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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 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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 17, 1961
Age
65 years old
Place of Birth
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Popularity Score
1.2
Filmography
Redoubt
Karl-Göran Persson
2026Movie
Erratics
Lucien Le Saint
2026Movie
The End
(voice)
2026Movie
In All My Journeys I Am Returning
2026Movie
Hyacinthe
Reda
2025Movie
In the Land of Arto
Rob
2025Movie
In the Name of Blood
Jacques
2025Movie
Demons to Diamonds
The prisoner
2025Movie
The Stranger
Salamano
2025Movie
Sibyl
(Archive footage)
2025Movie
Bacon-Freud, face à face
Voix-off
2025Movie
Hotel Fantasma
2025Movie
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
2025Movie
It's Not Me
Monsieur Merde
2024Movie
The Boy Who Owns the World
Kasimir
2024Movie
Two Night Owls in Paris
Le bouquiniste
2024Movie
Fracas
2024Movie
Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino
Self
2024Movie
Fracas
Writer
2024Movie
Miserable Miracle
Narrator (French)
2023Movie
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
Self
2023Movie
Body of Crime
2023Movie
Thunder Voice
Prophet
2023Movie
Hood Witch
Jules
2023Movie
Poisson rouge
Père de Guillaume
2023Movie
The Green Eyes
2023Movie
Human Flowers of Flesh
Galoup
2023Movie
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
2023Movie
South Sentinel
Commandant de Royer
2022Movie
All Effort of Men
Narrator (voice)
2022Movie
X14
2022Movie
Le discours
Le politicien
2022Movie
Aymeline
Franco Fontane
2022Movie
Tell Me Iggy
Self
2022Movie
Night of the Kings
Silence
2021Movie
The Nipple Whisperer
Maurice Sanders
2021Movie
Tralala
Climby
2021Movie
Silver Skates
Fourier
2020Movie
The Blue Star
Le Narrateur
2020Movie
Gagarine
Gérard
2020Movie
Girls with Balls
Barman
2019Movie
The Escapade
Jacques
2019Movie
The Bra
Kamal
2019Movie
The Mountain
Jack
2019Movie
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
Monsieur Loyal
2019Movie
Silent Streams
2019Movie
Who the Fuck Are You
Psychiatrist
2019Movie
Figurant
2019Movie
The Traveller
Alberto
2019TV
Fan Club
Damien
2018Movie
Scaramouche Scaramouche
Scaramouche
2018Movie
The Night Eats the World
Alfred
2018Movie
One Nation, One King
Marat
2018Movie
3 Days in Quiberon
Fisherman Poet
2018Movie
My Intelligent Comedy
Allen
2018Movie
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
Doctor de Chomo
2018Movie
The Emperor of Paris
Maillard
2018Movie
Gray House
Self
2017Movie
History's Future
Lottery Ticket Seller
2016Movie
Boris Without Beatrice
L'Inconnu
2016Movie
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016Movie
Kazarken: As We Dig
Chiron, le centaure
2016Movie
Midnight Sun
Pierre Carnot
2016TV
Austerlitz
Jacques Austerlitz
2015Movie
Me and Kaminski
Karl-Ludwig
2015Movie
Pitchipoï
Pierre Schulmann
2015Movie
Dark Forests
Voice
2015Movie
Eva Doesn't Sleep
Koenig
2015Movie
21 Nights with Pattie
André
2015Movie
Graziella
Antoine
2015Movie
Ogaden
2014Movie
Journey to the West
Dragon
2014Movie
Mr. X
Self
2014Movie
The Iron Ivan
Eugene de Paris
2014Movie
Le mystère des jonquilles
Sam
2014Movie
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
Self (uncredited)
2014Movie
Marussia
Clochard
2013Movie
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
The Theologist
2013Movie
Biette
Self
2013Movie
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
Marcel Dassault
2013Movie
Les Grandes Marées
Marc
2013Movie
Jiminy
Otto Hoffmann
2013Movie
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
Self
2013Movie
Tired of Being Handsome
2013Movie
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
Self
2013Movie
Holy Motors
Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
2012Movie
Morning Star
Elliot
2012Movie
Eye of the Astronomer
Jean Kepler
2012Movie
Square
Self
2012TV
Atlantika
2011Movie
My Little Princess
Ernst
2011Movie
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
The ogre
2011Movie
Hitler in Hollywood
Denis Lavant
2011Movie
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
Bezon
2010Movie
The Lonely
2009Movie
The Temptation of St. Tony
Count Korzybski
2009Movie
Les Williams
2009Movie
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
(voice)
2009Movie
Hymn to Merde
Merde
2009Movie
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
André Custe
2009TV
Tokyo!
Merde' (segment "Merde")
2008Movie
Mister Lonely
Charlie Chaplin
2008Movie
Captain Ahab
Capitaine Achab
2008Movie
Happy New Year London
Gerrard Ames
2007Movie
Wild Camp
Blaise
2005Movie
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
Self
2005Movie
A Very Long Engagement
Six-Soux
2004Movie
Language Does Not Lie
Narrator (voice)
2004Movie
Luminal
Ryu
2004Movie
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
Self - Narrator (voice)
2003Movie
Correspondances: Dostoïevski
reader
2003Movie
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
(voice)
2002Movie
Married/Unmarried
Love
2001Movie
Şoför
The Driver
2001Movie
Deep in the Woods
Stephane
2000Movie
Beau Travail
Galoup
2000Movie
La Squale
Le joker
2000Movie
Tuvalu
Anton
1999Movie
Melody for a Hustler
L'auto-stoppeur
1998Movie
Don Juan
Pierrot
1998Movie
Le monde à l'envers
Yann Kerebel
1998Movie
Wild Animals
Emil
1997Movie
Visiblement je vous aime
Denis
1995Movie
The Chess Game
Max
1994Movie
De force avec d'autres
Denis
1993Movie
The Lovers on the Bridge
Alex
1991Movie
Mona and I
Pierre
1990Movie
Once Around the Park
Berville
1989Movie
Mauvais Sang
Alex
1986Movie
Going and Coming Back
Simon Lerner's patient
1985Movie
Boy Meets Girl
Alex
1984Movie
Long Live Life
Caviar delivery man
1984Movie
After Midnight
(voice)
1983Movie
Entre Nous
Un militaire
1983Movie
The Wounded Man
Wanderer
1983Movie
Les Misérables
Montparnasse
1982Movie
Paris Ficelle
Joe
1982Movie
L'Ombre sur la plage
1982Movie
Que demande le peuple
—Movie
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture
Narrateur
—Movie
Dante's Divine Comedy
Narrator / Virgil / Dante
—Movie
Makunaíma XXI
—Movie
Waster
Waster
—Movie
7 jours 4000 ans
(Voix)
—Movie
The Countess of Monte Cristo
—TV