- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1958
- Place of Birth
- France
Alex Descas
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.
Filmography
movieThe Failing
2026 · L'Abbé Gomis
movieAdam's Sake
2025 · Naïm
movieKenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
2024 · Narrator (Voice)
movieWhich Way Africa?
2024 · Narrator
movieBrûlé neige
2022 · Henri
tvIrma Vep
2022 · Gregory Desormeaux
movieFrantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
2021 · (Voix Off)
movieChekhov's The Cherry Orchard
2021
tvExterminate All the Brutes
2021
movieSing Me Back Home
2019 · Juan
movieMaya
2018 · Frédéric
movieVolontaire
2018 · Albertini
tvIskander
2018 · Oscar
movieLet the Sunshine In
2017 · End Man
movieGone
2017 · Claude Vannier
Metropole
movieMetropole
2017
movieChocolat
2016 · Victor
tvNina
2015 · Mathias Savignon
movieRouge
2015 · Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
moviePortrait of the Artist
2015 · Scottie
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
movieMadeleine d'entre les Morts
2014 · The man
movieVoilà l'enchaînement
2014 · Lui
movieMurder in Pacot
2014 · L'homme
movieUn enfant en danger
2013 · André
movieBastards
2013 · Dr. Béthanie
Césaire, le prix de la liberté
movieCésaire, le prix de la liberté
2013 · Aimé Césaire
movieRapt
2009 · Maître Walser
moviePersecution
2009 · Thomas
movieThe Limits of Control
2009 · Creole
movie35 Shots of Rum
2009 · Lionel
movieNégropolitain
2008 · Alain
movieWe Don't Choose Our Parents
2008 · Le juge Mauvoisin
Déjà vu
movieDéjà vu
2007 · Kiff
movieBoarding Gate
2007 · Andrew
tvUn flic
2007 · Schneider
movieTag!
2007 · Nkruma
movieElf, Kings of Oil
2007 · Pascal Lissouba
movieThe Elf Case
2007 · Pascal Lissouba
movieL'île des esclaves
2006
movieA Perfect Couple
2006 · Patrick
movieThe Intruder
2005 · Le prêtre
movieIn Your Dreams
2005 · Mojo
movieThe United States of Albert
2005 · Nolton Barnett
movieNèg maron
2005 · Siwo
movieThe Man Who Came From Elsewhere
2004 · Pierre Adélaïde
movieNord-plage
2004
movieCoffee and Cigarettes
2004 · Alex (segment "No Problem")
movieLa nuit sera longue
2003 · François
movieTiresia
2003 · Marignac
movieThe Dope
2003 · Shaft
movieTen Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · (segment "Vers Nancy")
movieVers Nancy
2002
movieLa merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002 · (Segment 'Never Twice')
movieTrouble Every Day
2001 · Dr. Léo
movieLumumba
2000 · Joseph Mobutu
movieLast Harem
1999 · Nadir
movieLate August, Early September
1999 · Jérémie
movieLe serpent a mangé la grenouille
1998 · Yves Le Guen
movieIn a Memory of a Film Gone By
1998 · himself
movieThe House
1997
movieNenette and Boni
1997 · Gynecologist
movieMy Family's Honour
1997 · Malcolm
movieAfrica Dreaming
1997 · Michael
movieSo Be It
1997
movieIrma Vep
1996 · Desormeaux
movieClubbed to Death
1996 · Mambo
movieUn si joli bouquet
1995 · Barthélémy
movieThe Great White of Lambarene
1995 · Koumba
movieThe Heart's Cry
1995 · Ibrahim Sow
movieDuo
1995 · Man
movieNever Twice
1995 · Never Twice
movieThe Masturbators
1995 · Narrator
movieI Can't Sleep
1994 · Théo
tvLes Cordier, juge et flic
1994 · Sayyid
movieThe Absence
1993 · Soldier
movieLest We Forget
1991 · Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
movieNo Fear, No Die
1990 · Jocelyn
movieHow Good the Whites Are
1988 · Le travailleur chez Renault
movieTaxi Boy
1986 · Pascal
movieUrgence
1985
movieThe Syringe
1984 · Le chef des 'Blackies'
The Arrival
movieThe Arrival
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An Odd Enchantment
movieAn Odd Enchantment
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