Alex Descas
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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...
Known For
Filmography
The Failing
2026
as L'Abbé Gomis
You+Me - Against the World
2026
as Léonard Abrams
Adam's Sake
2025
as Naïm
Which Way Africa?
2024
as Narrator
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
2024
as Narrator (Voice)
Brûlé neige
2022
as Henri
Irma Vep
2022
as Gregory Desormeaux
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
2021
as (Voix Off)
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
2021
Exterminate All the Brutes
2021
Sing Me Back Home
2019
as Juan
Volontaire
2018
as Albertini
Maya
2018
as Frédéric
Iskander
2018
as Oscar
Metropole
2017
Let the Sunshine In
2017
as End Man
Gone
2017
as Claude Vannier
Chocolat
2016
as Victor
Portrait of the Artist
2015
as Scottie
Rouge
2015
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
Nina
2015
as Mathias Savignon
Murder in Pacot
2014
as L'homme
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
2014
as The man
Voilà l'enchaînement
2014
as Lui
Bastards
2013
as Dr. Béthanie
Un enfant en danger
2013
as André
Aimé Césaire, le prix de la liberté
2013
as Aimé Césaire
The Limits of Control
2009
as Creole
35 Shots of Rum
2009
as Lionel
Rapt
2009
as Maître Walser
Persecution
2009
as Thomas
Négropolitain
2008
as Alain
We Don't Choose Our Parents
2008
as Le juge Mauvoisin
Déjà vu
2007
as Kiff
Tag!
2007
as Nkruma
Boarding Gate
2007
as Andrew
Elf, Kings of Oil
2007
as Pascal Lissouba
The Elf Case
2007
as Pascal Lissouba
Un flic
2007
as Schneider
A Perfect Couple
2006
as Patrick
L'île des esclaves
2006
The United States of Albert
2005
as Nolton Barnett
Nèg maron
2005
as Siwo
In Your Dreams
2005
as Mojo
The Intruder
2005
as Le prêtre
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
2004
as Pierre Adélaïde
Nord-plage
2004
The Dope
2003
as Shaft
La nuit sera longue
2003
as François
Tiresia
2003
as Marignac
Vers Nancy
2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002
as (Segment 'Never Twice')
Trouble Every Day
2001
as Dr. Léo
Lumumba
2000
as Joseph Mobutu
Last Harem
1999
as Nadir
Late August, Early September
1999
as Jérémie
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
1998
as Yves Le Guen
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
1998
as himself
The House
1997
Africa Dreaming
1997
as Michael
My Family's Honour
1997
as Malcolm
Nenette and Boni
1997
as Gynecologist
So Be It
1997
Irma Vep
1996
as Desormeaux
Clubbed to Death
1996
as Mambo
Never Twice
1995
as Never Twice
The Great White of Lambarene
1995
as Koumba
Un si joli bouquet
1995
as Barthélémy
Duo
1995
as Man
The Heart's Cry
1995
as Ibrahim Sow
The Masturbators
1995
as Narrator
Le Banquet
1995
I Can't Sleep
1994
as Théo
Les Cordier, juge et flic
1994
as Sayyid
The Absence
1993
as Soldier
Lest We Forget
1991
as Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
No Fear, No Die
1990
as Jocelyn
How Good the Whites Are
1988
as Le travailleur chez Renault
Taxi Boy
1986
as Pascal
Urgence
1985
The Syringe
1984
as Le chef des 'Blackies'