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.
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2832932
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Filmography (Movies)
The Failing
Character:L'Abbé Gomis
Release Date:17/01/2026
Adam's Sake
Character:Naïm
Release Date:17/09/2025
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
Character:Narrator (Voice)
Release Date:19/03/2024
Which Way Africa?
Character:Narrator
Release Date:16/02/2024
Brûlé neige
Character:Henri
Release Date:08/08/2022
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
Character:(Voix Off)
Release Date:07/11/2021
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
Character:
Release Date:08/07/2021
Sing Me Back Home
Character:Juan
Release Date:06/03/2019
Maya
Character:Frédéric
Release Date:19/12/2018
Volontaire
Character:Albertini
Release Date:06/06/2018
Let the Sunshine In
Character:End Man
Release Date:27/09/2017
Gone
Character:Claude Vannier
Release Date:13/09/2017
Metropole
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2017
Chocolat
Character:Victor
Release Date:03/02/2016
Rouge
Character:Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
Release Date:11/06/2015
Portrait of the Artist
Character:Scottie
Release Date:15/03/2015
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
Character:The man
Release Date:03/10/2014
Voilà l'enchaînement
Character:Lui
Release Date:07/09/2014
Murder in Pacot
Character:L'homme
Release Date:05/09/2014
Un enfant en danger
Character:André
Release Date:15/09/2013
Bastards
Character:Dr. Béthanie
Release Date:07/08/2013
Césaire, le prix de la liberté
Character:Aimé Césaire
Release Date:26/06/2013
Rapt
Character:Maître Walser
Release Date:18/11/2009
Persecution
Character:Thomas
Release Date:17/10/2009
The Limits of Control
Character:Creole
Release Date:01/05/2009
35 Shots of Rum
Character:Lionel
Release Date:18/02/2009
Négropolitain
Character:Alain
Release Date:30/12/2008
We Don't Choose Our Parents
Character:Le juge Mauvoisin
Release Date:29/10/2008
Déjà vu
Character:Kiff
Release Date:16/10/2007
Boarding Gate
Character:Andrew
Release Date:22/08/2007
Tag!
Character:Nkruma
Release Date:24/01/2007
Elf, Kings of Oil
Character:Pascal Lissouba
Release Date:01/01/2007
The Elf Case
Character:Pascal Lissouba
Release Date:01/01/2007
L'île des esclaves
Character:
Release Date:31/12/2006
A Perfect Couple
Character:Patrick
Release Date:14/09/2005
The Intruder
Character:Le prêtre
Release Date:04/05/2005
In Your Dreams
Character:Mojo
Release Date:13/04/2005
The United States of Albert
Character:Nolton Barnett
Release Date:08/04/2005
Nèg maron
Character:Siwo
Release Date:19/01/2005
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
Character:Pierre Adélaïde
Release Date:06/12/2004
Nord-plage
Character:
Release Date:07/10/2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
Character:Alex (segment "No Problem")
Release Date:12/03/2004
La nuit sera longue
Character:François
Release Date:24/11/2003
Tiresia
Character:Marignac
Release Date:20/05/2003
The Dope
Character:Shaft
Release Date:05/02/2003
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Character:(segment "Vers Nancy")
Release Date:20/09/2002
Vers Nancy
Character:
Release Date:02/09/2002
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
Character:(Segment 'Never Twice')
Release Date:03/04/2002
Trouble Every Day
Character:Dr. Léo
Release Date:11/07/2001
Lumumba
Character:Joseph Mobutu
Release Date:27/09/2000
Last Harem
Character:Nadir
Release Date:24/11/1999
Late August, Early September
Character:Jérémie
Release Date:10/02/1999
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
Character:Yves Le Guen
Release Date:12/08/1998
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
Character:himself
Release Date:01/01/1998
The House
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1997
Nenette and Boni
Character:Gynecologist
Release Date:29/01/1997
My Family's Honour
Character:Malcolm
Release Date:02/01/1997
Africa Dreaming
Character:Michael
Release Date:01/01/1997
So Be It
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1997
Irma Vep
Character:Desormeaux
Release Date:01/10/1996
Clubbed to Death
Character:Mambo
Release Date:25/06/1996
Un si joli bouquet
Character:Barthélémy
Release Date:20/09/1995
The Great White of Lambarene
Character:Koumba
Release Date:26/04/1995
The Heart's Cry
Character:Ibrahim Sow
Release Date:05/04/1995
Duo
Character:Man
Release Date:04/04/1995
Never Twice
Character:Never Twice
Release Date:01/01/1995
The Masturbators
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1995
I Can't Sleep
Character:Théo
Release Date:18/05/1994
The Absence
Character:Soldier
Release Date:20/01/1993
Against Oblivion
Character:Self
Release Date:11/12/1991
No Fear, No Die
Character:Jocelyn
Release Date:05/09/1990
How Good the Whites Are
Character:Le travailleur chez Renault
Release Date:20/01/1988
Taxi Boy
Character:Pascal
Release Date:30/04/1986
Urgence
Character:
Release Date:30/01/1985
The Syringe
Character:Le chef des 'Blackies'
Release Date:14/11/1984
Television Appearances
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