Alex Descas
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.
Alex Descas
- Born
- 1958 · France.
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- France
- Occupation
- actor
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- acting
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- Cours Florent
- Languages
- French
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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.
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He is of Antillean (Guadeloupean) descent.
• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • 1984 — Asphalt Warriors — Blackies leader — Sergio Gobbi • 1985 — Hell Train — Roger Hanin • Urgence — Gilles Béhat • 1986 — Je hais les acteurs — Allan — Gérard Krawczyk • Bleu comme l'enfer — The black — Yves Boisset • Taxi Boy — Pascal — Alain Page • Justice de flic — Michel Gérard • 1987 — Lady Cops — Josiane Balasko • 1988 — Ya bon les blancs — Renault's worker — Marco Ferreri • Série noire — Jean Gallieni — Gilles Béhat (2) • 1990 — No Fear, No Die — Jocelyn — Claire Denis — Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actor • 1991 — Contre l'oubli — Dalton Prejean — Denis Amar — Segment: Pour Dalton Prejean, USA • A Child from the South — Zeto — Sérgio Rezende — TV movie • 1992 — The Absence — Soldier — Peter Handke • 1993 — Tout va bien dans le service — Manda — Charlotte Silvera — TV movie • 1994 — The Heart's Cry — Ibrahim Sow — Idrissa Ouedraogo • I Can't Sleep — Théo — Claire Denis (2) • 1995 — Le grand blanc de Lambaréné — Koumba — Bassek Ba Kobhio • Portrait des hommes qui se branlent — Narrator — Vincent Ravalec — Short • Le banquet — Christel Milhavet — Short • Never Twice — Vincent Ravalec (2) — Short • Un si joli bouquet — Barthélémy — Jean-Claude Sussfeld — TV movie • 1996 — Irma Vep — Desormeaux — Olivier Assayas • Clubbed to Death — Mambo — Yolande Zauberman • Nénette et Boni — The gynaecologist — Claire Denis (3) • Les Cordier, juge et flic — Sayyid — Alain Wermus — TV series (1 episode) • 1997 — The House — Sarunas Bartas • Saraka bô — Bataille — Denis Amar (2) • Combats de femme — Désiré — Laurent Dussaux — TV series (1 episode) • 1998 — Late August, Early September — Jérémie — Olivier Assayas (2) • Le serpent a mangé la grenouille — Yves Le Guen — Alain Guesnier • L'honneur de ma famille — Malcolm — Rachid Bouchareb — TV movie • La poursuite du vent — John Themba — Nina Companeez — TV Mini-Series • 1999 — Harem Suare — Nadir — Ferzan Özpetek • 2000 — Lumumba — Mobutu Sese Seko — Raoul Peck • 2001 — Trouble Every Day — Léo Semenau — Claire Denis (4) • Le mal du pays — Kamanda — Laurent Bachet — Short • 2002 — Ten Minutes Older — Claire Denis (5) • Tèt Grenné — Richard — Christian Grandman • 2003 — Coffee and Cigarettes — Alex — Jim Jarmusch • Tiresia — Marignac — Bertrand Bonello • That Woman — Denis — Guillaume Nicloux • La Beuze — Shaft — François Desagnat & Thomas Sorriaux • La nuit sera longue — François — Olivier Torres — Short • 2004 — The Intruder — The priest — Claire Denis (6) • Nord-Plage — José Hayot • L'homme qui venait d'ailleurs — Pierre — François Luciani — TV movie • 2005 — The United States of Albert (Les États-Unis d'Albert) — Nolton Barnett — André Forcier • Un couple parfait — Patrick — Nobuhiro Suwa • Nèg maron — Siwo — Jean-Claude Flamand-Barny • Dans tes rêves — Mojo — Denis Thybaud • Close-Up — Ottis — Claude Farge — Short • 2007 — Boarding Gate — Andrew — Olivier Assayas (3) • Kull! — Nkruma — Anders Skog — Short • Déjà vu — Kiff — François Vautier — TV movie • Les prédateurs — Pascal Lissouba — Lucas Belvaux — TV series (2 episodes) • 2008 — 35 Shots of Rum — Lionel — Claire Denis (7) • On choisit pas ses parents... — Judge Mauvoisin — Thierry Binisti — TV movie • 2009 — Persécution — Thomas — Patrice Chéreau • Rapt — Lawyer Walser — Lucas Belvaux (2) • The Limits of Control — The Creole — Jim Jarmusch (2) • Négropolitain — Alain — Gary Pierre-Victor — Short • La louve — David Santini — Bruno Bontzolakis — TV series (1 episode) • 2009-12 — Un flic — Schneider — Patrick Dewolf — TV series (10 episodes) • 2013 — Bastards — Dr. Béthanie — Claire Denis (8) • Césaire, le Prix de la Liberté — Aimé Césaire — Felix Olivier — TV movie • Un enfant en danger — André — Jérôme Cornuau — TV movie • 2014 — Murder in Pacot — The man — Raoul Peck (2) • La vie pure — Léon Damas — Jeremy Banster • Le dos rouge — Scottie — Antoine Barraud • Voilà l'enchaînement — Him — Claire Denis (9) — Short • 2016 — Chocolat — Victor — Roschdy Zem • 2017 — Let the Sunshine In — Marc — Claire Denis (10) • 2018 — Volontaire — Albertini — Hélène Fillières • Maya — Frédéric — Mia Hansen-Løve • 2019 — On ment toujours à ceux qu'on aime — Juan — Sandrine Dumas • 2022 — Irma Vep — Gregory Desormeaux — Olivier Assayas (4) — TV miniseries • 2025 — Adam's Interest — Naïm — Laura Wandel
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• Year — Title — Author — Director — Notes • 1991 — Les Chants de Maldoror — Comte de Lautréamont — Hans-Peter Cloos — Théâtre Paris-Villette • Martin Luther King ou la force d'aimer — A. Réa — A. Réa — Théâtre de la Bastille • 1993 — Passions secrètes — Jacques-Pierre Amette — Patrice Kerbrat — Théâtre Montparnasse • 2002 — The Treatment — Martin Crimp — Nathalie Richard — Théâtre national de Chaillot • 2004 — The Bridge of San Luis Rey — Thornton Wilder — Irina Brook — Théâtre de Sartrouville et des Yvelines • 2005 — L'Île des esclaves — Pierre de Marivaux — Irina Brook (2) — Théâtre de l'Atelier • 2012 — Race — David Mamet — Pierre Laville — Comédie des Champs-Élysées • 2016 — Phèdre — Jean Racine — Krzysztof Warlikowski — Théâtre de l'Odéon
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