Alex Descas
Acting
Born 1958-01-01 · France
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Descas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004 · Movie
Never Twice
1995 · Movie
Un si joli bouquet
1995 · Movie
Irma Vep
1996 · Movie
Chocolat
2016 · Movie
La nuit sera longue
2003 · Movie
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
1998 · Movie
My Family's Honour
1997 · Movie
The Limits of Control
2009 · Movie
35 Shots of Rum
2009 · Movie
Adam's Sake
2025 · Movie
Against Oblivion
1991 · Movie
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Movie
Lumumba
2000 · Movie
Trouble Every Day
2001 · Movie
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
2021 · Movie
Nord-plage
2004 · Movie
Africa Dreaming
1997 · Movie
How Good the Whites Are
1988 · Movie
Vers Nancy
2002 · Movie
Late August, Early September
1999 · Movie
The House
1997 · Movie
Bastards
2013 · Movie
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002 · Movie
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
2004 · Movie
Rapt
2009 · Movie
Last Harem
1999 · Movie
Un enfant en danger
2013 · Movie
Nenette and Boni
1997 · Movie
The Intruder
2005 · Movie
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
2024 · Movie
I Can't Sleep
1994 · Movie
The Absence
1993 · Movie
Boarding Gate
2007 · Movie
Let the Sunshine In
2017 · Movie
No Fear, No Die
1990 · Movie
Nèg maron
2005 · Movie
Rouge
2015 · Movie
In Your Dreams
2005 · Movie
Volontaire
2018 · Movie
Clubbed to Death
1996 · Movie
The Heart's Cry
1995 · Movie
Portrait of the Artist
2015 · Movie
Tiresia
2003 · Movie
Maya
2018 · Movie
The Dope
2003 · Movie
A Perfect Couple
2006 · Movie
Urgence
1985 · Movie
Taxi Boy
1986 · Movie
The Syringe
1984 · Movie
Voilà l'enchaînement
2014 · Movie
The Great White of Lambarene
1995 · Movie
The Elf Case
2007 · Movie
Tag!
2007 · Movie
Persecution
2009 · Movie
Sing Me Back Home
2019 · Movie
Gone
2017 · Movie
Murder in Pacot
2014 · Movie
The United States of Albert
2005 · Movie
The Masturbators
1995 · Movie