Acting
Alex Descas
EN, FR, SV, TR cinema · 79 credits
Born
1 January 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
France
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
Filmography
The Failing
as L'Abbé Gomis
You+Me - Against the World
as Léonard Abrams
Adam's Sake
as Naïm
Which Way Africa?
as Narrator
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
as Narrator (Voice)
Brûlé neige
as Henri
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
as (Voix Off)
Volontaire
as Albertini
Maya
as Frédéric
Let the Sunshine In
as End Man
Gone
as Claude Vannier
Chocolat
as Victor
Portrait of the Artist
as Scottie
Rouge
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
Murder in Pacot
as L'homme
Bastards
as Dr. Béthanie
Child in Peril
as André
Aimé Césaire, le prix de la liberté
as Aimé Césaire
The Limits of Control
as Creole
35 Shots of Rum
as Lionel
Rapt
as Maître Walser
Persecution
as Thomas
Négropolitain
as Alain
We Don't Choose Our Parents
as Le juge Mauvoisin
Tag!
as Nkruma
Boarding Gate
as Andrew
Elf, Kings of Oil
as Pascal Lissouba
The Elf Case
as Pascal Lissouba
A Perfect Couple
as Patrick
The United States of Albert
as Nolton Barnett
Nèg maron
as Siwo
In Your Dreams
as Mojo
The Intruder
as Le prêtre
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
as Pierre Adélaïde
The Dope
as Shaft
La nuit sera longue
as François
Tiresia
as Marignac
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
as (Segment 'Never Twice')
Trouble Every Day
as Dr. Léo
Lumumba
as Joseph Mobutu
Last Harem
as Nadir
Late August, Early September
as Jérémie
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
as Yves Le Guen
Africa Dreaming
as Michael
My Family's Honour
as Malcolm
Nenette and Boni
as Gynecologist
Irma Vep
as Desormeaux
Clubbed to Death
as Mambo
Never Twice
as Never Twice
Un si joli bouquet
as Barthélémy
Duo
as Man
The Heart's Cry
as Ibrahim Sow
The Masturbators
as Narrator
I Can't Sleep
as Théo
The Absence
as Soldier
Lest We Forget
as Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
No Fear, No Die
as Jocelyn
How Good the Whites Are
as Le travailleur chez Renault
Taxi Boy
as Pascal
Urgence
Actor
The Syringe
as Le chef des 'Blackies'