# Olivier Marchal

Olivier Marchal (born 14 November 1958) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, and a former policeman. In 2005, he was nominated for three César Awards (best director, best film and best writing) for his film 36 Quai des Orfèvres. He also created the popular French television police drama Braquo and wrote and directed some episodes in its first season (2009).

## Personal life

With Catherine Quiniou (Catherine Marchal), actress, married in 1995, Olivier Marchal is the father of four children: Léa born in 1994, Zoé born in 1998, Ninon born in 2006 and Basile born in 2010. The couple separated in 2015.

## Author

| Year | Book | Publishing |
| 2009 | Braquo | Groupe Flammarion |
| 2013 | Aveux complets | Plon |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1988 | Let Sleeping Cops Lie | Ginzbaum's friend | José Pinheiro | |
| 1990-91 | Renseignements généraux | Desmarre | Claude Barma & Hugues de Laugardière | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1992 | Brigada Central | Bebert | Pedro Masó | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1992-93 | Van Loc : un grand flic de Marseille | Serra | Claude Barrois | Also writer TV Series (3 episodes) |
| 1993 | Profil bas | Inspector Petrini | Claude Zidi | |
| 1993 | Prat et Harris | Tony | Boramy Tioulong | TV movie |
| 1993 | A Year in Provence | Louis | David Tucker | TV mini-series |
| 1993-2001 | Commissaire Moulin | Beuquerat / Vava | Yves Rénier, Gilles Béhat, ... | Also writer TV Series (10 episodes) |
| 1994 | Renseignements généraux | Lucien Favier | Boramy Tioulong (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1995 | La femme piégée | The cop | Frédéric Compain | Also writer TV Movie |
| 1995 | Highlander: The Series | Philippe | Dennis Berry | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1995-96 | François Kléber | Writer | Patrick Jamain | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 1996 | Le dur métier de policier | Third cop | Vincent Ravalec | Short |
| 1996 | Groupe nuit | Writer | Patrick Jamain (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997 | Les vacances | | Emmanuelle Bercot | Short |
| 1997 | Les boeuf-carottes | Robert Boisrond | Pierre Lary | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997 | La Basse-cour | Writer | Christiane Lehérissey | Also Producer TV Series (1 episode) |
| 1997-2001 | Quai n° 1 | Max Urtéguy | Patrick Jamain (3), Marc Angelo, ... | TV series (12 episodes) |
| 1999 | Un bon flic | Writer | Olivier Marchal | Short |
| 1999 | Le gang des TV | | Artus de Penguern | Short |
| 1999 | La puce | Marc | Emmanuelle Bercot (2) | Short |
| 1999 | Un coeur pas comme les autres | Gérard | André Buytaers | TV movie |
| 1999 | Josephine, Guardian Angel | Serge | Dominique Baron | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2000 | L'extraterrestre | Jean-Claude | Didier Bourdon | |
| 2000 | La petite absente | Sam | José Pinheiro (2) | TV movie |
| 2000 | Marc Eliot | Bertrand Pachet | Patrick Jamain (4) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2000-03 | Police district | Commandant Rivière | Olivier Chavarot, Jean-Teddy Filippe, ... | TV series (16 episodes) |
| 2001-09 | Central nuit | Creator & Writer | Didier Delaître, Olivier Barma, ... | TV series (43 episodes) |
| 2002 | Gangsters | / | Olivier Marchal (2) | Also writer |
| 2002 | Chut ! | Lieutenant Eddy Tasmani | Philippe Setbon | TV movie |
| 2003 | Capitaine Lawrence | Villeneuve | Gérard Marx | TV movie |
| 2004 | 36 Quai des Orfèvres | Christo | Olivier Marchal (3) | Also writer Nominated - César Award for Best Film Nominated - César Award for Best Director Nominated - César Award for Best Writing |
| 2004 | Paul Sauvage | Paul Sauvage | Frédéric Tellier | TV movie |
| 2004 | Les robinsonnes | Fred | Laurent Dussaux | TV movie |
| 2004 | La tresse d'Aminata | Jean-Marc | Dominique Baron (2) | TV movie |
| 2005 | Éliane | Sylvestre | Caroline Huppert | TV movie |
| 2006 | Tell No One | Bernard Valenti | Guillaume Canet | |
| 2006 | Une simple histoire d'amour | Louis Schneider | Jean-Luc Mathieu | Short Also writer |
| 2006 | Le sixième homme | François | Julien Lacombe & Pascal Sid | Short |
| 2006 | L'enfant d'une autre | Jérôme | Virginie Wagon | TV movie |
| 2006 | Les innocents | Dominique Célerin | Denis Malleval | TV movie |
| 2007 | Paris Lockdown | Jean-Guy | Frédéric Schoendoerffer | |
| 2007 | Scorpion | De Boers | Julien Seri | |
| 2007 | Confidences | Jean-Pierre | Laurent Dussaux (2) | TV mini-series |
| 2007 | Chez Maupassant | The master | Denis Malleval (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008 | The Last Deadly Mission | Writer | Olivier Marchal (4) | |
| 2008 | Anything for Her | Henri Pasquet | Fred Cavayé | |
| 2008 | Un roman policier | Viard | Stéphanie Duvivier | |
| 2008 | Le bruit des gens autour | Henri | Diastème | |
| 2008-11 | Flics | Creator & Writer | Nicolas Cuche & Thierry Petit | TV series (8 episodes) Globes de Cristal Award for Best Television Film or Television Series |
| 2009 | Diamant 13 | Franck Novak | Gilles Béhat (2) | Also writer |
| 2009 | Quelque chose à te dire | Jacques de Parentis | Cécile Telerman | |
| 2009 | La saison des immortelles | Simon Charroux | Henri Helman | TV movie |
| 2009-16 | Braquo | Creator, Writer & Director | Xavier Palud, Frédéric Schoendoerffer (2), ... | TV series (32 episodes) Nominated - Globes de Cristal Award for Best Television Film or Television Series |
| 2011 | A Gang Story | Writer | Olivier Marchal (5) | |
| 2011 | Le fils à Jo | The Chinese | Philippe Guillard | Also producer |
| 2012 | On se quitte plus | Toni Garreau / Manzor | Laurence Katrian | TV movie Also writer and producer |
| 2013 | Un p'tit gars de Ménilmontant | Jo | Alain Minier | |
| 2013 | Le jour attendra | Milan | Edgar Marie | |
| 2013 | Mae West | Bruno | Charles Guérin Surville | Short |
| 2014 | Mea Culpa | Writer | Fred Cavayé (2) | |
| 2014 | Fastlife | Jeno | Thomas N'Gijol | |
| 2014 | Belle comme la femme d'un autre | Gabriel Arnaudin | Catherine Castel | Also writer |
| 2014 | Borderline | Writer | Olivier Marchal (6) | TV movie |
| 2014 | Vaugand | Richard Vaugand | Charlotte Brandström & Manuel Boursinhac | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2016 | Murders at Martinique | Paul Ventura | Philippe Niang | TV movie |
| 2016 | Mon frère bien-aimé | Etienne Leroy | Denis Malleval (3) | TV movie |
| 2017 | Carbon | Writer | Olivier Marchal (7) |
| 2018- | Les rivières pourpres (The Crimson Rivers) | Pierre Niemans | Ivan Fegyveres, Olivier Barma & Julius Berg | TV series |
| 2020 | Rogue City | Writer | Olivier Marchal (8) | |
| 2020 | La Promesse | Pierre Castaing | Anne Landois | TV series (6 episodes) |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1990 | Uncle Vanya | Anton Chekhov | Catherine Brieux | |
| 1994 | Les Sincères | Pierre de Marivaux | C. Casanova | |
| 1995 | L'Auteur | Vincent Ravalec | C. Casanova (2) | |
| 1997 | Du riffoin dans les labours | Christian Dob | Christian Dob | |
| 1997-98 | Une nuit | Sacha Guitry | Christophe Luthringer & Jacques Décombe | |
| 2000 | Ladies Night | Anthony McCarten & Stephen Sinclair | Jean-Pierre Dravel & Olivier Macé | |
| 2005-06 | Sur un air de tango | Isabelle de Toledo | Isabelle de Toledo | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Newcomer |
| 2011 | Pluie d’enfer | Keith Huff | Benoît Lavigne | |
| 2012 | Rendez-vous au grand café | Daniel Glattauer | Alain Ganas | |