Hervé Claude

Career overview

Hervé Claude was born on November 19, 1945, in Paris, France. He is a French television journalist and writer who has also worked in acting. As a film actor, he is known for his appearances in Deadly Circuit in 1983, La vengeance du serpent à plumes in 1984, and Tant qu'il y aura des femmes in 1987.

In addition to his film work and writing, Claude built an extensive career as a television journalist. He served as a news anchor for Antenne 2 and France 2 from 1975 to 1994, and has worked on Arte since 1994. On France 2, he hosted the religious program Agape one Sunday a month in connection with the religious show The day of the Lord until January 2010. He continued hosting the program from May 2010 in a shorter form, with the show shortened from 52 to 26 minutes.

As a writer, Claude has authored a dozen novels, including a noir crime novel collection. His noir book series features characters including Ange, a gay Australian cop, and his acolyte Ashe, a former insurance investigator. These characters are the heroes of four novels, which include Riches, cruels et fardés, Requins et Coquins in the Série noire, Mort d'une drag-queen, which was released as the last volume of the trilogy in September 2007, and Les Ours s'embrassent pour mourir.