Sebastian Roche

At 59 years old, Sebastian Roche has this physical status:

Career

Roché began his acting career in the Rue Morgue's made-for-television film The Murders, opposite Ian McShane and Val Kilmer, which aired on CBS on December 7, 1986. He appeared in French television and cinema, including films Adieu je t'aime (1988), La Révolution française (1989), and A Woman's Revenge (1990), and The Hitchhiker (1989-1991). Roché has extensive classical theatre experience, including appearing in Salome (1992) with Al Pacino at the Circle, directed by Jack Stehlin; and Arms and the Man (1995) in Hartford, Connecticut, directed by Mark Lamos. He appeared in a supporting role in the Daniel Day-Lewis-starring historical epic The Last of the Mohicans, which was released in the United States on September 25. He appeared on American television in Loving (1992), South Beach (1993), Swift Justice (1996), and Liberty. (1997).

Roché appeared in the role of Saint Longinus in 1997 as part of the Fox fantasy adventure film Roar's main cast. He appeared on Heath Ledger and Vera Farmiga. Later this year, the series was cancelled due to poor ratings. Roché's numerous television appearances in series including Feds (1997), Dellaventura (1997), Sex and the City (1998), Law & Order (1993 & 1999), and Big Apple (1999). In 1998, he appeared in Trainspotting at the Players Theater Off-Broadway production. In the Broadway production of The Green Bird at the Cort Theatre in 2000, he played Prince Renzo. Director Julie Taymor's second appearance in the play marked his second collaboration with her. He appeared in the television film The Crossing, opposite Jeff Daniels, which aired on A&E on January 10, 2000. He appeared in 15 Minutes, Robert De Niro's starring thriller film, which was released on March 9, 2001.

In 2002, Roché began starring Kurt Mendel in the Canadian science fiction series Odyssey 5 for Showtime. He stayed in the role until it was canceled a year later. He spoke French in the pilot episode. He appeared on episodes of Touching Evil (2004), Charmed (2005), Alias (2005), The Unit (2006). Roché co-starred in Mira Nair-directed drama film The Namesake, which was released on March 9, 2007, and in the Darby Crash biopic What We Do Is Secret, 2008, he appeared on August 8. He co-starred with Freddie Prinze, Jr. in the comedy-drama New York City Serenade, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2007.

Roché appeared in Beowulf, the motion capture epic fantasy film starring Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie, which was directed by Robert Zemeckis and released to cinemas on November 16, 2007. He reprised his role as Wulfgar from the film Beowulf: The Game's companion video game, which was released on November 13, 2007. Roché debuted as terrorist/criminal Jerry Jacks in the ABC soap opera General Hospital in 2007. In a recurring role, Roché returned to the series. He appeared in a total of 319 episodes and has spoken Russian, Spanish, and French in the series.

In 2009, Roché guest appeared in The Mentalist as Shirali Arlov and as John Quinn in both 24: Redemption (2008) and the 2009 season of 24. He appeared in Demi Moore and Parker Posey's comedy film Happy Tears on February 19, 2010 and lent his voice to the animated film The Adventures of Tintin, which was directed by Steven Spielberg and released on December 21, 2011. Roché appeared on The CW's drama series Supernatural in 2010. Balthazar, a rogue angel and longtime companion of fellow angel Castiel, appeared in six episodes of the sixth season. Thomas Jerome Newton, the commander of an army of shapeshifters from a parallel universe and a main antagonist of the series, was the second and third actor in the Fox science fiction drama series Fringe.

In 2011, Roché began to appear in The CW's supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries as Mikael, the father of the Original Vampires. In the CBS procedural crime drama series Criminal Minds, he resurfaced as Clyde Easter. Roché appeared in the action-thriller film Safe House, starring Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington, which was released on February 10, 2012. He made a guest appearance in NBC's procedural fantasy drama series Grimm in 2012. He appeared in William Brent Bell's horror film Wer, which was released first in Japan on November 16, 2013.

Roché re-starred in The Originals, from 2014 to 2015, and then into 2018. Roché appeared in the American crime drama-thriller film A Walk Among the Tombstones with Liam Neeson, which was released on September 19th. He appeared on ABC's political drama series Scandal in a recurring role in March 2014. In December 2014, it was announced that Roché would appear in season four of ABC's fairy tale drama series Once Upon a Time as King Stefan. In an episode of the documentary miniseries The Mysterious of Matter: The Elements, which aired on PBS on August 19, Roché appeared as Pierre Curie. Roché appeared as Lee Ashman in season seven of CBS' procedural drama series NCIS: Los Angeles.

In Paolo Sorrentino's drama series The Young Pope, Roché co-starred Cardinal Michel Marivaux alongside Jude Law and James Cromwell. Martin Heusmann, the estranged Nazi father of main character Joe Blake's second and third seasons of Amazon Video's drama series The Man in the High Castle, had also appeared in the second and third seasons of The Man in the High Castle. Sally Carmichael, Roché's co-star in Christopher Gorham's directorial debut comedy We Love You! Perry Quinn, a film actor portrayed in the film version of Gorham and Bitsie Tulloch in 2017. In the second season of the National Geographic anthology series Genius, he appeared as Emile Gilot, the father of French painter Françoise Gilot. Roché made his West End debut as Orgon in a modern-day adaptation of Molière's Tartuffe. In the war film Burning at Both Ends, he played Klaus Jager, opposite Cary Elwes and Judd Hirsch. He appeared in Tides directed by Tim Felhbaum opposite Iain Glen and Nora Arnezeder, as well as the Michael Bay directed film 6 Underground for Netflix with Ryan Reynolds. In the upcoming CW series Batwoman, he recurred as Dr. Ethan Campbell. Hannibal Teague appeared in the series Macgyver in 2020 as a guest star.

He was recurring in both the NBC sci fi film Debris as the mysterious MI6 agent Brill and ABC's Big Sky as the corrupt Sheriff John Wagy by 2021. Chuck Moore will appear in the film Heatwave opposite Kat Graham, as well as the independent film Lone Star Bull. Roché shot the NBC Pilot Getaway and will also be seen in Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Roland, opposite Tim Blake-Nelson.

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