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Denis Lavant

ActorBorn June 17, 1961 (63 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Holy Motors
  • The Night Eats the World
  • Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
  • One Nation, One King
  • Les Miserables
  • Iron Ivan
  • Eva Doesn't Sleep

Known For

  • Holy Motors
  • Beau Travail
  • The Lovers on the Bridge
  • The Night Eats the World
  • Bad Blood
  • Boy Meets Girl
  • Tuvalu
  • Mister Lonely
  • Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
  • Deep in the Woods
  • Midnight Sun
  • The Emperor of Paris
  • The Bra
  • Night of the Kings
  • My Little Princess
  • Gagarine
  • Journey to the West
  • The Mountain
  • Girls with Balls
  • Wild Camp
  • Eva Doesn't Sleep
  • 3 Days in Quiberon
  • Me and Kaminski
  • The Temptation of St. Tony

Filmography

2025
2025
Hyacinthe · as Reda
2024
In the Name of Blood · as Jacques
2024
It's Not Me · as Monsieur Merde
2024
2023
Hood Witch · as Jules
2023
Poisson rouge · as Père De Guillaume
2023
Miserable Miracle · as Narrator (french)
2022
2021
Tralala · as Climby
2021
South Sentinel · as Commandant De Royer
2021
The Nipple Whisperer · as Maurice Sanders
2020
Silver Skates · as Fourier
2020
Night of the Kings · as Silence
2020
Gagarine · as Gérard
2020
The Blue Star · as Le Narrateur
2019
2019
The Traveler (TV Series) · as Alberto
2018
Girls with Balls · as Barman
2018
The Emperor of Paris · as Maillard
2018
2018
The Mountain · as Jack
2018
3 Days in Quiberon · as Fisherman Poet
2018
2018
The Bra · as Kamal
2018
2017
Cornelius, the Howling Miller · as Doctor De Chomo
2017
2017
2016
Kazarken: As we Dig · as Chiron, Le Centaure
2016
Midnight Sun (TV Series) · as Pierre Carnot
2016
History's Future · as Lottery Ticket Seller
2016
Louis-Ferdinand Céline · as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016
Boris Without Béatrice · as L'inconnu
2015
2015
2015
Me and Kaminski · as Karl-Ludwig
2014
Pitchipoï · as Pierre Schulmann
2014
2014
2014
Journey to the West · as Dragon
2013
2013
Marussia · as Clochard
2013
2012
L'étoile du jour · as Elliot
2012
Holy Motors · as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
2012
L'oeil de l'astronome · as Jean Kepler
2011
Hop-o'-My-Thumb · as The Ogre
2011
My Little Princess · as Ernst
2010
Let It Be · as Sapiente
2009
Obsessions · as Marc Douelec
2009
The Temptation of St. Tony · as Count Korzybski
2009
2009
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie (TV Series) · as André Custe
2008
Tokyo! · as Merde' (segment "merde")
2007
Captain Ahab · as Capitaine Achab
2007
Mister Lonely · as Charlie Chaplin
2007
Happy New Year London · as Gerrard Ames
2006
Infrarouge (TV Series) · as Narrator
2005
Wild Camp · as Blaise
2004
Language Does Not Lie · as Narrator (voice)
2004
A Very Long Engagement · as Six-Soux
2004
Luminal · as Ryu
2001
2000
The Squale · as Le Joker
2000
Deep in the Woods · as Stephane
1999
Beau Travail · as Galoup
1999
Tuvalu · as Anton
1998
Melody for a Hustler · as L'auto-Stoppeur
1998
Le monde à l'envers · as Yann Kerebel
1998
Don Juan · as Pierrot
1998
1997
Wild Animals · as Emil
1995
1994
The Chess Game · as Max
1992
1991
1989
Mona and I · as Pierre
1989
Once Around the Park · as Berville
1986
Bad Blood · as Alex
1985
Partir, revenir · as Simon Lerner's Patient
1984
Boy Meets Girl · as Alex
1984
Long Live Life · as Caviar Delivery Man
1984
1983
The Wounded Man · as Wanderer
1983
Entre Nous · as Un Militaire
1983
Paris ficelle · as Joe
1982
Les Miserables · as Montparnasse
1982
L'ombre sur la plage · as Mathieu
1975
Cinéma 16 (TV Series) · as Jean-Pierre
1967
Maigret (1967) (TV Series) · as P'tit Louis

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