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