_%289117052533%29.jpg/1280px-Nate_Buzolic%2C_Kat_Graham%2C_Candice_Accola%2C_Matt_Davis_%26_Sebastian_Roch%C3%A9_%289117052533%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sebastian Roché](https://film.one/media/person/400218/gallery-42d65aee01df.jpg) Sebastian Roché — Image via TMDB
- ![Nate Buzolic, Kat Graham, Candice Accola, Matt Davis & Sebastian Roché (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/400218/gallery-bfbaa0de187b.jpg) Nate Buzolic, Kat Graham, Candice Accola, Matt Davis & Sebastian Roché (2013) — vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Nate_Buzolic%2C_Kat_Graham%2C_Candice_Accola%2C_Matt_Davis_%26_Sebastian_Roch%C3%A9_%289119269686%29.jpg/1280px-Nate_Buzolic%2C_Kat_Graham%2C_Candice_Accola%2C_Matt_Davis_%26_Sebastian_Roch%C3%A9_%289119269686%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The cast of The Vampire Diaries at an event on June 16, 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/400218/gallery-d477ae29497c.jpg) The cast of The Vampire Diaries at an event on June 16, 2013. — vagueonthehow, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Nate_Buzolic%2C_Kat_Graham%2C_Candice_Accola%2C_Matt_Davis_and_Sebastian_Roch%C3%A9.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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