Alex Descas
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Descas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (45)
Adam's Sake
as Naïm
2025
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
as Narrator (Voice)
2024
Which Way Africa?
as Narrator
2024
Brûlé neige
as Henri
2022
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
as (Voix Off)
2021
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
2021
Sing Me Back Home
as Juan
2019
Maya
as Frédéric
2018
Volontaire
as Albertini
2018
Let the Sunshine In
as End Man
2017
Gone
as Claude Vannier
2017
Metropole
2017
Chocolat
as Victor
2016
Rouge
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
2015
Portrait of the Artist
as Scottie
2015
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
as The man
2014
Voilà l'enchaînement
as Lui
2014
Murder in Pacot
as L'homme
2014
Un enfant en danger
as André
2013
Bastards
as Dr. Béthanie
2013
Césaire, le prix de la liberté
as Aimé Césaire
2013
Rapt
as Maître Walser
2009
Persecution
as Thomas
2009
The Limits of Control
as Creole
2009
35 Shots of Rum
as Lionel
2009
Négropolitain
as Alain
2008
We Don't Choose Our Parents
as Le juge Mauvoisin
2008
Déjà vu
as Kiff
2007
Boarding Gate
as Andrew
2007
Tag!
as Nkruma
2007
Elf, Kings of Oil
as Pascal Lissouba
2007
The Elf Case
as Pascal Lissouba
2007
L'île des esclaves
2006
A Perfect Couple
as Patrick
2005
The Intruder
as Le prêtre
2005
In Your Dreams
as Mojo
2005
The United States of Albert
as Nolton Barnett
2005
Nèg maron
as Siwo
2005
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
as Pierre Adélaïde
2004
Nord-plage
2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
2004
La nuit sera longue
as François
2003
Tiresia
as Marignac
2003
The Dope
as Shaft
2003
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
2002
