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