Alex Descas
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jan 1, 1958 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
France
Biography
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
| 2026 | The FailingL'Abbé Gomis | |
| 2025 | Adam's SakeNaïm | |
| 2024 | Which Way Africa?Narrator | |
| 2024 | Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphantsNarrator (Voice) | |
| 2022 | Brûlé neigeHenri | |
| 2022 | Irma VepGregory Desormeaux | |
| 2021 | Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté(Voix Off) | |
| 2021 | Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard | |
| 2021 | Exterminate All the Brutes | |
| 2019 | Sing Me Back HomeJuan | |
| 2018 | VolontaireAlbertini | |
| 2018 | MayaFrédéric | |
| 2018 | IskanderOscar | |
| 2017 | Metropole | |
| 2017 | Let the Sunshine InEnd Man | |
| 2017 | GoneClaude Vannier | |
| 2016 | ChocolatVictor | |
| 2015 | Portrait of the ArtistScottie | |
| 2015 | RougeScottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts» | |
| 2015 | NinaMathias Savignon | |
| 2014 | Murder in PacotL'homme | |
| 2014 | Madeleine d'entre les MortsThe man | |
| 2014 | Voilà l'enchaînementLui | |
| 2013 | BastardsDr. Béthanie | |
| 2013 | Un enfant en dangerAndré | |
| 2013 | Césaire, le prix de la libertéAimé Césaire | |
| 2009 | The Limits of ControlCreole | |
| 2009 | 35 Shots of RumLionel | |
| 2009 | RaptMaître Walser | |
| 2009 | PersecutionThomas | |
| 2008 | NégropolitainAlain | |
| 2008 | We Don't Choose Our ParentsLe juge Mauvoisin | |
| 2007 | Déjà vuKiff | |
| 2007 | Tag!Nkruma | |
| 2007 | Boarding GateAndrew | |
| 2007 | Elf, Kings of OilPascal Lissouba | |
| 2007 | The Elf CasePascal Lissouba | |
| 2007 | Un flicSchneider | |
| 2006 | A Perfect CouplePatrick | |
| 2006 | L'île des esclaves | |
| 2005 | The United States of AlbertNolton Barnett | |
| 2005 | Nèg maronSiwo | |
| 2005 | In Your DreamsMojo | |
| 2005 | The IntruderLe prêtre | |
| 2004 | Coffee and CigarettesAlex (segment "No Problem") | |
| 2004 | The Man Who Came From ElsewherePierre Adélaïde | |
| 2004 | Nord-plage | |
| 2003 | The DopeShaft | |
| 2003 | La nuit sera longueFrançois | |
| 2003 | TiresiaMarignac | |
| 2002 | Vers Nancy | |
| 2002 | Ten Minutes Older: The Cello(segment "Vers Nancy") | |
| 2002 | La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan(Segment 'Never Twice') | |
| 2001 | Trouble Every DayDr. Léo | |
| 2000 | LumumbaJoseph Mobutu | |
| 1999 | Last HaremNadir | |
| 1999 | Late August, Early SeptemberJérémie | |
| 1998 | Le serpent a mangé la grenouilleYves Le Guen | |
| 1998 | In a Memory of a Film Gone Byhimself | |
| 1997 | The House | |
| 1997 | Africa DreamingMichael | |
| 1997 | My Family's HonourMalcolm | |
| 1997 | Nenette and BoniGynecologist | |
| 1997 | So Be It | |
| 1996 | Irma VepDesormeaux | |
| 1996 | Clubbed to DeathMambo | |
| 1995 | Never TwiceNever Twice | |
| 1995 | The Great White of LambareneKoumba | |
| 1995 | Un si joli bouquetBarthélémy | |
| 1995 | DuoMan | |
| 1995 | The Heart's CryIbrahim Sow | |
| 1995 | The MasturbatorsNarrator | |
| 1994 | I Can't SleepThéo | |
| 1994 | Les Cordier, juge et flicSayyid | |
| 1993 | The AbsenceSoldier | |
| 1991 | Against OblivionSelf | |
| 1990 | No Fear, No DieJocelyn | |
| 1988 | How Good the Whites AreLe travailleur chez Renault | |
| 1986 | Taxi BoyPascal | |
| 1985 | Urgence | |
| 1984 | The SyringeLe chef des 'Blackies' | |
| - | The Arrival |