Acting

Alex Descas

Born 1958-01-01 · France

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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

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