Alex Descas
78 movies · 6 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 1, 1958 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- France
Biography
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.
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Known for
Alex Descas: movies and TV shows
Acting (84)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2026 You+Me - Against the World
as Léonard Abrams
- 2026 The Failing
as L'Abbé Gomis
- 2025 Adam's Sake
as Naïm
- 2024 Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
as Narrator (Voice)
- 2024 Which Way Africa?
as Narrator
- 2022 Brûlé neige
as Henri
- 2022
- 2021 Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
as (Voix Off)
- 2021
- 2021
- 2019 Sing Me Back Home
as Juan
- 2018 Maya
as Frédéric
- 2018 Volontaire
as Albertini
- 2018
- 2017 Let the Sunshine In
as End Man
- 2017 Gone
as Claude Vannier
- 2017
- 2016 Chocolat
as Victor
- 2015
- 2015 Rouge
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
- 2015 Portrait of the Artist
as Scottie
- 2014 Madeleine d'entre les Morts
as The man
- 2014 Voilà l'enchaînement
as Lui
- 2014 Murder in Pacot
as L'homme
- 2013 Un enfant en danger
as André
- 2013 Bastards
as Dr. Béthanie
- 2013 Aimé Césaire, le prix de la liberté
as Aimé Césaire
- 2009 Rapt
as Maître Walser
- 2009 Persecution
as Thomas
- 2009 The Limits of Control
as Creole
- 2009 35 Shots of Rum
as Lionel
- 2008 Négropolitain
as Alain
- 2008 We Don't Choose Our Parents
as Le juge Mauvoisin
- 2007 Déjà vu
as Kiff
- 2007 Boarding Gate
as Andrew
- 2007
- 2007 Tag!
as Nkruma
- 2007 Elf, Kings of Oil
as Pascal Lissouba
- 2007 The Elf Case
as Pascal Lissouba
- 2006
- 2006 A Perfect Couple
as Patrick
- 2005 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
- 2004 The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
as Pierre Adélaïde
- 2004
- 2004 Coffee and Cigarettes
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
- 2003 La nuit sera longue
as François
- 2003 Tiresia
as Marignac
- 2003 The Dope
as Shaft
- 2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
- 2002
- 2002 La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
as (Segment 'Never Twice')
- 2001 Trouble Every Day
as Dr. Léo
- 2000 Lumumba
as Joseph Mobutu
- 1999 Last Harem
as Nadir
- 1999 Late August, Early September
as Jérémie
- 1998 Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
as Yves Le Guen
- 1997
- 1997 Nenette and Boni
as Gynecologist
- 1997 My Family's Honour
as Malcolm
- 1997 Africa Dreaming
as Michael
- 1997
- 1996 Irma Vep
as Desormeaux
- 1996 Clubbed to Death
as Mambo
- 1995 Un si joli bouquet
as Barthélémy
- 1995
- 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
- 1994 I Can't Sleep
as Théo
- 1994
- 1993 The Absence
as Soldier
- 1991 Lest We Forget
as Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
- 1990 No Fear, No Die
as Jocelyn
- 1988 How Good the Whites Are
as Le travailleur chez Renault
- 1986 Taxi Boy
as Pascal
- 1985
- 1984 The Syringe
as Le chef des 'Blackies'
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1998