Person

Alex Descas

Acting · 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.

• Déjà vu

  Kiff

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  How Good the Whites Are

  Le travailleur chez Renault

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  Les Cordier, juge et flic

  Sayyid

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  Nina

  Mathias Savignon

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  Nèg maron

  Siwo

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  Irma Vep

  Gregory Desormeaux

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  The Absence

  Soldier

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  The Syringe

  Le chef des 'Blackies'

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  Nord-plage

  2004

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  Irma Vep

  Desormeaux

• 2026The FailingL'Abbé Gomis
• 2025Adam's SakeNaïm
• 2024Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphantsNarrator (Voice)
• 2024Which Way Africa?Narrator
• 2022Brûlé neigeHenri
• 2022Irma VepGregory Desormeaux
• 2021Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté(Voix Off)
• 2021Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
• 2021Exterminate All the Brutes
• 2019Sing Me Back HomeJuan
• 2018MayaFrédéric
• 2018VolontaireAlbertini
• 2018IskanderOscar
• 2017Let the Sunshine InEnd Man
• 2017GoneClaude Vannier
• 2017Metropole
• 2016ChocolatVictor
• 2015NinaMathias Savignon
• 2015RougeScottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
• 2015Portrait of the ArtistScottie
• 2014Madeleine d'entre les MortsThe man
• 2014Voilà l'enchaînementLui
• 2014Murder in PacotL'homme
• 2013Un enfant en dangerAndré
• 2013BastardsDr. Béthanie
• 2013Aimé Césaire, le prix de la libertéAimé Césaire
• 2009RaptMaître Walser
• 2009PersecutionThomas
• 2009The Limits of ControlCreole
• 200935 Shots of RumLionel
• 2008NégropolitainAlain
• 2008We Don't Choose Our ParentsLe juge Mauvoisin
• 2007Déjà vuKiff
• 2007Boarding GateAndrew
• 2007Un flicSchneider
• 2007Tag!Nkruma
• 2007Elf, Kings of OilPascal Lissouba
• 2007The Elf CasePascal Lissouba
• 2006L'île des esclaves
• 2006A Perfect CouplePatrick
• 2005The IntruderLe prêtre
• 2005In Your DreamsMojo
• 2005The United States of AlbertNolton Barnett
• 2005Nèg maronSiwo
• 2004The Man Who Came From ElsewherePierre Adélaïde
• 2004Nord-plage
• 2004Coffee and CigarettesAlex (segment "No Problem")
• 2003La nuit sera longueFrançois
• 2003TiresiaMarignac
• 2003The DopeShaft
• 2002Ten Minutes Older: The Cello(segment "Vers Nancy")
• 2002Vers Nancy
• 2002La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan(Segment 'Never Twice')
• 2001Trouble Every DayDr. Léo
• 2000LumumbaJoseph Mobutu
• 1999Last HaremNadir
• 1999Late August, Early SeptemberJérémie
• 1998Le serpent a mangé la grenouilleYves Le Guen
• 1998In a Memory of a Film Gone Byhimself
• 1997The House
• 1997Nenette and BoniGynecologist
• 1997My Family's HonourMalcolm
• 1997Africa DreamingMichael
• 1997So Be It
• 1996Irma VepDesormeaux
• 1996Clubbed to DeathMambo
• 1995Un si joli bouquetBarthélémy
• 1995The Great White of LambareneKoumba
• 1995The Heart's CryIbrahim Sow
• 1995DuoMan
• 1995Never TwiceNever Twice
• 1995The MasturbatorsNarrator
• 1994I Can't SleepThéo
• 1994Les Cordier, juge et flicSayyid
• 1993The AbsenceSoldier
• 1991Lest We ForgetDalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
• 1990No Fear, No DieJocelyn
• 1988How Good the Whites AreLe travailleur chez Renault
• 1986Taxi BoyPascal
• 1985Urgence
• 1984The SyringeLe chef des 'Blackies'
• —The Arrival
• —An Odd Enchantment