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Alex Descas

Alex Descas

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

01/01/1958

Age

68 years old

Place of Birth

France

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 fea... Read More

Known For

The Failing

The Failing

Adam's Sake

Adam's Sake

Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

Which Way Africa?

Which Way Africa?

Brûlé neige

Brûlé neige

Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

Sing Me Back Home

Sing Me Back Home

Maya

Maya

Volontaire

Volontaire

Filmography

Cast

2026

The Failing

as L'Abbé Gomis

2025

Adam's Sake

as Naïm

2024

Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

as Narrator (Voice)

2024

Which Way Africa?

as Narrator

2022

Brûlé neige

as Henri

2021

Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

as (Voix Off)

2021

Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

2019

Sing Me Back Home

as Juan

2018

Maya

as Frédéric

2018

Volontaire

as Albertini

2017

Let the Sunshine In

as End Man

2017

Gone

as Claude Vannier

2017

Metropole

2016

Chocolat

as Victor

2015

Rouge

as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les mor...

2015

Portrait of the Artist

as Scottie

2014

Madeleine d'entre les Morts

as The man

2014

Voilà l'enchaînement

as Lui

2014

Murder in Pacot

as L'homme

2013

Un enfant en danger

as André

2013

Bastards

as Dr. Béthanie

2013

Césaire, le prix de la liberté

as Aimé Césaire

2009

Rapt

as Maître Walser

2009

Persecution

as Thomas

2009

The Limits of Control

as Creole

2009

35 Shots of Rum

as Lionel

2008

Négropolitain

as Alain

2008

We Don't Choose Our Parents

as Le juge Mauvoisin

2007

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

2006

L'île des esclaves

2005

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

2004

The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

as Pierre Adélaïde

2004

Nord-plage

2004

Coffee and Cigarettes

as Alex (segment "No Problem")

2003

La nuit sera longue

as François

2003

Tiresia

as Marignac

2003

The Dope

as Shaft

2002

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

as (segment "Vers Nancy")

2002

Vers Nancy

2002

La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Tobog...

as (Segment 'Never Twice')

2001

Trouble Every Day

as Dr. Léo

2000

Lumumba

as Joseph Mobutu

1999

Last Harem

as Nadir

1999

Late August, Early September

as Jérémie

1998

Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

as Yves Le Guen

1998

In a Memory of a Film Gone By

as himself

1997

The House

1997

Nenette and Boni

as Gynecologist

1997

My Family's Honour

as Malcolm

1997

Africa Dreaming

as Michael

1997

So Be It

1996

Irma Vep

as Desormeaux

1996

Clubbed to Death

as Mambo

1995

Un si joli bouquet

as Barthélémy

1995

The Great White of Lambarene

as Koumba

1995

The Heart's Cry

as Ibrahim Sow

1995

Duo

as Man

1995

Never Twice

as Never Twice

1995

The Masturbators

as Narrator

1994

I Can't Sleep

as Théo

1993

The Absence

as Soldier

1991

Against Oblivion

as Self

1990

No Fear, No Die

as Jocelyn

1988

How Good the Whites Are

as Le travailleur chez Renault

1986

Taxi Boy

as Pascal

1985

Urgence

1984

The Syringe

as Le chef des 'Blackies'