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Alex Descas

Acting

January 1, 1958 (68)

France

76 movies

5.1 avg

1

Alex Descas (born January 1, 1958) is a French actor known for his roles in films by Claire Denis and Jim Jarmusch. In France, he is also known for his role as Schneider in the French TV series Un Flic. He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, appearing in more than half of her theatrical feature-length films, including No Fear, No Die, Nénette et Boni, I Can't Sleep, Trouble Every Day, The Intruder, 35 Shots of Rum and Bastards, as well as Ten Minutes Older: The Cello. He is of Antillean (Guadeloupean) descent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Descas, licensed under...

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee and Cigarettes

as Alex (segment "No Problem")

35 Shots of Rum

35 Shots of Rum

as Lionel

Chocolat

Chocolat

as Victor

Filmography

2020s

7 films

The Failing

The Failing

as L'Abbé Gomis

Adam's Sake

Adam's Sake

as Naïm

Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

as Narrator (Voice)

Which Way Africa?

Which Way Africa?

as Narrator

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Irma Vep

Irma Vep

as Desormeaux

The Intruder

The Intruder

as Le prêtre

Brûlé neige

Brûlé neige

as Henri

Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

as (Voix Off)

Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

2010s

15 films

Sing Me Back Home

Sing Me Back Home

as Juan

Maya

Maya

as Frédéric

Volontaire

Volontaire

as Albertini

Let the Sunshine In

Let the Sunshine In

as End Man

Gone

Gone

as Claude Vannier

Metropole

Chocolat

Chocolat

as Victor

Rouge

Rouge

as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»

Portrait of the Artist

Portrait of the Artist

as Scottie

Madeleine d'entre les Morts

as The man

Voilà l'enchaînement

Voilà l'enchaînement

as Lui

Murder in Pacot

Murder in Pacot

as L'homme

Un enfant en danger

Un enfant en danger

as André

Bastards

Bastards

as Dr. Béthanie

Aimé Césaire, le prix de la liberté

Aimé Césaire, le prix de la liberté

as Aimé Césaire

2000s

28 films

Rapt

Rapt

as Maître Walser

Persecution

Persecution

as Thomas

The Limits of Control

The Limits of Control

as Creole

35 Shots of Rum

35 Shots of Rum

as Lionel

Négropolitain

Négropolitain

as Alain

We Don't Choose Our Parents

We Don't Choose Our Parents

as Le juge Mauvoisin

Déjà vu

as Kiff

Boarding Gate

Boarding Gate

as Andrew

Tag!

Tag!

as Nkruma

Elf, Kings of Oil

Elf, Kings of Oil

as Pascal Lissouba

The Elf Case

The Elf Case

as Pascal Lissouba

L'île des esclaves

L'île des esclaves

A Perfect Couple

A Perfect Couple

as Patrick

The Intruder

The Intruder

as Le prêtre

In Your Dreams

In Your Dreams

as Mojo

The United States of Albert

The United States of Albert

as Nolton Barnett

Nèg maron

Nèg maron

as Siwo

The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

as Pierre Adélaïde

Nord-plage

Nord-plage

Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee and Cigarettes

as Alex (segment "No Problem")

La nuit sera longue

La nuit sera longue

as François

Tiresia

Tiresia

as Marignac

The Dope

The Dope

as Shaft

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

as (segment "Vers Nancy")

Vers Nancy

Vers Nancy

La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

as (Segment 'Never Twice')

Trouble Every Day

Trouble Every Day

as Dr. Léo

Lumumba

Lumumba

as Joseph Mobutu

1990s

22 films

Last Harem

Last Harem

as Nadir

Late August, Early September

Late August, Early September

as Jérémie

Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

as Yves Le Guen

In a Memory of a Film Gone By

In a Memory of a Film Gone By

as himself

The House

The House

Nenette and Boni

Nenette and Boni

as Gynecologist

My Family's Honour

My Family's Honour

as Malcolm

Africa Dreaming

Africa Dreaming

as Michael

So Be It

So Be It

Irma Vep

Irma Vep

as Desormeaux

Clubbed to Death

Clubbed to Death

as Mambo

Un si joli bouquet

Un si joli bouquet

as Barthélémy

Le Banquet

Le Banquet

The Great White of Lambarene

The Great White of Lambarene

as Koumba

The Heart's Cry

The Heart's Cry

as Ibrahim Sow

Duo

Duo

as Man

Never Twice

Never Twice

as Never Twice

The Masturbators

The Masturbators

as Narrator

I Can't Sleep

I Can't Sleep

as Théo

The Absence

The Absence

as Soldier

Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget

as Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")

No Fear, No Die

No Fear, No Die

as Jocelyn

1980s

4 films

How Good the Whites Are

How Good the Whites Are

as Le travailleur chez Renault

Taxi Boy

Taxi Boy

as Pascal

Urgence

Urgence

The Syringe

The Syringe

as Le chef des 'Blackies'