Denis Lavant
Acting
🎂 1961-06-17
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.
Cast credits(132)
André Custe
2009
Poddubny's Coach
2014
Doctor de Chomo
2018
Fourier
2020
Fisherman Poet
2018
Six-Soux
2004
Jacques
2025
Marat
2018
Maillard
2018
L'Inconnu
2016
Ernst
2011
Alberto
2019
Pierre Carnot
2016
Merde' (segment "Merde")
2008
Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
2012
Montparnasse
1982
2019
Alex
1991
Antoine
2015
The Theologist
2013
Alfred
2018
Père de Guillaume
2023
Allen
2018
Charlie Chaplin
2008
Self
2012
The ogre
2011
Un militaire
1983
Gerrard Ames
2007
Blaise
2005
2025
2025
Jacques Austerlitz
2015
Jules
2024
Alex
1986
Koenig
2015
Emil
1997
Self
2017
Pierrot
1998
Lottery Ticket Seller
2016
(voice)
1983
Barman
2019
Denis
1995
Le joker
2000
Marcel Dassault
2013
Jack
2019
Wanderer
1983
Galoup
2000
Kamal
2019
2025
2019
Reda
2025
Sam
2014
Stephane
2000
Self
2014
Caviar delivery man
1984
Anton
1999
Karl-Ludwig
2015
Climby
2021
Bezon
2010
Pierre
1990
Monsieur Merde
2024
Count Korzybski
2009
Denis
1993
Ryu
2004
Jean Kepler
2012
(Archive footage)
2025
Alex
1984
Max
1994
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016
Dragon
2014
Self
2005
Simon Lerner's patient
1985
Gérard
2020
L'auto-stoppeur
1998
Commandant de Royer
2022
Marc
2013
Self
2013
Clochard
2013
(voice)
2002
Narrator (French)
2023
Silence
2021
reader
2003
Capitaine Achab
2008
Scaramouche
2018
André
2015
Jacques
2019
2022
Narrator (voice)
2022
2023
Self - Narrator (voice)
2003
Berville
1989
Maurice Sanders
2021
Monsieur Loyal
2019
2011
Self
2013
Galoup
2023
Karl-Göran Persson
Kasimir
2024
Voix-off
2025
Damien
2018
2009
Pierre Schulmann
2015
Franco Fontane
2022
Elliot
2012
Le Narrateur
2020
Narrator (voice)
2004
2009
Voice
2015
Merde
2009
Self
2023
2023
Self
2013
(voice)
2009
Psychiatrist
2019
Narrator / Virgil / Dante
2024
2013
Chiron, le centaure
2016
2014
Otto Hoffmann
2013
Joe
1982
The Driver
2001
Love
2001
Yann Kerebel
1998
Le politicien
2021
2023
Lucien Le Saint
Narrateur
Prophet
2023
Le bouquiniste
2024