Denis Lavant
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Denis Lavant (born June 17, 1961) is a French film actor known for his distinctive face and the physically demanding aspects of the roles he plays, which often involve slapstick, acrobatics or dance, as well as for his long-standing association with director Leos Carax. Lavant has played the lead role in all but one of Carax's films. Lavant is also known for his starring roles in Claire Denis' Beau Travail and Harmony Korine's Mister Lonely, which features Carax in a supporting role.
Known For
Filmography
Redoubt
2026
as Karl-Göran Persson
Erratics
2026
as Lucien Le Saint
The End
2026
as (voice)
In All My Journeys I Am Returning
2026
Inquisitions
2026
as L'inquisiteur
The Inquisition
2026
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hyacinthe
2025
as Reda
In the Land of Arto
2025
as Rob
In the Name of Blood
2025
as Jacques
Demons to Diamonds
2025
as The prisoner
The Stranger
2025
as Salamano
Sibyl
2025
as (Archive footage)
Bacon-Freud, face à face
2025
as Voix-off
Hotel Fantasma
2025
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
2025
It's Not Me
2024
as Monsieur Merde
The Boy Who Owns the World
2024
as Kasimir
Two Night Owls in Paris
2024
as Le bouquiniste
Fracas
2024
Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino
2024
as Self
Miserable Miracle
2023
as Narrator (French)
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
2023
as Self
Body of Crime
2023
Thunder Voice
2023
as Prophet
Hood Witch
2023
as Jules
Poisson rouge
2023
as Père de Guillaume
The Green Eyes
2023
Human Flowers of Flesh
2023
as Galoup
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
2023
South Sentinel
2022
as Commandant de Royer
All Effort of Men
2022
as Narrator (voice)
X14
2022
Le discours
2022
as Le politicien
Aymeline
2022
as Franco Fontane
Tell Me Iggy
2022
as Self
Night of the Kings
2021
as Silence
The Nipple Whisperer
2021
as Maurice Sanders
Tralala
2021
as Climby
Silver Skates
2020
as Fourier
The Blue Star
2020
as Le Narrateur
Gagarine
2020
as Gérard
Girls with Balls
2019
as Barman
The Escapade
2019
as Jacques
The Bra
2019
as Kamal
The Mountain
2019
as Jack
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
2019
as Monsieur Loyal
Silent Streams
2019
Who the Fuck Are You
2019
as Psychiatrist
Figurant
2019
The Traveller
2019
as Alberto
Fan Club
2018
as Damien
Scaramouche Scaramouche
2018
as Scaramouche
The Night Eats the World
2018
as Alfred
One Nation, One King
2018
as Marat
3 Days in Quiberon
2018
as Fisherman Poet
My Intelligent Comedy
2018
as Allen
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
2018
as Doctor de Chomo
The Emperor of Paris
2018
as Maillard
Gray House
2017
as Self
History's Future
2016
as Lottery Ticket Seller
Boris Without Beatrice
2016
as L'Inconnu
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Kazarken: As We Dig
2016
as Chiron, le centaure
Midnight Sun
2016
as Pierre Carnot
Austerlitz
2015
as Jacques Austerlitz
Me and Kaminski
2015
as Karl-Ludwig
Pitchipoï
2015
as Pierre Schulmann
Dark Forests
2015
as Voice
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015
as Koenig
21 Nights with Pattie
2015
as André
Graziella
2015
as Antoine
Ogaden
2014
Journey to the West
2014
as Dragon
Mr. X
2014
as Self
The Iron Ivan
2014
as Eugene de Paris
Le mystère des jonquilles
2014
as Sam
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
2014
as Self (uncredited)
Marussia
2013
as Clochard
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
as The Theologist
Biette
2013
as Self
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
2013
as Marcel Dassault
Les Grandes Marées
2013
as Marc
Jiminy
2013
as Otto Hoffmann
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013
as Self
Tired of Being Handsome
2013
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013
as Self
Holy Motors
2012
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
Morning Star
2012
as Elliot
Eye of the Astronomer
2012
as Jean Kepler
Square
2012
as Self
Atlantika
2011
My Little Princess
2011
as Ernst
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
2011
as The ogre
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
as Denis Lavant
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
2010
as Bezon
The Lonely
2009
The Temptation of St. Tony
2009
as Count Korzybski
Les Williams
2009
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
2009
as (voice)
Hymn to Merde
2009
as Merde
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009
as André Custe
Tokyo!
2008
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
Mister Lonely
2008
as Charlie Chaplin
Captain Ahab
2008
as Capitaine Achab
Happy New Year London
2007
as Gerrard Ames
Wild Camp
2005
as Blaise
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005
as Self
A Very Long Engagement
2004
as Six-Soux
Language Does Not Lie
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Luminal
2004
as Ryu
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
2003
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Correspondances: Dostoïevski
2003
as reader
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002
as (voice)
Married/Unmarried
2001
as Love
Şoför
2001
as The Driver
Deep in the Woods
2000
as Stephane
Beau Travail
2000
as Galoup
La Squale
2000
as Le joker
Tuvalu
1999
as Anton
Melody for a Hustler
1998
as L'auto-stoppeur
Don Juan
1998
as Pierrot
Le monde à l'envers
1998
as Yann Kerebel
Wild Animals
1997
as Emil
Visiblement je vous aime
1995
as Denis
The Chess Game
1994
as Max
De force avec d'autres
1993
as Denis
The Lovers on the Bridge
1991
as Alex
Mona and I
1990
as Pierre
Once Around the Park
1989
as Berville
Mauvais Sang
1986
as Alex
Going and Coming Back
1985
as Simon Lerner's patient
Boy Meets Girl
1984
as Alex
Long Live Life
1984
as Caviar delivery man
After Midnight
1983
as (voice)
Entre Nous
1983
as Un militaire
The Wounded Man
1983
as Wanderer
Les Misérables
1982
as Montparnasse
Paris Ficelle
1982
as Joe
L'Ombre sur la plage
1982