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