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Alex Descas

Acting 68 years old France ★ 0.4
Born: January 1, 1958

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

Coffee and Cigarettes
Coffee and Cigarettes Alex (segment "No Problem") 2004
Irma Vep
Irma Vep Desormeaux 1996
Chocolat
Chocolat Victor 2016
Boarding Gate
Boarding Gate Andrew 2007
Trouble Every Day
Trouble Every Day Dr. Léo 2001

Filmography

Acting Credits (83)

The Failing
The Failing L'Abbé Gomis 2026
Adam's Sake
Adam's Sake Naïm 2025
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants Narrator (Voice) 2024
Which Way Africa?
Which Way Africa? Narrator 2024
Brûlé neige
Brûlé neige Henri 2022
Irma Vep
Irma Vep Gregory Desormeaux 2022
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté (Voix Off) 2021
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard 2021
Exterminate All the Brutes
Exterminate All the Brutes 2021
Sing Me Back Home
Sing Me Back Home Juan 2019
Maya
Maya Frédéric 2018
Volontaire
Volontaire Albertini 2018
Iskander
Iskander Oscar 2018
Let the Sunshine In
Let the Sunshine In End Man 2017
Gone
Gone Claude Vannier 2017
Metropole
Metropole 2017
Chocolat
Chocolat Victor 2016
Nina
Nina Mathias Savignon 2015
Rouge
Rouge Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts» 2015
Portrait of the Artist
Portrait of the Artist Scottie 2015
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
Madeleine d'entre les Morts The man 2014
Voilà l'enchaînement
Voilà l'enchaînement Lui 2014
Murder in Pacot
Murder in Pacot L'homme 2014
Un enfant en danger
Un enfant en danger André 2013
Bastards
Bastards Dr. Béthanie 2013
Césaire, le prix de la liberté
Césaire, le prix de la liberté Aimé Césaire 2013
Rapt
Rapt Maître Walser 2009
Persecution
Persecution Thomas 2009
The Limits of Control
The Limits of Control Creole 2009
35 Shots of Rum
35 Shots of Rum Lionel 2009
Négropolitain
Négropolitain Alain 2008
We Don't Choose Our Parents
We Don't Choose Our Parents Le juge Mauvoisin 2008
Déjà vu
Déjà vu Kiff 2007
Boarding Gate
Boarding Gate Andrew 2007
Un flic
Un flic Schneider 2007
Tag!
Tag! Nkruma 2007
Elf, Kings of Oil
Elf, Kings of Oil Pascal Lissouba 2007
The Elf Case
The Elf Case Pascal Lissouba 2007
L'île des esclaves
L'île des esclaves 2006
A Perfect Couple
A Perfect Couple Patrick 2006
The Intruder
The Intruder Le prêtre 2005
In Your Dreams
In Your Dreams Mojo 2005
The United States of Albert
The United States of Albert Nolton Barnett 2005
Nèg maron
Nèg maron Siwo 2005
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere Pierre Adélaïde 2004
Nord-plage
Nord-plage 2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
Coffee and Cigarettes Alex (segment "No Problem") 2004
La nuit sera longue
La nuit sera longue François 2003
Tiresia
Tiresia Marignac 2003
The Dope
The Dope Shaft 2003
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (segment "Vers Nancy") 2002
Vers Nancy
Vers Nancy 2002
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan (Segment 'Never Twice') 2002
Trouble Every Day
Trouble Every Day Dr. Léo 2001
Lumumba
Lumumba Joseph Mobutu 2000
Last Harem
Last Harem Nadir 1999
Late August, Early September
Late August, Early September Jérémie 1999
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille Yves Le Guen 1998
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
In a Memory of a Film Gone By himself 1998
The House
The House 1997
Nenette and Boni
Nenette and Boni Gynecologist 1997
My Family's Honour
My Family's Honour Malcolm 1997
Africa Dreaming
Africa Dreaming Michael 1997
So Be It
So Be It 1997
Irma Vep
Irma Vep Desormeaux 1996
Clubbed to Death
Clubbed to Death Mambo 1996
Un si joli bouquet
Un si joli bouquet Barthélémy 1995
The Great White of Lambarene
The Great White of Lambarene Koumba 1995
The Heart's Cry
The Heart's Cry Ibrahim Sow 1995
Duo
Duo Man 1995
Never Twice
Never Twice Never Twice 1995
The Masturbators
The Masturbators Narrator 1995
I Can't Sleep
I Can't Sleep Théo 1994
Les Cordier, juge et flic
Les Cordier, juge et flic Sayyid 1994
The Absence
The Absence Soldier 1993
Against Oblivion
Against Oblivion Self 1991
No Fear, No Die
No Fear, No Die Jocelyn 1990
How Good the Whites Are
How Good the Whites Are Le travailleur chez Renault 1988
Taxi Boy
Taxi Boy Pascal 1986
Urgence
Urgence 1985
The Syringe
The Syringe Le chef des 'Blackies' 1984
The Arrival
The Arrival
The Odd Enchantment of Madame P.
The Odd Enchantment of Madame P.

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