Person

Denis Lavant

Acting · Born 1961-06-17 · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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. 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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  Square

  Self

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  The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

  André Custe

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  The Traveller

  Alberto

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  Midnight Sun

  Pierre Carnot

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  Holy Motors

  Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer

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  The Stranger

  Salamano

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  Fracas

  2024

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  A Very Long Engagement

  Six-Soux

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  The Night Eats the World

  Alfred

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  The Lovers on the Bridge

  Alex

• 2026In All My Journeys I Am Returning
• 2026The End(voice)
• 2026RedoubtKarl-Göran Persson
• 2025In the Land of ArtoRob
• 2025L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
• 2025The StrangerSalamano
• 2025Sibyl(Archive footage)
• 2025HyacintheReda
• 2025Bacon-Freud, face à faceVoix-off
• 2025Demons to DiamondsThe prisoner
• 2025Hotel Fantasma
• 2025In the Name of BloodJacques
• 2024Walter Benjamin, el aura del caminoSelf
• 2024Fracas
• 2024Two Night Owls in ParisLe bouquiniste
• 2024It's Not MeMonsieur Merde
• 2024The Boy Who Owns the WorldKasimir
• 2023Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
• 2023Thunder VoiceProphet
• 2023Body of Crime
• 2023Hood WitchJules
• 2023Poisson rougePère de Guillaume
• 2023Miserable MiracleNarrator (French)
• 2023The Green Eyes
• 2023L'Impossible Monsieur SimonSelf
• 2023Human Flowers of FleshGaloup
• 2022All Effort of MenNarrator (voice)
• 2022AymelineFranco Fontane
• 2022X14
• 2022Tell Me IggySelf
• 2022Le discoursLe politicien
• 2022South SentinelCommandant de Royer
• 2021TralalaClimby
• 2021The Nipple WhispererMaurice Sanders
• 2021Night of the KingsSilence
• 2020Silver SkatesFourier
• 2020GagarineGérard
• 2020The Blue StarLe Narrateur
• 2019The EscapadeJacques
• 2019Figurant
• 2019Who the Fuck Are YouPsychiatrist
• 2019Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beauxMonsieur Loyal
• 2019Girls with BallsBarman
• 2019The MountainJack
• 2019The TravellerAlberto
• 2019Silent Streams
• 2019The BraKamal
• 2018The Emperor of ParisMaillard
• 2018Scaramouche ScaramoucheScaramouche
• 2018One Nation, One KingMarat
• 2018Fan ClubDamien
• 2018Cornelius, the Howling MillerDoctor de Chomo
• 20183 Days in QuiberonFisherman Poet
• 2018The Night Eats the WorldAlfred
• 2018My Intelligent ComedyAllen
• 2017Gray HouseSelf
• 2016Kazarken: As We DigChiron, le centaure
• 2016Midnight SunPierre Carnot
• 2016Louis-Ferdinand CélineLouis-Ferdinand Céline
• 2016Boris Without BeatriceL'Inconnu
• 2016History's FutureLottery Ticket Seller
• 201521 Nights with PattieAndré
• 2015Eva Doesn't SleepKoenig
• 2015Me and KaminskiKarl-Ludwig
• 2015GraziellaAntoine
• 2015AusterlitzJacques Austerlitz
• 2015Dark ForestsVoice
• 2015PitchipoïPierre Schulmann
• 2014Men Show Movies & Women Their BreastsSelf (uncredited)
• 2014Le mystère des jonquillesSam
• 2014The Iron IvanEugene de Paris
• 2014Journey to the WestDragon
• 2014Mr. XSelf
• 2014Ogaden
• 2013JiminyOtto Hoffmann
• 2013Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasThe Theologist
• 2013BietteSelf
• 2013Les Grandes MaréesMarc
• 2013En ningún lugar, Don Luis BuñuelSelf
• 2013MarussiaClochard
• 2013Tired of Being Handsome
• 2013Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessusMarcel Dassault
• 2013DRIVE IN Holy MotorsSelf
• 2012Morning StarElliot
• 2012Holy MotorsMr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
• 2012Eye of the AstronomerJean Kepler
• 2012SquareSelf
• 2011Hop-o'-My-ThumbThe ogre
• 2011My Little PrincessErnst
• 2011Hitler in HollywoodDenis Lavant
• 2011Atlantika
• 2010Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poèteBezon
• 2009The Temptation of St. TonyCount Korzybski
• 2009Hymn to MerdeMerde
• 2009The Lonely
• 2009Les Williams
• 2009Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir(voice)
• 2009The Little Murders of Agatha ChristieAndré Custe
• 2008Tokyo!Merde' (segment "Merde")
• 2008Captain AhabCapitaine Achab
• 2008Mister LonelyCharlie Chaplin
• 2007Happy New Year LondonGerrard Ames
• 2005Wild CampBlaise
• 2005Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"Self
• 2004Language Does Not LieNarrator (voice)
• 2004A Very Long EngagementSix-Soux
• 2004LuminalRyu
• 2003Correspondances: Dostoïevskireader
• 2003Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstraitSelf - Narrator (voice)
• 2002La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan(voice)
• 2001Married/UnmarriedLove
• 2001ŞoförThe Driver
• 2000La SqualeLe joker
• 2000Deep in the WoodsStephane
• 2000Beau TravailGaloup
• 1999TuvaluAnton
• 1998Melody for a HustlerL'auto-stoppeur
• 1998Le monde à l'enversYann Kerebel
• 1998Don JuanPierrot
• 1997Wild AnimalsEmil
• 1995Visiblement je vous aimeDenis
• 1994The Chess GameMax
• 1993De force avec d'autresDenis
• 1991The Lovers on the BridgeAlex
• 1990Mona and IPierre
• 1989Once Around the ParkBerville
• 1986Mauvais SangAlex
• 1985Going and Coming BackSimon Lerner's patient
• 1984Boy Meets GirlAlex
• 1984Long Live LifeCaviar delivery man
• 1983After Midnight(voice)
• 1983The Wounded ManWanderer
• 1983Entre NousUn militaire
• 1982Les MisérablesMontparnasse
• 1982L'Ombre sur la plage
• 1982Paris FicelleJoe
• —Que demande le peuple
• —La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourritureNarrateur
• —Dante's Divine ComedyNarrator / Virgil / Dante
• —Erratic BlocksLucien Le Saint
• —Makunaíma XXI
• —WasterWaster
• —7 jours 4000 ans(Voix)
• —The Countess of Monte Cristo