Sebastian Roché

Sebastian Roché was born on Aug 04, 1964 in France. Sebastian Roché's big-screen debut came with The Murders in the Rue Morgue directed by Jeannot Szwarc in 1986, strarring Henri (uncredited). Sebastian Roché is known for 1923 directed by Ben Richardson, Harrison Ford stars as Jacob Dutton and Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton. The upcoming new tvshow Sebastian Roché plays is 1923 - Season 1 which will be released on Dec 18, 2022.

Sebastian Roché is a Scottish-French actor, known for his roles as Kurt Mendel on Odyssey 5 (2002), Thomas Jerome Newton on Fringe (2008), Martin Heusmann on Le Maître du Haut Château (2015), Michel Marivaux on The Young Pope (2016), Balthazar on Supernatural (2005), and Mikael on both Vampire Diaries (2009) and The Originals (2013). His film work includes Balade entre les tombes (2014) and La légende de Beowulf (2007).Roché was born in Paris, France to a French father, Philippe Roché, and a Scottish mother, Gail Stewart. From age 12 to 18, he lived on a sailboat with his parents and two brothers, traveling to the Mediterranean, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. He is a graduate of the prestigious French National Academy of Dramatic Arts. Roché also studied at the Cours Florent and the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre. Upon his graduation in 1989, Roché started working in French theater, films and television.In 2002, Roché began portraying Kurt Mendel in the Canadian science fiction series Odyssey 5 (2002) for Showtime. In 2007, Roché began appearing in the ABC soap opera Hôpital central (1963) as criminal Jerry Jacks. In 2010, Roché joined the recurring cast of The CW's drama series Supernatural (2005). He was next cast in the Fox sci-fi drama series Fringe (2008), recurring in the second and third seasons as Thomas Jerome Newton, a main antagonist of the series. In 2011, Roché began recurring as Mikael, the father of the Original Vampires, in The CW's supernatural drama series Vampire Diaries (2009) and its spin-off series, The Originals (2013).In 2016, Roché co-starred in the Paolo Sorrentino's miniseries The Young Pope (2016), alongside Jude Law and James Cromwell, and had a recurring role as Martin Heusmann in the drama series Le Maître du Haut Château (2015).Roché has lived in the United States since 1992. He met Vera Farmiga in 1997 while starring together in the Fox adventure series Roar, la légende de Conor (1997), and married her that same year. After seven years of marriage, Roché and Farmiga separated and were subsequently divorced. On May 31, 2014, he married Australian actress Alicia Hannah-Kim in a private ceremony in Mercuès, France.