Alex Descas
Birthday: 1958-01-01
Birthplace: France
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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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Credits
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The Arrival | ||
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2026-01-17 | The Failing | L'Abbé Gomis |
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2025-09-17 | Adam's Sake | Naïm |
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2022-08-08 | Brûlé neige | Henri |
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2021-11-07 | Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté | (Voix Off) |
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2021-07-08 | Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard | |
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2019-03-06 | Sing Me Back Home | Juan |
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2018-12-19 | Maya | Frédéric |
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2018-06-06 | Volontaire | Albertini |
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2017-09-27 | Let the Sunshine In | End Man |
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2017-09-13 | Gone | Claude Vannier |
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2017-01-01 | Metropole | |
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2016-02-03 | Chocolat | Victor |
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2015-06-11 | Rouge | Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts» |
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2015-03-15 | Portrait of the Artist | Scottie |
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2014-10-03 | Madeleine d'entre les Morts | The man |
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2014-09-07 | Voilà l'enchaînement | Lui |
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2014-09-05 | Murder in Pacot | L'homme |
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2013-09-15 | Un enfant en danger | André |
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2013-08-07 | Bastards | Dr. Béthanie |
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2013-06-26 | Césaire, le prix de la liberté | Aimé Césaire |
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2009-11-18 | Rapt | Maître Walser |
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2009-10-17 | Persecution | Thomas |
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2009-05-01 | The Limits of Control | Creole |
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2009-02-18 | 35 Shots of Rum | Lionel |
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2008-12-30 | Négropolitain | Alain |
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2008-10-29 | We Don't Choose Our Parents | Le juge Mauvoisin |
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2007-10-16 | Déjà vu | Kiff |
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2007-08-22 | Boarding Gate | Andrew |
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2007-01-24 | Tag! | Nkruma |
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2007-01-01 | Elf, Kings of Oil | Pascal Lissouba |
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2007-01-01 | The Elf Case | Pascal Lissouba |
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2006-12-31 | L'île des esclaves | |
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2005-09-14 | A Perfect Couple | Patrick |
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2005-05-04 | The Intruder | Le prêtre |
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2005-04-13 | In Your Dreams | Mojo |
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2005-04-08 | The United States of Albert | Nolton Barnett |
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2005-01-19 | Nèg maron | Siwo |
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2004-12-06 | The Man Who Came From Elsewhere | Pierre Adélaïde |
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2004-10-07 | Nord-plage | |
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2004-03-12 | Coffee and Cigarettes | Alex (segment "No Problem") |
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2003-11-24 | La nuit sera longue | François |
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2003-05-20 | Tiresia | Marignac |
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2003-02-05 | The Dope | Shaft |
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2002-09-20 | Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | (segment "Vers Nancy") |
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2002-09-02 | Vers Nancy | |
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2002-04-03 | La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan | (Segment 'Never Twice') |
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2001-07-11 | Trouble Every Day | Dr. Léo |
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2000-09-27 | Lumumba | Joseph Mobutu |
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1999-11-24 | Last Harem | Nadir |
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1999-02-10 | Late August, Early September | Jérémie |
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1998-08-12 | Le serpent a mangé la grenouille | Yves Le Guen |
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1997-10-01 | The House | |
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1997-01-29 | Nenette and Boni | Gynecologist |
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1997-01-02 | My Family's Honour | Malcolm |
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1997-01-01 | Africa Dreaming | Michael |
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1997-01-01 | So Be It | |
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1996-10-01 | Irma Vep | Desormeaux |
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1996-06-25 | Clubbed to Death | Mambo |
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1995-09-20 | Un si joli bouquet | Barthélémy |
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1995-04-26 | The Great White of Lambarene | Koumba |
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1995-04-05 | The Heart's Cry | Ibrahim Sow |
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1995-04-04 | Duo | Man |
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1995-01-01 | Never Twice | Never Twice |
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1994-05-18 | I Can't Sleep | Théo |
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1993-01-20 | The Absence | Soldier |
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1990-09-05 | No Fear, No Die | Jocelyn |
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1988-01-20 | How Good the Whites Are | Le travailleur chez Renault |
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1986-04-30 | Taxi Boy | Pascal |
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1985-01-30 | Urgence | |
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1984-11-14 | The Syringe | Le chef des 'Blackies' |