Denis Lavant
Acting
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.
Filmography 144
Movies (139)
- Halmeoni2028Dominique Brisebard
The End2026(voice)
Redoubt2026Karl-Göran Persson
In the Land of Arto2025Rob- L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST2025
The Stranger2025Salamano
Sibyl2025(Archive footage)
Hyacinthe2025Reda
Bacon-Freud, face à face2025Voix-off
Demons to Diamonds2025The prisoner
Hotel Fantasma2025
In the Name of Blood2025Jacques
Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino2024Self
Fracas2024
Two Night Owls in Paris2024Le bouquiniste
It's Not Me2024Monsieur Merde
The Boy Who Owns the World2024Kasimir
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui2023
Thunder Voice2023Prophet
Body of Crime2023
Hood Witch2023Jules
Poisson rouge2023Père de Guillaume
Miserable Miracle2023Narrator (French)
The Green Eyes2023
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon2023Self
Human Flowers of Flesh2023Galoup
All Effort of Men2022Narrator (voice)
Aymeline2022Franco Fontane
X142022
Tell Me Iggy2022Self
Shows (5)
The Traveller2019Alberto
Midnight Sun2016Pierre Carnot
Square2012Self
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie2009André Custe
The Countess of Monte Cristo