Alex Descas
Acting
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.
TV Shows(6)
Movies(77)
The Failing
L'Abbé Gomis
2026
Adam's Sake
Naïm
2025
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
Narrator (Voice)
2024
Which Way Africa?
Narrator
2024
Brûlé neige
Henri
2022
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
(Voix Off)
2021
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
2021
Sing Me Back Home
Juan
2019
Maya
Frédéric
2018
Volontaire
Albertini
2018
Let the Sunshine In
End Man
2017
Gone
Claude Vannier
2017
Metropole
2017
Chocolat
Victor
2016
Rouge
Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
2015
Portrait of the Artist
Scottie
2015
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
The man
2014
Voilà l'enchaînement
Lui
2014
Murder in Pacot
L'homme
2014
Un enfant en danger
André
2013
Bastards
Dr. Béthanie
2013
Césaire, le prix de la liberté
Aimé Césaire
2013
Rapt
Maître Walser
2009
Persecution
Thomas
2009
The Limits of Control
Creole
2009
35 Shots of Rum
Lionel
2009
Négropolitain
Alain
2008
We Don't Choose Our Parents
Le juge Mauvoisin
2008
Déjà vu
Kiff
2007
Boarding Gate
Andrew
2007
Tag!
Nkruma
2007
Elf, Kings of Oil
Pascal Lissouba
2007
The Elf Case
Pascal Lissouba
2007
L'île des esclaves
2006
A Perfect Couple
Patrick
2006
The Intruder
Le prêtre
2005
In Your Dreams
Mojo
2005
The United States of Albert
Nolton Barnett
2005
Nèg maron
Siwo
2005
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
Pierre Adélaïde
2004
Nord-plage
2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
Alex (segment "No Problem")
2004
La nuit sera longue
François
2003
Tiresia
Marignac
2003
The Dope
Shaft
2003
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
(segment "Vers Nancy")
2002
Vers Nancy
2002
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
(Segment 'Never Twice')
2002
Trouble Every Day
Dr. Léo
2001
Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
2000
Last Harem
Nadir
1999
Late August, Early September
Jérémie
1999
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
Yves Le Guen
1998
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
himself
1998
The House
1997
Nenette and Boni
Gynecologist
1997
My Family's Honour
Malcolm
1997
Africa Dreaming
Michael
1997
So Be It
1997
Irma Vep
Desormeaux
1996
Clubbed to Death
Mambo
1996
Un si joli bouquet
Barthélémy
1995
The Great White of Lambarene
Koumba
1995
The Heart's Cry
Ibrahim Sow
1995
Duo
Man
1995
Never Twice
Never Twice
1995
The Masturbators
Narrator
1995
I Can't Sleep
Théo
1994
The Absence
Soldier
1993
Against Oblivion
Self
1991
No Fear, No Die
Jocelyn
1990
How Good the Whites Are
Le travailleur chez Renault
1988
Taxi Boy
Pascal
1986
Urgence
1985
The Syringe
Le chef des 'Blackies'
1984
The Arrival
The Odd Enchantment of Madame P.