Denis Lavant
Denis Lavant (born 17 June 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.
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- Born:
- Jun 17, 1961 In Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 86
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Les Misérables 1982-10-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie In the Name of Blood 2025-01-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | In the Name of Blood | Mafia Boss | 2025-01-08 |
| Movie | Poisson rouge | Père de Guillaume | 2023-09-27 |
| Movie | Corpus Delicti | 2023-11-19 | |
| Movie | South Sentinel | Commandant de Royer | 2022-04-13 |
| Movie | X14 | 2022-07-07 | |
| Movie | Night of the Kings | Silence | 2021-02-26 |
| Movie | The Nipple Whisperer | Maurice Sanders | 2021-03-16 |
| Movie | Tralala | Climby | 2021-07-16 |
| Movie | Gagarine | Gérard | 2020-11-11 |
| Movie | Silver Skates | Fourier | 2020-12-10 |
| Movie | The Mountain | Jack | 2019-06-26 |
| Movie | Silent Streams | 2019-04-10 | |
| Movie | The Bra | Kamal | 2019-09-11 |
| Movie | Girls with Balls | Barman | 2019-07-26 |
| Movie | The Escapade | Jacques | 2019-12-31 |
| Movie | Figurant | 2019-11-03 | |
| Movie | Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux | Monsieur Loyal | 2019-10-02 |
| Movie | 3 Days in Quiberon | Fisherman Poet | 2018-04-12 |
| Movie | My Intelligent Comedy | Himself | 2018-01-26 |
| Movie | Cornélius, le meunier hurlant | Doctor de Chomo | 2018-05-02 |
| Movie | The Night Eats the World | Alfred | 2018-03-07 |
| Movie | Fan Club | Damien | 2018-09-19 |
| Movie | One Nation, One King | Marat | 2018-09-26 |
| Movie | The Emperor of Paris | Maillard | 2018-12-19 |
| Movie | Gray House | Self | 2017-03-21 |
| Movie | History's Future | Lottery Ticket Seller | 2016-01-28 |
| Movie | Boris Without Beatrice | L'Inconnu | 2016-03-04 |
| Series | Midnight Sun | Pierre Carnot | 2016-10-23 |
| Movie | Louis-Ferdinand Céline | Louis-Ferdinand Céline | 2016-03-09 |
| Movie | Kazarken: As We Dig | Chiron, le centaure | 2016-11-23 |
| Movie | Dark Forests | Voice | 2015-03-20 |
| Movie | Pitchipoï | Pierre Schulmann | 2015-02-04 |
| Movie | Austerlitz | Jacques Austerlitz | 2015-05-06 |
| Movie | Me and Kaminski | Karl-Ludwig | 2015-09-17 |
| Movie | Graziella | Antoine | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | 21 Nights with Pattie | André | 2015-11-25 |
| Movie | Eva Doesn't Sleep | Koenig | 2015-11-05 |
| Movie | Mr. X | Self | 2014-01-20 |
| Movie | Le voyage en Occident | Dragon | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | Journey to the West | Dragon | 2014-04-24 |
| Movie | The Iron Ivan | 2014-07-10 | |
| Movie | Le mystère des jonquilles | Sam | 2014-07-18 |
| Movie | Marussia | Clochard | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel | Self | 2013-06-13 |
| Movie | Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus | Marcel Dassault | 2013-01-22 |
| Movie | Jiminy | Otto Hoffmann | 2013-11-19 |
| Movie | Les Grandes Marées | Marc | 2013-06-20 |
| Movie | Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas | The Theologist | 2013-08-14 |
| Movie | Biette | Self | 2013-06-26 |
| Movie | Eye of the Astronomer | Jean Kepler | 2012-02-21 |
| Movie | Holy Motors | Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer | 2012-07-02 |
| Movie | Morning Star | Elliot | 2012-11-28 |
| Movie | My Little Princess | Ernst | 2011-06-29 |
| Movie | Hop-o'-My-Thumb | The ogre | 2011-09-02 |
| Movie | Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète | Bezon | 2010-02-03 |
| Series | The Little Murders of Agatha Christie | André Custe | 2009-01-09 |
| Movie | The Temptation of St. Tony | Count Korzybski | 2009-10-10 |
| Movie | Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir | (voice) | 2009-03-06 |
| Movie | Captain Ahab | Capitaine Achab | 2008-02-13 |
| Movie | Mister Lonely | Charlie Chaplin | 2008-02-02 |
| Movie | Tokyo! | Merde' (segment "Merde") | 2008-08-16 |
| Movie | Happy New Year London | Gerrard Ames | 2007-12-28 |
| Movie | Wild Camp | Blaise | 2005-10-13 |
| Movie | Luminal | Ryu | 2004-05-09 |
| Movie | A Very Long Engagement | Six-Soux | 2004-10-27 |
| Movie | Married/Unmarried | Love | 2001-02-07 |
| Movie | La Squale | Le joker | 2000-11-29 |
| Movie | Beau Travail | Galoup | 2000-05-03 |
| Movie | Deep in the Woods | Stephane | 2000-06-13 |
| Movie | Tuvalu | Anton | 1999-11-19 |
| Movie | Don Juan | Pierrot | 1998-04-28 |
| Movie | Melody for a Hustler | L'auto-stoppeur | 1998-10-14 |
| Movie | Wild Animals | Emil | 1997-10-25 |
| Movie | Visiblement je vous aime | Denis | 1995-07-15 |
| Movie | The Chess Game | Max | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | De force avec d'autres | Denis | 1993-04-24 |
| Movie | The Lovers on the Bridge | Alex | 1991-10-16 |
| Movie | Mona and I | Pierre | 1990-04-04 |
| Movie | Once Around the Park | Berville | 1989-03-28 |
| Movie | Mauvais Sang | Alex | 1986-11-26 |
| Movie | Going and Coming Back | Le patient de Simon Lerner | 1985-03-27 |
| Movie | Boy Meets Girl | Alex | 1984-11-21 |
| Movie | Long Live Life | Caviar delivery man | 1984-04-18 |
| Movie | Entre Nous | Un militaire | 1983-04-06 |
| Movie | The Wounded Man | Wanderer | 1983-05-25 |
| Movie | Les Misérables | Montparnasse | 1982-10-20 |