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Denis Lavant

Denis Lavant

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

17/06/1961

Age

64 years old

Place of Birth

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Denis Lavant

Biography

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 ro... Read More

Known For

Hyacinthe

It's Not Me

The Boy Who Owns the World

The Boy Who Owns the World

Thunder Voice

Body of Crime

Miserable Miracle

Miserable Miracle

L'Impossible Monsieur Simon

L'Impossible Monsieur Simon

All Effort of Men

All Effort of Men

X14

South Sentinel

Filmography

Cast

2025

Hyacinthe

as Reda

2024

It's Not Me

as Monsieur Merde

2024

The Boy Who Owns the World

as Kasimir

2023

Thunder Voice

as Prophet

2023

Body of Crime

2023

Miserable Miracle

as Narrator (French)

2023

L'Impossible Monsieur Simon

as Self

2022

All Effort of Men

as Narrator (voice)

2022

X14

2022

South Sentinel

as Commandant de Royer

2021

Le discours

as Le politicien

2018

Scaramouche Scaramouche

as Scaramouche

2018

Fan Club

as Damien

2015

Me and Kaminski

as Karl-Ludwig

2015

Austerlitz

as Jacques Austerlitz

2015

Pitchipoï

as Pierre Schulmann

2014

Journey to the West

as Dragon

2014

Mr. X

as Self

2014

Ogaden

2013

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael K...

as The Theologist

2013

Biette

as Self

2013

Les Grandes Marées

as Marc

2013

Marussia

as Clochard

2013

Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus

as Marcel Dassault

2012

Morning Star

as Elliot

2012

Holy Motors

as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / A...

2012

Eye of the Astronomer

as Jean Kepler

2011

Hop-o'-My-Thumb

as The ogre

2011

My Little Princess

as Ernst

2011

Atlantika

2009

The Temptation of St. Tony

as Count Korzybski

2009

The Lonely

2009

Les Williams

2008

Tokyo!

as Merde' (segment "Merde")

2008

Captain Ahab

as Capitaine Achab

2008

Mister Lonely

as Charlie Chaplin

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

2003

Correspondances: Dostoïevski

as reader

2003

Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste a...

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2001

Married/Unmarried

as Love

2000

La Squale

as Le joker

2000

Deep in the Woods

as Stephane

2000

Beau Travail

as Galoup

1999

Tuvalu

as Anton

1998

Melody for a Hustler

as L'auto-stoppeur

1998

Don Juan

as Pierrot

1997

Wild Animals

as Emil

1995

Visiblement je vous aime

as Denis

1993

De force avec d'autres

as Denis

1991

The Lovers on the Bridge

as Alex

1990

Mona and I

as Pierre

1989

Once Around the Park

as Berville

1986

Mauvais Sang

as Alex

1984

Boy Meets Girl

as Alex

1984

Long Live Life

as Caviar delivery man

1983

After Midnight

as (voice)

1983

Entre Nous

as Un militaire

1982

Les Misérables

as Montparnasse

2026

In the Land of Arto

2025

Sibyl

as (Archive footage)

2025

DEMONS TO DIAMONDS

2025

In the Name of Blood

as Jacques

2024

Fracas

2024

Two Night Owls in Paris

as Le bouquiniste

2024

Hood Witch

as Jules

2023

Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui

2023

Poisson rouge

as Père de Guillaume

2023

The Green Eyes

2023

Human Flowers of Flesh

as Galoup

2022

Aymeline

as Franco Fontane

2021

Tralala

as Climby

2021

The Nipple Whisperer

as Maurice Sanders

2021

Night of the Kings

as Silence

2020

Silver Skates

as Fourier

2020

Gagarine

as Gérard

2020

The Blue Star

as Le Narrateur

2019

The Escapade

as Jacques

2019

Figurant

2019

Who the Fuck Are You

as Psychiatrist

2019

Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux

as Monsieur Loyal

2019

The Bra

as Kamal

2019

Girls with Balls

as Barman

2019

The Mountain

as Jack

2019

Silent Streams

2018

The Emperor of Paris

as Maillard

2018

One Nation, One King

as Marat

2018

Cornelius, the Howling Miller

as Doctor de Chomo

2018

3 Days in Quiberon

as Fisherman Poet

2018

The Night Eats the World

as Alfred

2018

My Intelligent Comedy

as Allen

2017

Gray House

as Self

2016

Kazarken: As We Dig

as Chiron, le centaure

2016

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

as Louis-Ferdinand Céline

2016

Boris Without Beatrice

as L'Inconnu

2016

History's Future

as Lottery Ticket Seller

2015

21 Nights with Pattie

as André

2015

Eva Doesn't Sleep

as Koenig

2015

Graziella

as Antoine

2015

Dark Forests

as Voice

2014

Le mystère des jonquilles

as Sam

2014

The Iron Ivan

as Poddubny's Coach

2013

Jiminy

as Otto Hoffmann

2013

En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel

as Self

2013

Tired of Being Handsome

2013

DRIVE IN Holy Motors

as Self

2010

Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, p...

as Bezon

2009

Hymn to Merde

as Merde

2009

Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir

as (voice)

2007

Happy New Year London

as Gerrard Ames

2005

Une année au front : dans les coulisses ...

as Self

2002

La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Tobog...

as (voice)

2001

Şoför

as The Driver

1998

Le monde à l'envers

as Yann Kerebel

1994

The Chess Game

as Max

1985

Going and Coming Back

as Simon Lerner's patient

1983

The Wounded Man

as Wanderer

1982

Paris Ficelle

as Joe

Crew

2024

Fracas

as Writer