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 · In the Name of Blood as Jacques
- 2024 · It's Not Me as Monsieur Merde
- 2024 · Hood Witch as Jules
- 2023 · Poisson rouge as Père de Guillaume
- 2022 · X14 as
- 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 Escapade as Jacques
- 2019 · Figurant as
- 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 · Cornelius, the Howling Miller as Doctor de Chomo
- 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
- 2016 · History's Future as Lottery Ticket Seller
- 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 · Morning Star as Elliot
- 2012 · Holy Motors as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
- 2012 · Square as Self
- 2011 · Hop-o'-My-Thumb as The ogre
- 2011 · My Little Princess as Ernst
- 2009 · The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as André Custe
- 2008 · Tokyo! as Merde' (segment "Merde")
- 2008 · Captain Ahab as Capitaine Achab
- 2008 · Mister Lonely as Charlie Chaplin
- 2005 · Wild Camp as Blaise
- 2004 · A Very Long Engagement as Six-Soux
- 2002 · La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan as (voice)
- 2001 · Married/Unmarried as Love
- 2000 · La Squale as Le joker
- 2000 · Deep in the Woods as Stephane
- 2000 · Beau Travail as Galoup
- 1999 · Tuvalu as Anton
- 1998 · Melody for a Hustler as L'auto-stoppeur
- 1998 · Don Juan as Pierrot
- 1997 · Wild Animals as Emil
- 1994 · The Chess Game as Max
- 1991 · The Lovers on the Bridge as Alex
- 1989 · Once Around the Park as Berville
- 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
- 1983 · The Wounded Man as Wanderer
- 1983 · Entre Nous as Un militaire
- 1982 · Les Misérables as Montparnasse
- Future · The Stranger as
- 2026 · Le Pays d’Arto as
- 2025 · DEMONS TO DIAMONDS as
- 2023 · Body of Crime as
- 2023 · Miserable Miracle as Narrator (French)
- 2023 · Human Flowers of Flesh as Galoup
- 2022 · All Effort of Men as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Nipple Whisperer as Maurice Sanders
- 2019 · Who the Fuck Are You as Psychiatrist
- 2019 · Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux as Monsieur Loyal
- 2019 · Silent Streams as
- 2018 · Fan Club as Damien
- 2018 · My Intelligent Comedy as Himself
- 2017 · Gray House as Self
- 2005 · Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" as lui-même
- 2004 · Luminal as Ryu
- Future · Redoubt as Karl-Göran Persson
- 2025 · Hyacinthe as Reda
- 2016 · Kazarken: As We Dig as Chiron, le centaure
- 2015 · Austerlitz as Jacques Austerlitz
- 2015 · Pitchipoï as Pierre Schulmann
- 2013 · Marussia as Clochard
- 2013 · DRIVE IN Holy Motors as Self
- 2012 · Eye of the Astronomer as Jean Kepler
- 2011 · Atlantika as
- 2010 · Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète as Bezon
- 2009 · The Temptation of St. Tony as Count Korzybski
- 1993 · De force avec d'autres as Denis
- Future · Que demande le peuple as
- 2024 · Fracas as
- 2024 · Two Night Owls in Paris as Le bouquiniste
- 2024 · The Boy Who Owns the World as Kasimir
- 2023 · Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui as
- 2023 · Thunder Voice as Prophet
- 2023 · The Green Eyes as
- 2023 · L'Impossible Monsieur Simon as Self
- 2022 · Aymeline as Franco Fontane
- 2021 · Le discours as Le politicien
- 2020 · The Blue Star as Le Narrateur
- 2018 · Scaramouche Scaramouche as Scaramouche
- 2015 · Dark Forests as Voice
- 2014 · Ogaden as
- 2013 · Jiminy as Otto Hoffmann
- 2013 · Les Grandes Marées as Marc
- 2013 · En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel as Self
- 2013 · Tired of Being Handsome as
- 2013 · Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus as Marcel Dassault
- 2009 · Hymn to Merde as Merde
- 2009 · The Lonely as
- 2009 · Les Williams as
- 2009 · Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir as (voice)
- 2007 · Happy New Year London as Gerrard Ames
- 2004 · Language Does Not Lie as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Paris Ficelle as Joe
- Future · Erratic Blocks as Lucien Le Saint
- Future · Correspondances: Dostoïevski as reader
- 1984 · After Midnight as
- Future · Dante's Divine Comedy as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
- 2001 · Şoför as
- 1998 · Le monde à l'envers as Yann Kerebel
- 1995 · Visiblement je vous aime as Denis
- 1990 · Mona and I as Pierre
- Future · La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture as Narrateur