Denis Lavant

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-06-17 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Denis Lavant

Biography

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.

Acting

2018

Fan Club

as Damien

2023

Miserable Miracle

as Narrator (French)

2015

Austerlitz

as Jacques Austerlitz

2004

2004

Language Does Not Lie

as Narrator (voice)

1982

Les Misérables

as Montparnasse

2000

1999

Tuvalu

as Anton

2018

2008

Tokyo!

as Merde' (segment "Merde")

1997

2022

South Sentinel

as Commandant de Royer

2005

Wild Camp

as Blaise

2000

Beau Travail

as Galoup

2000

La Squale

as Le joker

2008

Mister Lonely

as Charlie Chaplin

1984

1983

After Midnight

as (voice)

2008

Captain Ahab

as Capitaine Achab

1986

2009

The Temptation of St. Tony

as Count Korzybski

2014

2024

It's Not Me

as Monsieur Merde

2011

2022

All Effort of Men

as Narrator (voice)

1983

Entre Nous

as Un militaire

2012

Holy Motors

as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer

2011

Hop-o'-My-Thumb

as The ogre

1990

Mona and I

as Pierre

1984

Long Live Life

as Caviar delivery man

2012

Morning Star

as Elliot

2012

Eye of the Astronomer

as Jean Kepler

1998

Melody for a Hustler

as L'auto-stoppeur

2022

2013

Marussia

as Clochard

2013

Biette

as Self

2004

Luminal

as Ryu

1989

1998

Don Juan

as Pierrot

2014

2025

Hyacinthe

as Reda

2015

Me and Kaminski

as Karl-Ludwig

2023

Thunder Voice

as Prophet

2014

Mr. X

as Self

2015

Pitchipoï

as Pierre Schulmann

2021

Le discours

as Le politicien

-

Redoubt

as Karl-Göran Persson

2015

Dark Forests

as Voice

1994

2022

Aymeline

as Franco Fontane

2015

2024

Hood Witch

as Jules

2023

Poisson rouge

as Père de Guillaume

2015

Graziella

as Antoine

2013

Jiminy

as Otto Hoffmann

2016

History's Future

as Lottery Ticket Seller

2016

1982

2016

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

as Louis-Ferdinand Céline

2019

2017

Gray House

as Self

2019

The Escapade

as Jacques

1983

The Wounded Man

as Wanderer

1985

Going and Coming Back

as Simon Lerner's patient

2018

3 Days in Quiberon

as Fisherman Poet

2019

The Bra

as Kamal

2018

2019

2016

Kazarken: As We Dig

as Chiron, le centaure

2018

2020

Silver Skates

as Fourier

2014

The Iron Ivan

as Poddubny's Coach

2019

Who the Fuck Are You

as Psychiatrist

2020

The Blue Star

as Le Narrateur

2020

Gagarine

as Gérard

2001

Şoför

as The Driver

2021

1998

Le monde à l'envers

as Yann Kerebel

2021

The Nipple Whisperer

as Maurice Sanders

2007

Happy New Year London

as Gerrard Ames

2021

Tralala

as Climby

2009

2025

-

Dante's Divine Comedy

as Narrator / Virgil / Dante

2024

Two Night Owls in Paris

as Le bouquiniste

2024

-

Erratic Blocks

as Lucien Le Saint

2025

Sibyl

as (Archive footage)

Production

2024

Fracas

as Writer

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