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Olivier Broche

French actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ3350865 ↗
Source-derived summary

Olivier Broche (born 18 December 1963) is a French actor and producer. He is best known for playing in the cult TV series Les Deschiens (1993–2002), in which he plays alongside Yolande Moreau.

Editorial summary

“Olivier Broche” enters the record as french actor. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Olivier, Broche and French can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1963, 1993, 2002—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1963-12-18, 1963—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Olivier, Broche and French.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Olivier Broche” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Olivier, Broche and French provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3350865. VIAF identifies the subject as 7597032. The Library of Congress control number is no2003083950. 1 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1963, 1993 and 2002.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Olivier Broche”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Olivier Broche primary sources, Olivier Broche archive and Olivier research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Olivier Broche”?
  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Olivier Broche” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.