Denis Lavant
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Denis Lavant (born 17 June 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denis Lavant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jun 17, 1961 In Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 86
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Les Misérables 1982-10-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Hyacinthe 2025-04-02
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hyacinthe | Reda | 2025-04-02 |
| Movie | Hood Witch | Jules | 2024-05-15 |
| Movie | It's Not Me | Monsieur Merde | 2024-06-12 |
| Movie | Body of Crime | 2023-11-19 | |
| Movie | South Sentinel | Commandant de Royer | 2022-04-13 |
| Movie | All Effort of Men | Narrator (voice) | 2022-12-31 |
| Movie | Night of the Kings | Silence | 2021-02-26 |
| Movie | The Nipple Whisperer | Maurice Sanders | 2021-03-16 |
| Movie | Tralala | Climby | 2021-07-16 |
| Movie | Gagarine | Gérard | 2020-11-11 |
| Movie | Silver Skates | Fourier | 2020-12-10 |
| Movie | The Mountain | Jack | 2019-06-26 |
| Movie | Silent Streams | 2019-04-10 | |
| Movie | Girls with Balls | Barman | 2019-07-26 |
| Movie | The Bra | Kamal | 2019-09-11 |
| Movie | The Escapade | Jacques | 2019-12-31 |
| Movie | Who the Fuck Are You | Psychiatrist | 2019-10-28 |
| Movie | Figurant | 2019-11-03 | |
| Movie | Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux | Monsieur Loyal | 2019-10-02 |
| Movie | The Night Eats the World | Alfred | 2018-03-07 |
| Movie | My Intelligent Comedy | Himself | 2018-01-26 |
| Movie | 3 Days in Quiberon | Fisherman Poet | 2018-04-12 |
| Movie | Fan Club | Damien | 2018-09-19 |
| Movie | Cornelius, the Howling Miller | Doctor de Chomo | 2018-05-02 |
| Movie | One Nation, One King | Marat | 2018-09-26 |
| Movie | The Emperor of Paris | Maillard | 2018-12-19 |
| Movie | Gray House | Self | 2017-03-21 |
| Movie | History's Future | Lottery Ticket Seller | 2016-01-28 |
| Movie | Boris Without Beatrice | L'Inconnu | 2016-03-04 |
| Movie | Louis-Ferdinand Céline | Louis-Ferdinand Céline | 2016-03-09 |
| Series | Midnight Sun | Pierre Carnot | 2016-10-23 |
| Movie | Dark Forests | Voice | 2015-03-20 |
| Movie | Pitchipoï | Pierre Schulmann | 2015-02-04 |
| Movie | Graziella | Antoine | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | Me and Kaminski | Karl-Ludwig | 2015-09-17 |
| Movie | Eva Doesn't Sleep | Koenig | 2015-11-05 |
| Movie | 21 Nights with Pattie | André | 2015-11-25 |
| Movie | Mr. X | Self | 2014-01-20 |
| Movie | Journey to the West | Dragon | 2014-04-24 |
| Movie | The Iron Ivan | 2014-07-10 | |
| Movie | Le mystère des jonquilles | Sam | 2014-07-18 |
| Movie | Marussia | Clochard | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus | Marcel Dassault | 2013-01-22 |
| Movie | En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel | Self | 2013-06-13 |
| Movie | Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas | The Theologist | 2013-08-14 |
| Movie | Les Grandes Marées | Marc | 2013-06-20 |
| Movie | Jiminy | Otto Hoffmann | 2013-11-19 |
| Movie | Biette | Self | 2013-06-26 |
| Movie | Eye of the Astronomer | Jean Kepler | 2012-02-21 |
| Movie | Holy Motors | Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer | 2012-07-02 |
| Movie | Morning Star | Elliot | 2012-11-28 |
| Movie | My Little Princess | Ernst | 2011-06-29 |
| Movie | Hop-o'-My-Thumb | The ogre | 2011-09-02 |
| Movie | Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète | Bezon | 2010-02-03 |
| Series | The Little Murders of Agatha Christie | André Custe | 2009-01-09 |
| Movie | Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir | (voice) | 2009-03-06 |
| Movie | The Temptation of St. Tony | Count Korzybski | 2009-10-10 |
| Movie | Mister Lonely | Charlie Chaplin | 2008-02-02 |
| Movie | Tokyo! | Merde' (segment "Merde") | 2008-08-16 |
| Movie | Captain Ahab | Capitaine Achab | 2008-02-13 |
| Movie | Happy New Year London | Gerrard Ames | 2007-12-28 |
| Movie | Wild Camp | Blaise | 2005-10-13 |
| Movie | Luminal | Ryu | 2004-05-09 |
| Movie | A Very Long Engagement | Six-Soux | 2004-10-27 |
| Movie | Married/Unmarried | Love | 2001-02-07 |
| Movie | Beau Travail | Galoup | 2000-05-03 |
| Movie | La Squale | Le joker | 2000-11-29 |
| Movie | Deep in the Woods | Stephane | 2000-06-13 |
| Movie | Tuvalu | Anton | 1999-11-19 |
| Movie | Le monde à l'envers | Yann Kerebel | 1998-08-14 |
| Movie | Don Juan | Pierrot | 1998-04-28 |
| Movie | Melody for a Hustler | L'auto-stoppeur | 1998-10-14 |
| Movie | Wild Animals | Emil | 1997-10-25 |
| Movie | Visiblement je vous aime | Denis | 1995-07-15 |
| Movie | The Chess Game | Max | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | De force avec d'autres | Denis | 1993-04-24 |
| Movie | The Lovers on the Bridge | Alex | 1991-10-16 |
| Movie | Mona and I | Pierre | 1990-04-04 |
| Movie | Once Around the Park | Berville | 1989-03-28 |
| Movie | Mauvais Sang | Alex | 1986-11-26 |
| Movie | Going and Coming Back | Simon Lerner's patient | 1985-03-27 |
| Movie | Long Live Life | Caviar delivery man | 1984-04-18 |
| Movie | Boy Meets Girl | Alex | 1984-11-21 |
| Movie | The Wounded Man | Wanderer | 1983-05-25 |
| Movie | Entre Nous | Un militaire | 1983-04-06 |
| Movie | Les Misérables | Montparnasse | 1982-10-20 |