Denis Lavant
June 17, 1961 (63 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
- 2025 · Hyacinthe as Reda
- 2025 · In the Name of Blood as Jacques
- 2024 · Two Night Owls in Paris as Le bouquiniste
- 2024 · It's Not Me as Monsieur Merde
- 2024 · Hood Witch as Jules
- 2023 · Body of Crime as
- 2023 · Human Flowers of Flesh as Galoup
- 2022 · South Sentinel as Commandant de Royer
- 2021 · Tralala as Climby
- 2021 · Night of the Kings as Silence
- 2020 · Silver Skates as Fourier
- 2020 · Gagarine as Gérard
- 2019 · The Bra as Kamal
- 2019 · Girls with Balls as Barman
- 2019 · The Mountain as Jack
- 2019 · The Traveller as Alberto
- 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
- 2016 · Louis-Ferdinand Céline as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- 2016 · Boris Without Beatrice as L'Inconnu
- 2015 · 21 Nights with Pattie as André
- 2015 · Eva Doesn't Sleep as Koenig
- 2015 · Me and Kaminski as Karl-Ludwig
- 2015 · Graziella as Antoine
- 2014 · Le mystère des jonquilles as Sam
- 2014 · The Iron Ivan as
- 2014 · Journey to the West as Dragon
- 2014 · Mr. X as Self
- 2013 · Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas as The Theologist
- 2013 · Biette as Self
- 2012 · Holy Motors as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
- 2012 · Square as Self
- 2011 · My Little Princess as Ernst
- 2010 · Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète as Bezon
- 2009 · The Temptation of St. Tony as Count Korzybski
- 2009 · The Lonely as
- 2009 · The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as André Custe
- 2008 · Tokyo! as Merde' (segment "Merde")
- 2008 · Mister Lonely as Charlie Chaplin
- 2007 · Happy New Year London as Gerrard Ames
- 2005 · Wild Camp as Blaise
- 2004 · Language Does Not Lie as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · A Very Long Engagement as Six-Soux
- 2002 · La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan as (voice)
- 2000 · La Squale as Le joker
- 2000 · Deep in the Woods as Stephane
- 2000 · Beau Travail as Galoup
- 1998 · Don Juan as Pierrot
- 1997 · Wild Animals as Emil
- 1993 · De force avec d'autres as Denis
- 1991 · The Lovers on the Bridge as Alex
- 1986 · Mauvais Sang as Alex
- 1985 · Going and Coming Back as Simon Lerner's patient
- 1984 · Boy Meets Girl as Alex
- 1984 · Long Live Life as Caviar delivery man
- 1984 · After Midnight as
- 1983 · The Wounded Man as Wanderer
- 1983 · Entre Nous as Un militaire
- 1982 · Les Misérables as Montparnasse
- Future · Dante's Divine Comedy as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
- Future · Redoubt as Karl-Göran Persson
- 2025 · Le Pays d’Arto as
- 2024 · Fracas as
- 2024 · The Boy Who Owns the World as Kasimir
- 2023 · Poisson rouge as Père de Guillaume
- 2023 · Miserable Miracle as Narrator (French)
- 2023 · L'Impossible Monsieur Simon as Self
- 2022 · X14 as
- 2021 · The Nipple Whisperer as Maurice Sanders
- 2020 · The Blue Star as Le Narrateur
- 2019 · The Escapade as Jacques
- 2019 · Figurant as
- 2019 · Silent Streams as
- 2018 · Cornelius, the Howling Miller as Doctor de Chomo
- 2018 · My Intelligent Comedy as Himself
- 2015 · Pitchipoï as Pierre Schulmann
- 2013 · En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel as Self
- 2013 · Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus as Marcel Dassault
- 2013 · DRIVE IN Holy Motors as Self
- 2012 · Morning Star as Elliot
- 2011 · Hop-o'-My-Thumb as The ogre
- 2011 · Atlantika as
- 2009 · Hymn to Merde as Merde
- 2008 · Captain Ahab as Capitaine Achab
- 2005 · Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" as lui-même
- 2001 · Married/Unmarried as Love
- 1999 · Tuvalu as Anton
- 1998 · Melody for a Hustler as L'auto-stoppeur
- 1998 · Le monde à l'envers as Yann Kerebel
- 1994 · The Chess Game as Max
- 1990 · Mona and I as Pierre
- 1989 · Once Around the Park as Berville
- Future · Que demande le peuple as
- 2025 · DEMONS TO DIAMONDS as
- 2023 · Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui as
- 2023 · Thunder Voice as Prophet
- 2023 · The Green Eyes as
- 2022 · All Effort of Men as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Aymeline as Franco Fontane
- 2021 · Le discours as Le politicien
- 2019 · Who the Fuck Are You as Psychiatrist
- 2019 · Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux as Monsieur Loyal
- 2018 · Scaramouche Scaramouche as Scaramouche
- 2018 · Fan Club as Damien
- 2017 · Gray House as Self
- 2016 · Kazarken: As We Dig as Chiron, le centaure
- 2016 · History's Future as Lottery Ticket Seller
- 2015 · Austerlitz as Jacques Austerlitz
- 2015 · Dark Forests as Voice
- 2014 · Ogaden as
- 2013 · Jiminy as Otto Hoffmann
- 2013 · Marussia as Clochard
- 2013 · Tired of Being Handsome as
- 2009 · Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir as (voice)
- Future · Correspondances: Dostoïevski as reader
- 2013 · Les Grandes Marées as Marc
- 2012 · Eye of the Astronomer as Jean Kepler
- 2009 · Les Williams as
- 2004 · Luminal as Ryu
- 2003 · Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Şoför as
- 1995 · Visiblement je vous aime as Denis
- Future · La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture as Narrateur
- 1982 · Paris Ficelle as Joe
- Future · Erratic Blocks as Lucien Le Saint