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Alex Descas
ActorBorn January 1, 1958 (68 years)
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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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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Alex Descas Filmography
| 2025 | Adam's Sake · as Naïm |
| 2024 | Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Irma Vep (TV Series) · as Gregory Desormeaux |
| 2021 | Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté · as (voix Off) |
| 2021 | Exterminate All the Brutes (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Sing Me Back Home · as Juan |
| 2018 | Maya · as Frédéric |
| 2018 | Raising Colors · as Albertini |
| 2018 | Maroni (TV Series) · as Oscar |
| 2017 | Let the Sunshine In · as End Man |
| 2016 | Chocolat · as Victor |
| 2015 | Rouge · as Scottie, Dans «madeleine D'entre Les Morts» |
| 2015 | Nina (TV Series) · as Mathias Savignon |
| 2014 | Portrait of the Artist · as Scottie |
| 2014 | Murder in Pacot · as L'homme |
| 2014 | Pure Life · as Léon Gontran Damas |
| 2013 | Child in Danger · as André |
| 2013 | Bastards · as Dr. Béthanie |
| 2009 | Persécution · as Thomas |
| 2009 | Rapt · as Maître Walser |
| 2009 | The Limits of Control · as Creole |
| 2008 | 35 Shots of Rum · as Lionel |
| 2007 | Les prédateurs (TV Series) · as Pascal Lissouba |
| 2007 | Boarding Gate · as Andrew |
| 2007 | Un flic (TV Series) · as Schneider |
| 2005 | A Perfect Couple · as Patrick |
| 2005 | In Your Dreams · as Mojo |
| 2005 | Les états-Unis d'Albert · as Nolton Barnett |
| 2005 | Nèg maron · as Siwo |
| 2004 | The Intruder · as Le Prêtre |
| 2004 | The Man Who Came from Elsewhere · as Pierre Adélaïde |
| 2003 | Hanging Offense · as Denis |
| 2003 | Tiresia · as Marignac |
| 2003 | Coffee and Cigarettes · as Alex (segment "no Problem") |
| 2003 | The Dope · as Shaft |
| 2002 | Ten Minutes Older: The Cello · as (segment "vers Nancy") |
| 2001 | Trouble Every Day · as Dr. Léo |
| 2000 | Lumumba · as Joseph Mobutu |
| 1999 | Harem Suare · as Nadir |
| 1998 | Late August, Early September · as Jérémie |
| 1998 | L'honneur de ma famille · as Malcolm |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Saraka bô · as Bataille |
| 1996 | Nénette and Boni · as Gynecologist |
| 1996 | Irma Vep · as Desormeaux |
| 1996 | Few of Us · as Cast |
| 1996 | Clubbed to Death (Lola) · as Mambo |
| 1995 | Le grand blanc de Lambaréné · as Koumba |
| 1994 | I Can't Sleep · as Théo |
| 1994 | The Heart's Cry · as Ibrahim Sow |
| 1992 | Les Cordier, juge et flic (TV Series) · as Sayyid |
| 1992 | The Absence · as Soldier |
| 1990 | No Fear, No Die · as Jocelyn |
| 1988 | Ya bon les blancs · as Le Travailleur Chez Renault |
| 1987 | Les keufs · as Cast |
| 1986 | I Hate Actors · as Allan |
| 1986 | Taxi Boy · as Pascal |
| 1986 | Justice de flic · as Cast |
| 1986 | Bleu comme l'enfer · as Le Noir |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | Hell Train · as Cast |
| 1984 | The Syringe · as Le Chef Des 'blackies' |
| 1984 | Rebelote · as Amant Nadine |
| 1984 | Black Sequence (TV Series) · as Jean Gallieni |
| 2018 | Slavery Routes (TV Series) · as Self - Additional Narrator |
| 1991 | Lest We Forget · as Self |