ACTOR
Denis Lavant
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…
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- Born
- Jun 17, 1961
- Birthplace
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
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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Filmography
Movies
LS
L'Ombre sur la plage
1982
Les MisérablesMontparnasse
1982
Paris FicelleJoe
1982
After Midnight(voice)
1983
Entre NousUn militaire
1983
The Wounded ManWanderer
1983
Boy Meets GirlAlex
1984
Long Live LifeCaviar delivery man
1984
Going and Coming BackSimon Lerner's patient
1985
Mauvais SangAlex
1986
Once Around the ParkBerville
1989
Mona and IPierre
1990
The Lovers on the BridgeAlex
1991DF
De force avec d'autresDenis
1993
The Chess GameMax
1994
Visiblement je vous aimeDenis
1995
Wild AnimalsEmil
1997
Don JuanPierrot
1998
Le monde à l'enversYann Kerebel
1998
Melody for a HustlerL'auto-stoppeur
1998
TuvaluAnton
1999
Beau TravailGaloup
2000
Deep in the WoodsStephane
2000
La SqualeLe joker
2000
Married/UnmarriedLove
2001
ŞoförThe Driver
2001
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan(voice)
2002
Correspondances: Dostoïevskireader
2003
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstraitSelf - Narrator (voice)
2003
A Very Long EngagementSix-Soux
2004
Language Does Not LieNarrator (voice)
2004
LuminalRyu
2004
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"Self
2005
Wild CampBlaise
2005
Happy New Year LondonGerrard Ames
2007
Captain AhabCapitaine Achab
2008
Mister LonelyCharlie Chaplin
2008
Tokyo!Merde' (segment "Merde")
2008
Hymn to MerdeMerde
2009
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir(voice)
2009LW
Les Williams
2009TL
The Lonely
2009
The Temptation of St. TonyCount Korzybski
2009
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poèteBezon
2010
Atlantika
2011
Hitler in HollywoodDenis Lavant
2011
Hop-o'-My-ThumbThe ogre
2011
My Little PrincessErnst
2011
Eye of the AstronomerJean Kepler
2012
Holy MotorsMr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
2012
Morning StarElliot
2012
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasThe Theologist
2013
BietteSelf
2013
DRIVE IN Holy MotorsSelf
2013
En ningún lugar, Don Luis BuñuelSelf
2013
Je sens plus la vitesse
2013J
JiminyOtto Hoffmann
2013
Les Grandes MaréesMarc
2013
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessusMarcel Dassault
2013
MarussiaClochard
2013
Tired of Being Handsome
2013
Journey to the WestDragon
2014
Le mystère des jonquillesSam
2014
Men Show Movies & Women Their BreastsSelf (uncredited)
2014
Mr. XSelf
2014O
Ogaden
2014
The Iron IvanEugene de Paris
2014
21 Nights with PattieAndré
2015
AusterlitzJacques Austerlitz
2015
Dark ForestsVoice
2015
Eva Doesn't SleepKoenig
2015
GraziellaAntoine
2015
Me and KaminskiKarl-Ludwig
2015
PitchipoïPierre Schulmann
2015
Boris Without BeatriceL'Inconnu
2016HF
History's FutureLottery Ticket Seller
2016
Kazarken: As We DigChiron, le centaure
2016
Louis-Ferdinand CélineLouis-Ferdinand Céline
2016
Gray HouseSelf
2017
3 Days in QuiberonFisherman Poet
2018
Cornelius, the Howling MillerDoctor de Chomo
2018FC
Fan ClubDamien
2018
My Intelligent ComedyAllen
2018
One Nation, One KingMarat
2018
Scaramouche ScaramoucheScaramouche
2018
The Emperor of ParisMaillard
2018
The Night Eats the WorldAlfred
2018
Figurant
2019
Girls with BallsBarman
2019
Silent Streams
2019
The BraKamal
2019TE
The EscapadeJacques
2019
The MountainJack
2019
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beauxMonsieur Loyal
2019
Who the Fuck Are YouPsychiatrist
2019
GagarineGérard
2020
Silver SkatesFourier
2020
The Blue StarLe Narrateur
2020
Night of the KingsSilence
2021
The Nipple WhispererMaurice Sanders
2021
TralalaClimby
2021
All Effort of MenNarrator (voice)
2022
AymelineFranco Fontane
2022
Le discoursLe politicien
2022
South SentinelCommandant de Royer
2022
Tell Me IggySelf
2022
X14
2022
Body of Crime
2023
Hood WitchJules
2023
Human Flowers of FleshGaloup
2023
L'Impossible Monsieur SimonSelf
2023
Miserable MiracleNarrator (French)
2023
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
2023
Poisson rougePère de Guillaume
2023
The Green Eyes
2023
Thunder VoiceProphet
2023
Fracas
2024FracasWriter
2024
It's Not MeMonsieur Merde
2024
The Boy Who Owns the WorldKasimir
2024
Two Night Owls in ParisLe bouquiniste
2024
Walter Benjamin, el aura del caminoSelf
2024
Bacon-Freud, face à faceVoix-off
2025
Demons to DiamondsThe prisoner
2025
Hotel Fantasma
2025
HyacintheReda
2025
In the Land of ArtoRob
2025
In the Name of BloodJacques
2025LD
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
2025
Sibyl(Archive footage)
2025
The StrangerSalamano
2025
ErraticsLucien Le Saint
2026
In All My Journeys I Am Returning
2026
InquisitionsL'inquisiteur
2026
RedoubtKarl-Göran Persson
2026
The End(voice)
20267J
7 jours 4000 ans(Voix)
DD
Dante's Divine ComedyNarrator / Virgil / Dante
F
Fol
LN
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourritureNarrateur
MX
Makunaíma XXI
QD
Que demande le peuple
TR
The Rope
WasterWaster
Television
The Little Murders of Agatha ChristieAndré Custe · 1 eps
2009
SquareSelf · 1 eps
2012
Midnight SunPierre Carnot · 8 eps
2016
The TravellerAlberto · 1 eps
2019
The InquisitionSelf - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
2026
The Countess of Monte Cristo1 eps
Photos
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