Denis Lavant
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jun 17, 1961 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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.
Known For
| 2026 | RedoubtKarl-Göran Persson | |
| 2025 | HyacintheReda | |
| 2025 | In the Land of ArtoRob | |
| 2025 | In the Name of BloodJacques | |
| 2025 | Demons to DiamondsThe prisoner | |
| 2025 | The StrangerSalamano | |
| 2025 | Sibyl(Archive footage) | |
| 2025 | Bacon-Freud, face à faceVoix-off | |
| 2025 | Hotel Fantasma | |
| 2025 | L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST | |
| 2024 | It's Not MeMonsieur Merde | |
| 2024 | The Boy Who Owns the WorldKasimir | |
| 2024 | Two Night Owls in ParisLe bouquiniste | |
| 2024 | Fracas | |
| 2023 | Miserable MiracleNarrator (French) | |
| 2023 | L'Impossible Monsieur SimonSelf | |
| 2023 | Body of Crime | |
| 2023 | Thunder VoiceProphet | |
| 2023 | Hood WitchJules | |
| 2023 | Poisson rougePère de Guillaume | |
| 2023 | The Green Eyes | |
| 2023 | Human Flowers of FleshGaloup | |
| 2023 | Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui | |
| 2022 | South SentinelCommandant de Royer | |
| 2022 | All Effort of MenNarrator (voice) | |
| 2022 | X14 | |
| 2022 | Le discoursLe politicien | |
| 2022 | AymelineFranco Fontane | |
| 2022 | Tell Me IggySelf | |
| 2021 | Night of the KingsSilence | |
| 2021 | The Nipple WhispererMaurice Sanders | |
| 2021 | TralalaClimby | |
| 2020 | Silver SkatesFourier | |
| 2020 | The Blue StarLe Narrateur | |
| 2020 | GagarineGérard | |
| 2019 | Girls with BallsBarman | |
| 2019 | The EscapadeJacques | |
| 2019 | The BraKamal | |
| 2019 | The MountainJack | |
| 2019 | Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beauxMonsieur Loyal | |
| 2019 | Silent Streams | |
| 2019 | Who the Fuck Are YouPsychiatrist | |
| 2019 | Figurant | |
| 2019 | The TravellerAlberto | |
| 2018 | Fan ClubDamien | |
| 2018 | Scaramouche ScaramoucheScaramouche | |
| 2018 | The Night Eats the WorldAlfred | |
| 2018 | One Nation, One KingMarat | |
| 2018 | 3 Days in QuiberonFisherman Poet | |
| 2018 | My Intelligent ComedyAllen | |
| 2018 | Cornelius, the Howling MillerDoctor de Chomo | |
| 2018 | The Emperor of ParisMaillard | |
| 2017 | Gray HouseSelf | |
| 2016 | History's FutureLottery Ticket Seller | |
| 2016 | Boris Without BeatriceL'Inconnu | |
| 2016 | Louis-Ferdinand CélineLouis-Ferdinand Céline | |
| 2016 | Kazarken: As We DigChiron, le centaure | |
| 2016 | Midnight SunPierre Carnot | |
| 2015 | AusterlitzJacques Austerlitz | |
| 2015 | Me and KaminskiKarl-Ludwig | |
| 2015 | PitchipoïPierre Schulmann | |
| 2015 | Dark ForestsVoice | |
| 2015 | Eva Doesn't SleepKoenig | |
| 2015 | 21 Nights with PattieAndré | |
| 2015 | GraziellaAntoine | |
| 2014 | Ogaden | |
| 2014 | Journey to the WestDragon | |
| 2014 | Mr. XSelf | |
| 2014 | The Iron IvanEugene de Paris | |
| 2014 | Le mystère des jonquillesSam | |
| 2014 | Men Show Movies & Women Their BreastsSelf (uncredited) | |
| 2013 | MarussiaClochard | |
| 2013 | Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasThe Theologist | |
| 2013 | BietteSelf | |
| 2013 | Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessusMarcel Dassault | |
| 2013 | Les Grandes MaréesMarc | |
| 2013 | JiminyOtto Hoffmann | |
| 2013 | En ningún lugar, Don Luis BuñuelSelf | |
| 2013 | Tired of Being Handsome | |
| 2013 | DRIVE IN Holy MotorsSelf | |
| 2012 | Holy MotorsMr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer | |
| 2012 | Morning StarElliot | |
| 2012 | Eye of the AstronomerJean Kepler | |
| 2012 | SquareSelf | |
| 2011 | Atlantika | |
| 2011 | My Little PrincessErnst | |
| 2011 | Hop-o'-My-ThumbThe ogre | |
| 2010 | Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poèteBezon | |
| 2009 | The Lonely | |
| 2009 | The Temptation of St. TonyCount Korzybski | |
| 2009 | Les Williams | |
| 2009 | Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir(voice) | |
| 2009 | Hymn to MerdeMerde | |
| 2009 | The Little Murders of Agatha ChristieAndré Custe | |
| 2008 | Tokyo!Merde' (segment "Merde") | |
| 2008 | Mister LonelyCharlie Chaplin | |
| 2008 | Captain AhabCapitaine Achab | |
| 2007 | Happy New Year LondonGerrard Ames | |
| 2005 | Wild CampBlaise | |
| 2005 | Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"Self | |
| 2004 | A Very Long EngagementSix-Soux | |
| 2004 | Language Does Not LieNarrator (voice) | |
| 2004 | LuminalRyu | |
| 2003 | Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstraitSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2003 | Correspondances: Dostoïevskireader | |
| 2002 | La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan(voice) | |
| 2001 | Married/UnmarriedLove | |
| 2001 | ŞoförThe Driver | |
| 2000 | Deep in the WoodsStephane | |
| 2000 | Beau TravailGaloup | |
| 2000 | La SqualeLe joker | |
| 1999 | TuvaluAnton | |
| 1998 | Melody for a HustlerL'auto-stoppeur | |
| 1998 | Don JuanPierrot | |
| 1998 | Le monde à l'enversYann Kerebel | |
| 1997 | Wild AnimalsEmil | |
| 1995 | Visiblement je vous aimeDenis | |
| 1994 | The Chess GameMax | |
| 1993 | De force avec d'autresDenis | |
| 1991 | The Lovers on the BridgeAlex | |
| 1990 | Mona and IPierre | |
| 1989 | Once Around the ParkBerville | |
| 1986 | Mauvais SangAlex | |
| 1985 | Going and Coming BackSimon Lerner's patient | |
| 1984 | Boy Meets GirlAlex | |
| 1984 | Long Live LifeCaviar delivery man | |
| 1983 | After Midnight(voice) | |
| 1983 | Entre NousUn militaire | |
| 1983 | The Wounded ManWanderer | |
| 1982 | Les MisérablesMontparnasse | |
| 1982 | Paris FicelleJoe | |
| 1982 | L'Ombre sur la plage | |
| - | Que demande le peuple | |
| - | La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourritureNarrateur | |
| - | Dante's Divine ComedyNarrator / Virgil / Dante | |
| - | Erratic BlocksLucien Le Saint | |
| - | Makunaíma XXI | |
| - | WasterWaster | |
| - | The End(voice) | |
| - | La Comtesse de Monte-Cristo |
| 2024 | FracasWriter |