Dude! Gotta disagree! You refer to "The Merovingian" (played by Lambert Wilson)! Iconic character from the movie(s)! (cf. his line about speaking French)

Dirtball WaPo flunkies ain't nowhere near that level of significance...or class...or personality...a good villain helps make a movie!

Other than that, I totally agree with you: this WaPo guy is a meaningless, innominate functionary. These people are literally fungible: identical and substitutable.