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Denis Lavant

Actor

Denis Lavant

Born June 17, 1961 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France118 films

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.

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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.

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The Lovers on the Bridge posterFirst watchThe Lovers on the Bridge19917.4as AlexSet against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
A Very Long Engagement poster7.3A Very Long Engagement2004Holy Motors poster7.0Holy Motors2012Silver Skates poster7.5Silver Skates2020Beau Travail poster7.1Beau Travail2000Mauvais Sang poster7.1Mauvais Sang1986The Night Eats the World poster6.0The Night Eats the World2018The Emperor of Paris poster6.3The Emperor of Paris2018Tokyo! poster6.9Tokyo!2008

Filmography

118 films as actor
  1. TBAQue demande le peuple
  2. TBADante's Divine ComedyNarrator / Virgil / Dante
  3. TBAMakunaíma XXI
  4. TBAWasterWaster
  5. TBA7 jours 4000 ans(Voix)
  6. TBAThe Rope
  7. TBAFol
  8. 2026In All My Journeys I Am Returning
  9. 2026The End(voice)
  10. 2026RedoubtKarl-Göran Persson
  11. 2025In the Land of ArtoRob
  12. 2025L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
  13. 2025The StrangerSalamano
  14. 2025HyacintheReda
  15. 2025Demons to DiamondsThe prisoner
  16. 2025Hotel Fantasma
  17. 2025In the Name of BloodJacques
  18. 2024Fracas
  19. 2024Two Night Owls in ParisLe bouquiniste
  20. 2024The Boy Who Owns the WorldKasimir
  21. 2023Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
  22. 2023Thunder VoiceProphet
  23. 2023Body of Crime
  24. 2023Hood WitchJules
  25. 2023Poisson rougePère de Guillaume
  26. 2023Miserable MiracleNarrator (French)
  27. 2023The Green Eyes
  28. 2023Human Flowers of FleshGaloup
  29. 2022AymelineFranco Fontane
  30. 2022X14
  31. 2022Le discoursLe politicien
  32. 2022South SentinelCommandant de Royer
  33. 2021TralalaClimby
  34. 2021The Nipple WhispererMaurice Sanders
  35. 2021Night of the KingsSilence
  36. 2020Silver SkatesFourier
  37. 2020GagarineGérard
  38. 2020The Blue StarLe Narrateur
  39. 2019The EscapadeJacques
  40. 2019Figurant
  41. 2019Who the Fuck Are YouPsychiatrist
  42. 2019Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beauxMonsieur Loyal
  43. 2019Girls with BallsBarman
  44. 2019The MountainJack
  45. 2019Silent Streams
  46. 2019The BraKamal
  47. 2018The Emperor of ParisMaillard
  48. 2018Scaramouche ScaramoucheScaramouche
  49. 2018One Nation, One KingMarat
  50. 2018Fan ClubDamien
  51. 2018Cornelius, the Howling MillerDoctor de Chomo
  52. 20183 Days in QuiberonFisherman Poet
  53. 2018The Night Eats the WorldAlfred
  54. 2018My Intelligent ComedyAllen
  55. 2016Louis-Ferdinand CélineLouis-Ferdinand Céline
  56. 2016Boris Without BeatriceL'Inconnu
  57. 2016History's FutureLottery Ticket Seller
  58. 201521 Nights with PattieAndré
  59. 2015Eva Doesn't SleepKoenig
  60. 2015Me and KaminskiKarl-Ludwig
  61. 2015GraziellaAntoine
  62. 2015Dark ForestsVoice
  63. 2015PitchipoïPierre Schulmann
  64. 2014Le mystère des jonquillesSam
  65. 2014The Iron IvanEugene de Paris
  66. 2014Ogaden
  67. 2013JiminyOtto Hoffmann
  68. 2013Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasThe Theologist
  69. 2013Les Grandes MaréesMarc
  70. 2013MarussiaClochard
  71. 2013Tired of Being Handsome
  72. 2013Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessusMarcel Dassault
  73. 2012Morning StarElliot
  74. 2012Holy MotorsMr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
  75. 2012Eye of the AstronomerJean Kepler
  76. 2011Hop-o'-My-ThumbThe ogre
  77. 2011My Little PrincessErnst
  78. 2011Hitler in HollywoodDenis Lavant
  79. 2011Atlantika
  80. 2010Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poèteBezon
  81. 2009The Temptation of St. TonyCount Korzybski
  82. 2009Hymn to MerdeMerde
  83. 2009Les Williams
  84. 2009Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir(voice)
  85. 2008Tokyo!Merde' (segment "Merde")
  86. 2008Captain AhabCapitaine Achab
  87. 2008Mister LonelyCharlie Chaplin
  88. 2007Happy New Year LondonGerrard Ames
  89. 2005Wild CampBlaise
  90. 2004A Very Long EngagementSix-Soux
  91. 2004LuminalRyu
  92. 2002La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan(voice)
  93. 2001Married/UnmarriedLove
  94. 2001ŞoförThe Driver
  95. 2000La SqualeLe joker
  96. 2000Deep in the WoodsStephane
  97. 2000Beau TravailGaloup
  98. 1999TuvaluAnton
  99. 1998Melody for a HustlerL'auto-stoppeur
  100. 1998Le monde à l'enversYann Kerebel
  101. 1998Don JuanPierrot
  102. 1997Wild AnimalsEmil
  103. 1995Visiblement je vous aimeDenis
  104. 1994The Chess GameMax
  105. 1993De force avec d'autresDenis
  106. 1991The Lovers on the BridgeAlex
  107. 1990Mona and IPierre
  108. 1989Once Around the ParkBerville
  109. 1986Mauvais SangAlex
  110. 1985Going and Coming BackSimon Lerner's patient
  111. 1984Boy Meets GirlAlex
  112. 1984Long Live LifeCaviar delivery man
  113. 1983After Midnight(voice)
  114. 1983The Wounded ManWanderer
  115. 1983Entre NousUn militaire
  116. 1982Les MisérablesMontparnasse
  117. 1982L'Ombre sur la plage
  118. 1982Paris FicelleJoe