Alex Descas
Known for Acting · 83 credits
- Born
- 1958-01-01 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- France
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 Intruder, 35 Shots of Rum and Bastards, as well as Ten Minutes Older: The Cello. He is of Antillean (Guadeloupean) descent.
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Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (77)
The Limits of Control
2009
as Creole
Irma Vep
1996
as Desormeaux
Trouble Every Day
2001
as Dr. Léo
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
Boarding Gate
2007
as Andrew
Chocolat
2016
as Victor
Adam's Sake
2025
as Naïm
Volontaire
2018
as Albertini
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
Bastards
2013
as Dr. Béthanie
Let the Sunshine In
2017
as End Man
Last Harem
1999
as Nadir
35 Shots of Rum
2009
as Lionel
Late August, Early September
1999
as Jérémie
The Dope
2003
as Shaft
Urgence
1985
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
2004
as Pierre Adélaïde
Lumumba
2000
as Joseph Mobutu
How Good the Whites Are
1988
as Le travailleur chez Renault
Persecution
2009
as Thomas
Murder in Pacot
2014
as L'homme
The Great White of Lambarene
1995
as Koumba
No Fear, No Die
1990
as Jocelyn
Rouge
2015
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
2021
as (Voix Off)
Taxi Boy
1986
as Pascal
Africa Dreaming
1997
as Michael
Portrait of the Artist
2015
as Scottie
In Your Dreams
2005
as Mojo
Nenette and Boni
1997
as Gynecologist
Lest We Forget
1991
as Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
I Can't Sleep
1994
as Théo
The Syringe
1984
as Le chef des 'Blackies'
Clubbed to Death
1996
as Mambo
Un si joli bouquet
1995
as Barthélémy
Rapt
2009
as Maître Walser
Elf, Kings of Oil
2007
as Pascal Lissouba
Maya
2018
as Frédéric
The House
1997
The Absence
1993
as Soldier
Un enfant en danger
2013
as André
The Elf Case
2007
as Pascal Lissouba
The Intruder
2005
as Le prêtre
The Heart's Cry
1995
as Ibrahim Sow
Nèg maron
2005
as Siwo
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
1998
as Yves Le Guen
Voilà l'enchaînement
2014
as Lui
Sing Me Back Home
2019
as Juan
The Odd Enchantment of Madame P.
Tiresia
2003
as Marignac
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
2024
as Narrator (Voice)
The United States of Albert
2005
as Nolton Barnett
Which Way Africa?
2024
as Narrator
The Arrival
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002
as (Segment 'Never Twice')
Déjà vu
2007
as Kiff
Vers Nancy
2002
Metropole
2017
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
2021
Gone
2017
as Claude Vannier
My Family's Honour
1997
as Malcolm
Nord-plage
2004
A Perfect Couple
2006
as Patrick
The Masturbators
1995
as Narrator
Never Twice
1995
as Never Twice
La nuit sera longue
2003
as François
The Failing
2026
as L'Abbé Gomis
L'île des esclaves
2006
Duo
1995
as Man
Négropolitain
2008
as Alain
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
2014
as The man
Tag!
2007
as Nkruma
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
1998
as himself
Césaire, le prix de la liberté
2013
as Aimé Césaire
We Don't Choose Our Parents
2008
as Le juge Mauvoisin
Brûlé neige
2022
as Henri
So Be It
1997
About Alex Descas
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 th… With 83 credits spanning from 1984 to 2026, Alex Descas has appeared in 77 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alex Descas Movies
- The Limits of Control (2009) — as Creole
- Irma Vep (1996) — as Desormeaux
- Trouble Every Day (2001) — as Dr. Léo
- Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) — as Alex (segment "No Problem")
- Boarding Gate (2007) — as Andrew
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