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name: "Valentin Merlet"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/valentin-merlet"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T14:16:03.256978+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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# Valentin Merlet

Actor. Born 1 January 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1953
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3553594, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580985/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16353

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Valentin Merlet is a French actor. He has appeared in films since 1995, including as Gilles in *La Cérémonie* (1995), Second Buff in *The Dreamers* (2003) and a thug in *Ruby & Quentin* (2003).

On television, Merlet played Adjudant Pierre-Yves Malo in *Enquêtes réservées* (2009–2012) and Commissaire Arnaud Beckriche in *Spiral* (2017–2020). He also works as a voice actor, providing the regular French dubbing voice for Adam Driver and recurring voices for Jamie Dornan, Alexander Skarsgård and Armie Hammer.

*Sources: fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, allocine.fr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Criminal: France* (2019), series, as L'avocat de Caroline
- *Compulsion* (2016), as Thierry
- *The Sense of Wonder* (2015), as Banker
- *Josephine* (2013), as Aymeric
- *The Sandhamn Murders* (2010), series, as Michel Dupois
- *The School of Power* (2009), as Louis de Cigy
- *L'École du pouvoir* (2009), series, as Louis de Cigy
- *Spiral* (2005), series, as Commissaire Beckriche — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/spiral.md)
- *Olé !* (2005), as Alexandre Veber
- *Pierre et Jean* (2004), as Pierre Rolland
- *Clémence* (2003), as Jean-Louis
- *Ruby & Quentin* (2003), as Thug
- *The Dreamers* (2003), as Second Buff
- *La Cérémonie* (1995), as Gilles

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