- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 17, 1961
- Place of Birth
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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 Lonely, which features Carax in a supporting role.
Filmography
Halmeoni
movieHalmeoni
2028 · Dominique Brisebard
movieThe End
2026 · (voice)
movieRedoubt
2026 · Karl-Göran Persson
movieIn the Land of Arto
2025 · Rob
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
movieL’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
2025
movieThe Stranger
2025 · Salamano
movieSibyl
2025 · (Archive footage)
movieHyacinthe
2025 · Reda
movieBacon-Freud, face à face
2025 · Voix-off
movieDemons to Diamonds
2025 · The prisoner
movieHotel Fantasma
2025
movieIn the Name of Blood
2025 · Jacques
movieWalter Benjamin, el aura del camino
2024 · Self
movieFracas
2024 · , Writer
movieTwo Night Owls in Paris
2024 · Le bouquiniste
movieIt's Not Me
2024 · Monsieur Merde
movieThe Boy Who Owns the World
2024 · Kasimir
moviePetit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
2023
movieThunder Voice
2023 · Prophet
movieBody of Crime
2023
movieHood Witch
2023 · Jules
moviePoisson rouge
2023 · Père de Guillaume
movieMiserable Miracle
2023 · Narrator (French)
movieThe Green Eyes
2023
movieL'Impossible Monsieur Simon
2023 · Self
movieHuman Flowers of Flesh
2023 · Galoup
movieAll Effort of Men
2022 · Narrator (voice)
movieAymeline
2022 · Franco Fontane
movieX14
2022
movieTell Me Iggy
2022 · Self
movieLe discours
2022 · Le politicien
movieSouth Sentinel
2022 · Commandant de Royer
movieTralala
2021 · Climby
movieThe Nipple Whisperer
2021 · Maurice Sanders
movieNight of the Kings
2021 · Silence
movieSilver Skates
2020 · Fourier
movieGagarine
2020 · Gérard
movieThe Blue Star
2020 · Le Narrateur
The Escapade
movieThe Escapade
2019 · Jacques
movieFigurant
2019
movieWho the Fuck Are You
2019 · Psychiatrist
movieVous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
2019 · Monsieur Loyal
movieGirls with Balls
2019 · Barman
movieThe Mountain
2019 · Jack
tvThe Traveller
2019 · Alberto
movieSilent Streams
2019
movieThe Bra
2019 · Kamal
movieThe Emperor of Paris
2018 · Maillard
movieScaramouche Scaramouche
2018 · Scaramouche
movieOne Nation, One King
2018 · Marat
Fan Club
movieFan Club
2018 · Damien
movieCornelius, the Howling Miller
2018 · Doctor de Chomo
movie3 Days in Quiberon
2018 · Fisherman Poet
movieThe Night Eats the World
2018 · Alfred
movieMy Intelligent Comedy
2018 · Allen
movieGray House
2017 · Self
movieKazarken: As We Dig
2016 · Chiron, le centaure
tvMidnight Sun
2016 · Pierre Carnot
movieLouis-Ferdinand Céline
2016 · Louis-Ferdinand Céline
movieBoris Without Beatrice
2016 · L'Inconnu
History's Future
movieHistory's Future
2016 · Lottery Ticket Seller
movie21 Nights with Pattie
2015 · André
movieEva Doesn't Sleep
2015 · Koenig
movieMe and Kaminski
2015 · Karl-Ludwig
movieGraziella
2015 · Antoine
movieAusterlitz
2015 · Jacques Austerlitz
movieDark Forests
2015 · Voice
moviePitchipoï
2015 · Pierre Schulmann
movieMen Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
2014 · Self (uncredited)
movieLe mystère des jonquilles
2014 · Sam
movieThe Iron Ivan
2014 · Eugene de Paris
movieJourney to the West
2014 · Dragon
movieMr. X
2014 · Self
Ogaden
movieOgaden
2014
Jiminy
movieJiminy
2013 · Otto Hoffmann
movieAge of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013 · The Theologist
movieBiette
2013 · Self
movieLes Grandes Marées
2013 · Marc
movieEn ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013 · Self
movieMarussia
2013 · Clochard
movieTired of Being Handsome
2013
movieMarcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
2013 · Marcel Dassault
movieDRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013 · Self
movieMorning Star
2012 · Elliot
movieHoly Motors
2012 · Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
movieEye of the Astronomer
2012 · Jean Kepler
tvSquare
2012 · Self
movieHop-o'-My-Thumb
2011 · The ogre
movieMy Little Princess
2011 · Ernst
movieHitler in Hollywood
2011 · Denis Lavant
movieAtlantika
2011
movieJe, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
2010 · Bezon
movieThe Temptation of St. Tony
2009 · Count Korzybski
movieHymn to Merde
2009 · Merde
The Lonely
movieThe Lonely
2009
Les Williams
movieLes Williams
2009
movieLes Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
2009 · (voice)
tvThe Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009 · André Custe
movieTokyo!
2008 · Merde' (segment "Merde")
movieCaptain Ahab
2008 · Capitaine Achab
movieMister Lonely
2008 · Charlie Chaplin
movieHappy New Year London
2007 · Gerrard Ames
movieWild Camp
2005 · Blaise
movieUne année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005 · Self
movieLanguage Does Not Lie
2004 · Narrator (voice)
movieA Very Long Engagement
2004 · Six-Soux
movieLuminal
2004 · Ryu
movieCorrespondances: Dostoïevski
2003 · reader
movieMark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
2003 · Self - Narrator (voice)
movieLa merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002 · (voice)
movieMarried/Unmarried
2001 · Love
movieŞoför
2001 · The Driver
movieLa Squale
2000 · Le joker
movieDeep in the Woods
2000 · Stephane
movieBeau Travail
2000 · Galoup
movieTuvalu
1999 · Anton
movieMelody for a Hustler
1998 · L'auto-stoppeur
movieLe monde à l'envers
1998 · Yann Kerebel
movieDon Juan
1998 · Pierrot
movieWild Animals
1997 · Emil
movieVisiblement je vous aime
1995 · Denis
movieThe Chess Game
1994 · Max
De force avec d'autres
movieDe force avec d'autres
1993 · Denis
movieThe Lovers on the Bridge
1991 · Alex
movieMona and I
1990 · Pierre
movieOnce Around the Park
1989 · Berville
movieMauvais Sang
1986 · Alex
movieGoing and Coming Back
1985 · Simon Lerner's patient
movieBoy Meets Girl
1984 · Alex
movieLong Live Life
1984 · Caviar delivery man
movieAfter Midnight
1983 · (voice)
movieThe Wounded Man
1983 · Wanderer
movieEntre Nous
1983 · Un militaire
movieLes Misérables
1982 · Montparnasse
movieL'Ombre sur la plage
1982
movieParis Ficelle
1982 · Joe
Que demande le peuple
movieQue demande le peuple
—
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture
movieLa nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture
— · Narrateur
Dante's Divine Comedy
movieDante's Divine Comedy
— · Narrator / Virgil / Dante
Erratic Blocks
movieErratic Blocks
— · Lucien Le Saint
Makunaíma XXI
movieMakunaíma XXI
—
movieWaster
— · Waster
tvThe Countess of Monte Cristo
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