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