Alex Descas
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1958
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
78 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
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The Failing
2026
6.8
Adam's Sake
2025
7.3
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
2024
NR
Which Way Africa?
2024
NR
Brûlé neige
2022
6.5
Irma Vep
2022
8.0
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
2021
NR
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
2021
7.4
Exterminate All the Brutes
2021
4.8
Sing Me Back Home
2019
5.3
Maya
2018
5.7
Volontaire
2018
5.0
Iskander
2018
5.2
Let the Sunshine In
2017
5.0
Gone
20176.0
Metropole
2017
6.8
Chocolat
2016
5.4
Nina
2015
6.0
Rouge
2015
5.7
Portrait of the Artist
2015NR
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
2014
5.7
Voilà l'enchaînement
2014
3.9
Murder in Pacot
2014
7.3
Un enfant en danger
2013
5.7
Bastards
2013
NR
Aimé Césaire, le prix de la liberté
2013
6.2
Rapt
2009
4.3
Persecution
2009
6.0
The Limits of Control
2009
6.8
35 Shots of Rum
2009
NR
Négropolitain
2008
NR
We Don't Choose Our Parents
2008NR
Déjà vu
2007
5.0
Boarding Gate
2007
7.2
Un flic
2007
5.5
Tag!
2007
NR
Elf, Kings of Oil
2007
5.0
The Elf Case
2007
NR
L'île des esclaves
2006
5.5
A Perfect Couple
2006
6.5
The Intruder
2005
5.2
In Your Dreams
2005
3.8
The United States of Albert
2005
6.3
Nèg maron
2005
7.0
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
2004
8.0
Nord-plage
2004
6.9
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
10.0
La nuit sera longue
2003
5.9
Tiresia
2003
4.6
The Dope
2003
6.6
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002
8.5
Vers Nancy
2002
7.0
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002
5.8
Trouble Every Day
2001
6.8
Lumumba
2000
5.5
Last Harem
1999
5.9
Late August, Early September
1999
9.0
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
1998
NR
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
1998
7.3
The House
1997
6.5
Nenette and Boni
1997
9.0
My Family's Honour
1997
8.0
Africa Dreaming
1997
NR
So Be It
1997
6.7
Irma Vep
1996
5.9
Clubbed to Death
1996
10.0
Un si joli bouquet
1995
NR
Le Banquet
1995
5.3
The Great White of Lambarene
1995
6.2
The Heart's Cry
1995
NR
Duo
1995
10.0
Never Twice
1995
3.0
The Masturbators
1995
6.4
I Can't Sleep
1994
5.3
Les Cordier, juge et flic
1994
6.5
The Absence
1993
7.0
Lest We Forget
1991
6.1
No Fear, No Die
1990
6.6
How Good the Whites Are
1988
5.5
Taxi Boy
1986
4.9
Urgence
1985
5.1
The Syringe
1984NR
The Arrival
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An Odd Enchantment
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