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…
Known For
Filmography
The Failing
2026
Adam's Sake
2025
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
2024
Which Way Africa?
2024
Brûlé neige
2022
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
2021
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
2021
Sing Me Back Home
2019
Maya
2018
Volontaire
2018
Let the Sunshine In
2017
Gone
2017
Metropole
2017
Chocolat
2016
Rouge
2015
Portrait of the Artist
2015
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
2014
Voilà l'enchaînement
2014
Murder in Pacot
2014
Un enfant en danger
2013
Bastards
2013
Césaire, le prix de la liberté
2013
Rapt
2009
Persecution
2009
The Limits of Control
2009
35 Shots of Rum
2009
Négropolitain
2008
We Don't Choose Our Parents
2008
Déjà vu
2007
Boarding Gate
2007
Tag!
2007
Elf, Kings of Oil
2007
The Elf Case
2007
L'île des esclaves
2006
A Perfect Couple
2006
The Intruder
2005
In Your Dreams
2005
The United States of Albert
2005
Nèg maron
2005
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
2004
Nord-plage
2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
La nuit sera longue
2003
Tiresia
2003
The Dope
2003
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002
Vers Nancy
2002
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002
Trouble Every Day
2001
Lumumba
2000
Last Harem
1999
Late August, Early September
1999
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
1998
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
1998
The House
1997
Nenette and Boni
1997
My Family's Honour
1997
Africa Dreaming
1997
So Be It
1997
Irma Vep
1996
Clubbed to Death
1996
Un si joli bouquet
1995
The Great White of Lambarene
1995
The Heart's Cry
1995
Duo
1995
Never Twice
1995
The Masturbators
1995
I Can't Sleep
1994
The Absence
1993
Lest We Forget
1991
No Fear, No Die
1990
How Good the Whites Are
1988
Taxi Boy
1986
Urgence
1985
The Syringe
1984
The Arrival
The Odd Enchantment of Madame P.
