Olivier Riquelme

Olivier Riquelme is an actor who often portrays complex, dark and edgy characters. He started his career in Paris, France. After studying at the Actor's Studio , he played supporting parts in TV Series such as Central Nuit / Night Squad (Award of Best TV Show 2006), Boulevard du Palais, Clara Sheller, the TV Movie Le Temps Meurtrier. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career, starred in the short drama Light Years, produced by J.J. Abrams's production company Bad Robot (Awards of the Best film at the Ricon Film Festival, The USA Film Festival, Colombus International Film Festival, Boston International Film Festival). He was LE 12 in a series of 6 commercials that won the Grand Prix Effie in 2006. Olivier goes from a charismatic husband to an abusive sex addict in the drama La Benediction, then a sophisticated gangster in Stay Shy. He plays a soldier who defies the Ambassador in The Last Battle Of Dozham, then briefly returns to theater in the play Hot Juicy Violets at the Complex Theater, Los Angeles,the intense role of a young man who physically and mentally abused his girlfriend. He is Jack, a TV host in the Movie The Rise And Fall Of Armando Venezuela, then worked with director Lana Bergen on The Sparkle, who cast him right after the screening of Awareness ( short film corner in Cannes Film Festival 2010). Olivier worked with Actor/ Director Ronee Blakley on her Movie Of One Blood, where he plays a terrorist/ businessman/ explosives dealer, opposite Sarah Blakley-Cartwright and Smokey Miles, with a cameo of Wim Wenders. Olivier has been given a best actor nomination for the role of Lyle in The Sparkle at the CV Indie Film Awards in October 2018.