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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-01-01 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

France

Alex Descas

Biography:

Alex Descas (born 1958) is a French actor known for his roles in Jim Jarmusch films and for his role as Schneider in the French TV series Un Flic.

He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, appearing in her films No Fear, No Die, Nénette et Boni, Trouble Every Day, Ten Minutes Older: The Cello, 35 Shots of Rum and Bastards. He is of Antillean (Guadeloupean) descent.

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Known For

Acting

2025

2024

Which Way Africa? as Narrator

2022

Brûlé neige as Henri
Irma Vep as Gregory Desormeaux

2021

2018

Volontaire as Albertini
Maya as Frédéric
Iskander as Oscar

2017

Gone as Claude Vannier

2016

Chocolat as Victor

2015

Rouge as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
Nina as Mathias Savignon

2014

Murder in Pacot as L'homme

2013

Bastards as Dr. Béthanie

2009

35 Shots of Rum as Lionel
Rapt as Maître Walser
Persecution as Thomas

2008

We Don't Choose Our Parents as Le juge Mauvoisin

2007

Déjà vu as Kiff
Tag! as Nkruma
Boarding Gate as Andrew
Elf, Kings of Oil as Pascal Lissouba
The Elf Case as Pascal Lissouba
Un flic as Schneider

2006

2005

A Perfect Couple as Patrick
The United States of Albert as Nolton Barnett
Nèg maron as Siwo
The Intruder as Le prêtre

2004

Coffee and Cigarettes as Alex (segment "No Problem")
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere as Pierre Adélaïde

2003

The Dope as Shaft
La nuit sera longue as François
Tiresia as Marignac

2002

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello as (segment "Vers Nancy")

2001

Trouble Every Day as Dr. Léo

2000

Lumumba as Joseph Mobutu

1999

Last Harem as Nadir

1998

1997

Africa Dreaming as Michael
Nenette and Boni as Gynecologist

1996

Irma Vep as Desormeaux

1995

Never Twice as Never Twice
Un si joli bouquet as Barthélémy
Duo as Man
The Heart's Cry as Ibrahim Sow
The Masturbators as Narrator

1994

I Can't Sleep as Théo

1993

The Absence as Soldier

1991

1990

No Fear, No Die as Jocelyn

1988

How Good the Whites Are as Le travailleur chez Renault

1986

Taxi Boy as Pascal

1985

1984

The Syringe as Le chef des 'Blackies'