Acting

Alex Descas

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.

Movies & TV shows

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Irma Vep

2022 · Gregory Desormeaux

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Nina

2015 · Mathias Savignon

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Déjà vu

2007 · Kiff

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Les Cordier, juge et flic

1994 · Sayyid

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Coffee and Cigarettes

2004 · Alex (segment "No Problem")

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Nèg maron

2005 · Siwo

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The Syringe

1984 · Le chef des 'Blackies'

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Iskander

2018 · Oscar

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Let the Sunshine In

2017 · End Man

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Irma Vep

1996 · Desormeaux

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The Failing

2026 · L'Abbé Gomis

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The Limits of Control

2009 · Creole

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Exterminate All the Brutes

2021

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Trouble Every Day

2001 · Dr. Léo

Un flic

2007 · Schneider

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The House

1997

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Africa Dreaming

1997 · Michael

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Chocolat

2016 · Victor

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Last Harem

1999 · Nadir

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How Good the Whites Are

1988 · Le travailleur chez Renault

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The Arrival

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The Absence

1993 · Soldier

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Bastards

2013 · Dr. Béthanie

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Taxi Boy

1986 · Pascal

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Tag!

2007 · Nkruma

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Nord-plage

2004

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Duo

1995 · Man

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Boarding Gate

2007 · Andrew

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Nenette and Boni

1997 · Gynecologist

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Never Twice

1995 · Never Twice

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Tiresia

2003 · Marignac

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Vers Nancy

2002

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Rapt

2009 · Maître Walser

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Clubbed to Death

1996 · Mambo

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Négropolitain

2008 · Alain

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Lest We Forget

1991 · Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")

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An Odd Enchantment

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Adam's Sake

2025 · Naïm

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Late August, Early September

1999 · Jérémie

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Murder in Pacot

2014 · L'homme

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Volontaire

2018 · Albertini

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Aimé Césaire, le prix de la liberté

2013 · Aimé Césaire

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35 Shots of Rum

2009 · Lionel

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Gone

2017 · Claude Vannier

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Persecution

2009 · Thomas

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No Fear, No Die

1990 · Jocelyn

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The Intruder

2005 · Le prêtre

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Maya

2018 · Frédéric

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The Dope

2003 · Shaft

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Portrait of the Artist

2015 · Scottie

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I Can't Sleep

1994 · Théo

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Lumumba

2000 · Joseph Mobutu

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Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

2002 · (segment "Vers Nancy")

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La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

2002 · (Segment 'Never Twice')

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Metropole

2017

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A Perfect Couple

2006 · Patrick

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In Your Dreams

2005 · Mojo

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Rouge

2015 · Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»

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The Masturbators

1995 · Narrator

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Which Way Africa?

2024 · Narrator

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My Family's Honour

1997 · Malcolm

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The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

2004 · Pierre Adélaïde

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Un enfant en danger

2013 · André

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The Great White of Lambarene

1995 · Koumba

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Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

2021

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The Heart's Cry

1995 · Ibrahim Sow

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So Be It

1997

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Elf, Kings of Oil

2007 · Pascal Lissouba

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In a Memory of a Film Gone By

1998 · himself

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Sing Me Back Home

2019 · Juan

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The United States of Albert

2005 · Nolton Barnett

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We Don't Choose Our Parents

2008 · Le juge Mauvoisin

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Urgence

1985

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Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

2021 · (Voix Off)

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Voilà l'enchaînement

2014 · Lui

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The Elf Case

2007 · Pascal Lissouba

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Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

1998 · Yves Le Guen

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Un si joli bouquet

1995 · Barthélémy

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Madeleine d'entre les Morts

2014 · The man

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Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

2024 · Narrator (Voice)

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