Denis Lavant
Known for Acting · 143 credits
- Born
- 1961-06-17 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Also known as
- Дени Лаван · 드니 라방
Biography
Denis Lavant (born June 17, 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.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (138)
The Stranger
2025
as Salamano
Beau Travail
2000
as Galoup
Silver Skates
2020
as Fourier
Holy Motors
2012
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
A Very Long Engagement
2004
as Six-Soux
The Lovers on the Bridge
1991
as Alex
The Night Eats the World
2018
as Alfred
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
as The Theologist
Going and Coming Back
1985
as Simon Lerner's patient
Les Misérables
1982
as Montparnasse
Night of the Kings
2021
as Silence
My Little Princess
2011
as Ernst
Tokyo!
2008
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
The Emperor of Paris
2018
as Maillard
Pitchipoï
2015
as Pierre Schulmann
Captain Ahab
2008
as Capitaine Achab
In the Land of Arto
2025
as Rob
Graziella
2015
as Antoine
Gray House
2017
as Self
Mauvais Sang
1986
as Alex
3 Days in Quiberon
2018
as Fisherman Poet
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
as Denis Lavant
Gagarine
2020
as Gérard
The Wounded Man
1983
as Wanderer
Girls with Balls
2019
as Barman
Journey to the West
2014
as Dragon
Mister Lonely
2008
as Charlie Chaplin
Mr. X
2014
as Self
The Mountain
2019
as Jack
Hood Witch
2023
as Jules
Me and Kaminski
2015
as Karl-Ludwig
Entre Nous
1983
as Un militaire
One Nation, One King
2018
as Marat
The Temptation of St. Tony
2009
as Count Korzybski
The Iron Ivan
2014
as Eugene de Paris
Paris Ficelle
1982
as Joe
After Midnight
1983
as (voice)
It's Not Me
2024
as Monsieur Merde
Long Live Life
1984
as Caviar delivery man
Wild Animals
1997
as Emil
Don Juan
1998
as Pierrot
Boy Meets Girl
1984
as Alex
Tell Me Iggy
2022
as Self
21 Nights with Pattie
2015
as André
Tuvalu
1999
as Anton
Halmeoni
2028
as Dominique Brisebard
Hotel Fantasma
2025
South Sentinel
2022
as Commandant de Royer
Once Around the Park
1989
as Berville
In the Name of Blood
2025
as Jacques
Morning Star
2012
as Elliot
The Chess Game
1994
as Max
Le monde à l'envers
1998
as Yann Kerebel
Happy New Year London
2007
as Gerrard Ames
Deep in the Woods
2000
as Stephane
La Squale
2000
as Le joker
Tralala
2021
as Climby
Melody for a Hustler
1998
as L'auto-stoppeur
Le mystère des jonquilles
2014
as Sam
The Bra
2019
as Kamal
Mona and I
1990
as Pierre
Redoubt
2026
as Karl-Göran Persson
Sibyl
2025
as (Archive footage)
Biette
2013
as Self
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
2019
as Monsieur Loyal
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015
as Koenig
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
2011
as The ogre
Boris Without Beatrice
2016
as L'Inconnu
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
2010
as Bezon
Eye of the Astronomer
2012
as Jean Kepler
The End
2026
as (voice)
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
2014
as Self (uncredited)
The Lonely
2009
Austerlitz
2015
as Jacques Austerlitz
Wild Camp
2005
as Blaise
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002
as (voice)
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005
as Self
De force avec d'autres
1993
as Denis
Poisson rouge
2023
as Père de Guillaume
Marussia
2013
as Clochard
Body of Crime
2023
Miserable Miracle
2023
as Narrator (French)
Married/Unmarried
2001
as Love
Fan Club
2018
as Damien
Figurant
2019
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
2013
as Marcel Dassault
All Effort of Men
2022
as Narrator (voice)
The Escapade
2019
as Jacques
History's Future
2016
as Lottery Ticket Seller
Visiblement je vous aime
1995
as Denis
Hymn to Merde
2009
as Merde
Waster
as Waster
Dante's Divine Comedy
as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013
as Self
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
2009
as (voice)
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013
as Self
Jiminy
2013
as Otto Hoffmann
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
2018
as Doctor de Chomo
Hyacinthe
2025
as Reda
My Intelligent Comedy
2018
as Allen
Silent Streams
2019
Language Does Not Lie
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Que demande le peuple
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
2025
Atlantika
2011
Human Flowers of Flesh
2023
as Galoup
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
2023
as Self
Luminal
2004
as Ryu
Fracas
2024
X14
2022
Bacon-Freud, face à face
2025
as Voix-off
Le discours
2022
as Le politicien
The Nipple Whisperer
2021
as Maurice Sanders
Les Williams
2009
Tired of Being Handsome
2013
Correspondances: Dostoïevski
2003
as reader
Kazarken: As We Dig
2016
as Chiron, le centaure
Two Night Owls in Paris
2024
as Le bouquiniste
Scaramouche Scaramouche
2018
as Scaramouche
About Denis Lavant
Denis Lavant (born June 17, 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. With 143 credits spanning from 1982 to 2028, Denis Lavant has appeared in 138 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Denis Lavant Movies
- The Stranger (2025) — as Salamano
- Beau Travail (2000) — as Galoup
- Silver Skates (2020) — as Fourier
- Holy Motors (2012) — as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
- A Very Long Engagement (2004) — as Six-Soux
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