Denis Lavant
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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
Credits
Holy Motors (2012)
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
Fracas (2024)
Actor
The Stranger (2025)
as Salamano
Going and Coming Back (1985)
as Simon Lerner's patient
Hitler in Hollywood (2011)
as Denis Lavant
The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
as Alex
The Emperor of Paris (2018)
as Maillard
Tokyo! (2008)
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
The Night Eats the World (2018)
as Alfred
My Little Princess (2011)
as Ernst
Sibyl (2025)
as (Archive footage)
Hotel Fantasma (2025)
Actor
Beau Travail (2000)
as Galoup
The Bra (2019)
as Kamal
Pitchipoï (2015)
as Pierre Schulmann
After Midnight (1983)
as (voice)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
as Six-Soux
Silver Skates (2020)
as Fourier
Tralala (2021)
as Climby
Two Night Owls in Paris (2024)
as Le bouquiniste
La Squale (2000)
as Le joker
Gagarine (2020)
as Gérard
Mr. X (2014)
as Self
Me and Kaminski (2015)
as Karl-Ludwig
Captain Ahab (2008)
as Capitaine Achab
In the Land of Arto (2025)
as Rob
The End (2026)
as (voice)
Boy Meets Girl (1984)
as Alex
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
as The Theologist
Les Misérables (1982)
as Montparnasse
Silent Streams (2019)
Actor
Long Live Life (1984)
as Caviar delivery man
Girls with Balls (2019)
as Barman
Mister Lonely (2008)
as Charlie Chaplin
Le discours (2022)
as Le politicien
The Lonely (2009)
Actor
Poisson rouge (2023)
as Père de Guillaume
Luminal (2004)
as Ryu
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts (2014)
as Self (uncredited)
Correspondances: Dostoïevski (2003)
as reader
One Nation, One King (2018)
as Marat
Austerlitz (2015)
as Jacques Austerlitz
L'Ombre sur la plage (1982)
Actor
Deep in the Woods (2000)
as Stephane
X14 (2022)
Actor
Language Does Not Lie (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
Louis-Ferdinand Céline (2016)
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Les Williams (2009)
Actor
Hop-o'-My-Thumb (2011)
as The ogre
Thunder Voice (2023)
as Prophet
Jiminy (2013)
as Otto Hoffmann
The Green Eyes (2023)
Actor
Scaramouche Scaramouche (2018)
as Scaramouche
Mauvais Sang (1986)
as Alex
Don Juan (1998)
as Pierrot
My Intelligent Comedy (2018)
as Allen
Le mystère des jonquilles (2014)
as Sam
Figurant (2019)
Actor
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui (2023)
Actor
The Mountain (2019)
as Jack
The Wounded Man (1983)
as Wanderer
Night of the Kings (2021)
as Silence
Journey to the West (2014)
as Dragon
The Blue Star (2020)
as Le Narrateur
Dante's Divine Comedy (—)
as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
Married/Unmarried (2001)
as Love
Entre Nous (1983)
as Un militaire
Kazarken: As We Dig (2016)
as Chiron, le centaure
Waster (—)
as Waster
Erratic Blocks (—)
as Lucien Le Saint
Tired of Being Handsome (2013)
Actor
Mona and I (1990)
as Pierre
The Nipple Whisperer (2021)
as Maurice Sanders
Visiblement je vous aime (1995)
as Denis
Les Grandes Marées (2013)
as Marc
Morning Star (2012)
as Elliot
De force avec d'autres (1993)
as Denis
Fan Club (2018)
as Damien
It's Not Me (2024)
as Monsieur Merde
Once Around the Park (1989)
as Berville
Melody for a Hustler (1998)
as L'auto-stoppeur
Boris Without Beatrice (2016)
as L'Inconnu
Tuvalu (1999)
as Anton
Hood Witch (2023)
as Jules
3 Days in Quiberon (2018)
as Fisherman Poet
Wild Animals (1997)
as Emil
In All My Journeys I Am Returning (2026)
Actor
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon (2023)
as Self
Aymeline (2022)
as Franco Fontane
Wild Camp (2005)
as Blaise
In the Name of Blood (2025)
as Jacques
The Temptation of St. Tony (2009)
as Count Korzybski
Redoubt (2026)
as Karl-Göran Persson
DRIVE IN Holy Motors (2013)
as Self
Who the Fuck Are You (2019)
as Psychiatrist
Happy New Year London (2007)
as Gerrard Ames
Bacon-Freud, face à face (2025)
as Voix-off
Şoför (2001)
as The Driver
Tell Me Iggy (2022)
as Self
Ogaden (2014)
Actor
Dark Forests (2015)
as Voice
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST (2025)
Actor
Eye of the Astronomer (2012)
as Jean Kepler
The Iron Ivan (2014)
as Eugene de Paris
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète (2010)
as Bezon
The Chess Game (1994)
as Max
South Sentinel (2022)
as Commandant de Royer
Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino (2024)
as Self
21 Nights with Pattie (2015)
as André
Hymn to Merde (2009)
as Merde
Eva Doesn't Sleep (2015)
as Koenig
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" (2005)
as Self
History's Future (2016)
as Lottery Ticket Seller
Marussia (2013)
as Clochard
Graziella (2015)
as Antoine
Cornelius, the Howling Miller (2018)
as Doctor de Chomo
Le monde à l'envers (1998)
as Yann Kerebel
Human Flowers of Flesh (2023)
as Galoup
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel (2013)
as Self
Body of Crime (2023)
Actor
Que demande le peuple (—)
Actor
Makunaíma XXI (—)
Actor
The Escapade (2019)
as Jacques
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux (2019)
as Monsieur Loyal
Demons to Diamonds (2025)
as The prisoner
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus (2013)
as Marcel Dassault
Biette (2013)
as Self
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir (2009)
as (voice)
All Effort of Men (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Paris Ficelle (1982)
as Joe
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan (2002)
as (voice)
Gray House (2017)
as Self
Hyacinthe (2025)
as Reda
Atlantika (2011)
Actor
The Boy Who Owns the World (2024)
as Kasimir
Miserable Miracle (2023)
as Narrator (French)
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture (—)
as Narrateur
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait (2003)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
7 jours 4000 ans (—)
as (Voix)