Denis Lavant
Birthday: 1961-06-17
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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Hyacinthe | ||
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Que demande le peuple | ||
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La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture | Narrateur | |
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Correspondances: Dostoïevski | reader | |
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Redoubt | Karl-Göran Persson | |
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Sauver les morts | ||
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2025-01-08 | In the Name of Blood | Mafia Boss |
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2024-09-20 | Two Night Owls in Paris | Le bouquiniste |
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2024-06-12 | It's Not Me | Monsieur Merde |
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2024-05-15 | Hood Witch | Jules |
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2024-03-14 | The Boy Who Owns the World | Kasimir |
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2023-12-08 | Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui | |
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2023-12-06 | Thunder Voice | Prophet |
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2023-11-19 | Body of Crime | |
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2023-09-27 | Poisson rouge | Père de Guillaume |
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2023-09-01 | The Green Eyes | |
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2023-02-02 | Human Flowers of Flesh | Galoup |
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2022-08-31 | Aymeline | Franco Fontane |
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2022-07-07 | X14 | |
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2022-04-13 | South Sentinel | Commandant de Royer |
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2021-07-16 | Tralala | Climby |
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2021-03-16 | The Nipple Whisperer | Maurice Sanders |
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2021-02-26 | Night of the Kings | Silence |
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2021-01-01 | Le discours | Le politicien |
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2020-12-10 | Silver Skates | Fourier |
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2020-11-11 | Gagarine | Gérard |
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2020-04-17 | The Blue Star | Le Narrateur |
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2019-12-31 | The Escapade | Jacques |
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2019-11-03 | Figurant | |
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2019-10-28 | Who the Fuck Are You | Psychiatrist |
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2019-10-02 | Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux | Monsieur Loyal |
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2019-09-11 | The Bra | Kamal |
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2019-07-26 | Girls with Balls | Barman |
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2019-06-26 | The Mountain | Jack |
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2019-04-10 | Silent Streams | |
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2018-12-19 | The Emperor of Paris | Maillard |
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2018-10-27 | Scaramouche Scaramouche | Scaramouche |
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2018-09-26 | One Nation, One King | Marat |
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2018-09-19 | Fan Club | Damien |
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2018-05-02 | Cornélius, le meunier hurlant | Doctor de Chomo |
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2018-04-12 | 3 Days in Quiberon | Fisherman Poet |
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2018-03-07 | The Night Eats the World | Alfred |
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2016-11-23 | Kazarken: As We Dig | Chiron, le centaure |
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2016-03-09 | Louis-Ferdinand Céline | Louis-Ferdinand Céline |
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2016-03-04 | Boris Without Beatrice | L'Inconnu |
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2016-01-28 | History's Future | Lottery Ticket Seller |
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2015-11-25 | 21 Nights with Pattie | André |
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2015-11-05 | Eva Doesn't Sleep | Koenig |
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2015-09-17 | Me and Kaminski | Karl-Ludwig |
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2015-06-03 | Graziella | Antoine |
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2015-05-06 | Austerlitz | Jacques Austerlitz |
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2015-03-20 | Dark Forests | Voice |
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2015-02-04 | Pitchipoï | Pierre Schulmann |
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2014-07-18 | Le mystère des jonquilles | Sam |
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2014-07-10 | The Iron Ivan | |
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2014-04-24 | Journey to the West | Dragon |
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2014-01-01 | Ogaden | |
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2014-01-01 | Le voyage en Occident | Dragon |
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2013-11-19 | Jiminy | Otto Hoffmann |
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2013-08-14 | Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas | The Theologist |
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2013-06-20 | Les Grandes Marées | Marc |
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2013-02-09 | Marussia | Clochard |
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2013-02-02 | Tired of Being Handsome | |
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2013-01-22 | Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus | Marcel Dassault |
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2012-11-28 | Morning Star | Elliot |
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2012-07-02 | Holy Motors | Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer |
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2012-02-21 | Eye of the Astronomer | Jean Kepler |
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2011-09-02 | Hop-o'-My-Thumb | The ogre |
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2011-06-29 | My Little Princess | Ernst |
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2011-01-01 | Atlantika | |
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2010-02-03 | Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète | Bezon |
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2009-10-10 | The Temptation of St. Tony | Count Korzybski |
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2009-08-12 | Hymn to Merde | Merde |
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2009-04-16 | The Lonely | |
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2009-03-29 | Les Williams | |
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2009-03-06 | Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir | (voice) |
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2008-08-16 | Tokyo! | Merde' (segment "Merde") |
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2008-02-13 | Captain Ahab | Capitaine Achab |
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2008-02-02 | Mister Lonely | Charlie Chaplin |
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2007-12-28 | Happy New Year London | Gerrard Ames |
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2005-10-13 | Wild Camp | Blaise |
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2004-10-27 | A Very Long Engagement | Six-Soux |
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2004-05-09 | Luminal | Ryu |
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2002-04-03 | La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan | (voice) |
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2001-02-07 | Married/Unmarried | Love |
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2001-01-01 | Şoför | |
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2000-11-29 | La Squale | Le joker |
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2000-06-13 | Deep in the Woods | Stephane |
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2000-05-03 | Beau Travail | Galoup |
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1999-11-19 | Tuvalu | Anton |
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1998-10-14 | Melody for a Hustler | L'auto-stoppeur |
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1998-08-14 | Le monde à l'envers | Yann Kerebel |
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1998-04-28 | Don Juan | Pierrot |
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1997-10-25 | Wild Animals | Emil |
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1995-07-15 | Visiblement je vous aime | Denis |
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1994-11-19 | The Chess Game | Max |
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1993-04-24 | De force avec d'autres | Denis |
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1991-10-16 | The Lovers on the Bridge | Alex |
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1990-04-04 | Mona and I | Pierre |
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1989-03-28 | Once Around the Park | Berville |
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1986-11-26 | Mauvais Sang | Alex |
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1985-03-27 | Going and Coming Back | Le patient de Simon Lerner |
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1984-11-21 | Boy Meets Girl | Alex |
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1984-04-18 | Long Live Life | Caviar delivery man |
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1984-02-20 | After Midnight | |
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1983-05-25 | The Wounded Man | Wanderer |
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1983-04-06 | Entre Nous | Un militaire |
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1982-10-20 | Les Misérables | Montparnasse |
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1982-01-01 | Paris Ficelle | Joe |