Denis Lavant
June 17, 1961 (64 years old) in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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
- 2026 · Redoubt as Karl-Göran Persson
- 2025 · In the Land of Arto as Rob
- 2025 · The Stranger as Salamano
- 2025 · In the Name of Blood as Jacques
- 2023 · Hood Witch as Jules
- 2021 · Night of the Kings as Silence
- 2020 · Silver Skates as Fourier
- 2020 · Gagarine as Gérard
- 2019 · Girls with Balls as Barman
- 2019 · The Mountain as Jack
- 2019 · The Traveller as Alberto
- 2019 · The Bra as Kamal
- 2018 · The Emperor of Paris as Maillard
- 2018 · One Nation, One King as Marat
- 2018 · 3 Days in Quiberon as Fisherman Poet
- 2018 · The Night Eats the World as Alfred
- 2016 · Midnight Sun as Pierre Carnot
- 2015 · Me and Kaminski as Karl-Ludwig
- 2014 · The Iron Ivan as Eugene de Paris
- 2013 · Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas as The Theologist
- 2012 · Holy Motors as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
- 2012 · Square as Self
- 2011 · My Little Princess as Ernst
- 2009 · The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as André Custe
- 2008 · Tokyo! as Merde' (segment "Merde")
- 2008 · Mister Lonely as Charlie Chaplin
- 2004 · A Very Long Engagement as Six-Soux
- 2000 · Deep in the Woods as Stephane
- 2000 · Beau Travail as Galoup
- 1997 · Wild Animals as Emil
- 1991 · The Lovers on the Bridge as Alex
- 1986 · Mauvais Sang as Alex
- 1984 · Boy Meets Girl as Alex
- 1983 · The Wounded Man as Wanderer
- 1982 · Les Misérables as Montparnasse
- Future · La Comtesse de Monte-Cristo as
- 2025 · L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST as
- 2025 · Sibyl as (Archive footage)
- 2025 · Bacon-Freud, face à face as Voix-off
- 2025 · Demons to Diamonds as The prisoner
- 2025 · Hotel Fantasma as
- 2024 · The Boy Who Owns the World as Kasimir
- 2023 · Body of Crime as
- 2023 · Miserable Miracle as Narrator (French)
- 2022 · All Effort of Men as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · X14 as
- 2019 · The Escapade as Jacques
- 2019 · Silent Streams as
- 2018 · Scaramouche Scaramouche as Scaramouche
- 2018 · Fan Club as Damien
- 2018 · Cornelius, the Howling Miller as Doctor de Chomo
- 2018 · My Intelligent Comedy as Allen
- 2017 · Gray House as Self
- 2015 · Graziella as Antoine
- 2015 · Austerlitz as Jacques Austerlitz
- 2014 · Le mystère des jonquilles as Sam
- 2013 · Biette as Self
- 2013 · En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel as Self
- 2013 · Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus as Marcel Dassault
- 2010 · Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète as Bezon
- 2009 · The Lonely as
- 2009 · Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir as (voice)
- 2008 · Captain Ahab as Capitaine Achab
- 2007 · Happy New Year London as Gerrard Ames
- 2004 · Language Does Not Lie as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan as (voice)
- 1998 · Le monde à l'envers as Yann Kerebel
- 1995 · Visiblement je vous aime as Denis
- Future · The End as (voice)
- 1994 · The Chess Game as Max
- Future · Dante's Divine Comedy as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
- 2025 · Hyacinthe as Reda
- 2024 · Fracas as
- 2024 · Two Night Owls in Paris as Le bouquiniste
- 2024 · It's Not Me as Monsieur Merde
- 2023 · Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui as
- 2023 · Thunder Voice as Prophet
- 2023 · Poisson rouge as Père de Guillaume
- 2023 · The Green Eyes as
- 2023 · L'Impossible Monsieur Simon as Self
- 2023 · Human Flowers of Flesh as Galoup
- 2022 · Aymeline as Franco Fontane
- 2022 · Tell Me Iggy as Self
- 2022 · Le discours as Le politicien
- 2022 · South Sentinel as Commandant de Royer
- 2021 · Tralala as Climby
- 2021 · The Nipple Whisperer as Maurice Sanders
- 2020 · The Blue Star as Le Narrateur
- 2019 · Figurant as
- 2019 · Who the Fuck Are You as Psychiatrist
- 2019 · Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux as Monsieur Loyal
- 2016 · Kazarken: As We Dig as Chiron, le centaure
- 2016 · Louis-Ferdinand Céline as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- 2016 · Boris Without Beatrice as L'Inconnu
- 2016 · History's Future as Lottery Ticket Seller
- 2015 · 21 Nights with Pattie as André
- 2015 · Eva Doesn't Sleep as Koenig
- 2015 · Dark Forests as Voice
- 2015 · Pitchipoï as Pierre Schulmann
- 2014 · Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts as Self (uncredited)
- 2014 · Journey to the West as Dragon
- 2014 · Mr. X as Self
- 2014 · Ogaden as
- 2013 · Jiminy as Otto Hoffmann
- 2013 · Les Grandes Marées as Marc
- 2013 · Marussia as Clochard
- 2013 · Tired of Being Handsome as
- 2013 · DRIVE IN Holy Motors as Self
- 2012 · Morning Star as Elliot
- 2012 · Eye of the Astronomer as Jean Kepler
- 2011 · Hop-o'-My-Thumb as The ogre
- 2011 · Atlantika as
- 2009 · The Temptation of St. Tony as Count Korzybski
- Future · Erratic Blocks as Lucien Le Saint
- 2009 · Hymn to Merde as Merde
- 2009 · Les Williams as
- 2005 · Wild Camp as Blaise
- 2005 · Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" as Self
- 2003 · Correspondances: Dostoïevski as reader
- 2001 · Married/Unmarried as Love
- 2001 · Şoför as The Driver
- 2000 · La Squale as Le joker
- 1999 · Tuvalu as Anton
- 1998 · Melody for a Hustler as L'auto-stoppeur
- 1998 · Don Juan as Pierrot
- 1993 · De force avec d'autres as Denis
- 1990 · Mona and I as Pierre
- 1989 · Once Around the Park as Berville
- 1985 · Going and Coming Back as Simon Lerner's patient
- 1984 · Long Live Life as Caviar delivery man
- 1983 · After Midnight as (voice)
- 1983 · Entre Nous as Un militaire
- 1982 · L'Ombre sur la plage as
- Future · Makunaíma XXI as
- 2004 · Luminal as Ryu
- 1982 · Paris Ficelle as Joe
- Future · Que demande le peuple as
- 2003 · Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Future · La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture as Narrateur
- Future · Waster as Waster