Treva Etienne is an English actor and filmmaker.
Etienne guest starred in the BBC drama Death In Paradise , the CBS spinoff Criminal Minds Beyond Borders , and the CW fantasy/horror Supernatural. He has a leading role in the indie horror movie Itsy Bitsy and was a recurring guest star for two seasons in Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi drama Falling Skies. [1] His movie roles include Terminator Salvation , Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl , Bad Boys II , Black Hawk Down and Eyes Wide Shut . His U.S. TV roles include Undercovers, The Philanthropist, 24, Criminal Minds , Medium, Charmed , Angel and Threat Matrix .
His U.S. independent movie credits include Masked and Anonymous , Mob Rules, Compulsion, Green Street Hooligans II, The Changeling, English as a Second Language, South of The Border, Desert Vows, Japan and Bar Room Babies. He has produced a short film documentary on homeless teens in LA and is currently in post production co-producing a feature-length documentary on Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his message of global forgiveness. [2]
In the UK, Etienne is known for his roles in TV drama series The Last Train, London’s Burning and the BAFTA/RTS award-winning series Holding On . Other TV credits include The Godsend, Casualty, The Bill , Only Fools and Horses , Desmond’s and Sir Peter Hall’s The Final Passage. In 2018, he played in five episodes in the BBC drama series Black Earth Rising .
His theatre credits include the title role in Macbeth at The Royal National Theatre, Moon On a Rainbow Shawl directed by Maya Angelou/Almeida Theatre, Measure for Measure /Shakespeare & Co. USA, Black Poppies/Royal National Theatre, Some Kind Of Hero/Young Vic Theatre, Smile Orange/Leicester Playhouse, Hard Knocks/The Royal Court, Playboy of the West Indies /Manchester Contact Theatre, The Four Seasons/Edinburgh Festival, Noah’s Wife/Edinburgh Festival, An Enchanted Land/Riverside Studios and Angels Rave On/Nottingham Playhouse. [3]
After training with the BBC as a director, he wrote and directed his first short film The Promise of Strangers. His television credits include writing, producing and directing two seasons of BBC’s award-winning comedy sketch show The Real McCoy. He also wrote and directed two award-winning short films, Driving Miss Crazy , which won the HBO Best Short Film in Acapulco, and A Woman Scorned, which won a Best Short Film prize at the Hollywood Scare-fest Film Festival. [4]
Etienne portrayed the character Jacques Avril in seasons 5 and 6 of the TV series Bosch . [5]
Jerry is still deeply affected by his decision to fire on and kill Haitian drug kingpin Jacques Avril (Treva Etienne)