Denis Lavant
Denis Lavant (born 17 June 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.
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- Born:
- Jun 17, 1961 In Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 97
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Hyacinthe
- Latest Project:
- Movie In the Name of Blood 2025-01-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hyacinthe | 2025 | |
| Movie | In the Name of Blood | Mafia Boss | 2025-01-08 |
| Movie | Hood Witch | Jules | 2024-05-15 |
| Movie | It’s Not Me | M. Merde | 2024-06-12 |
| Movie | Human Flowers of Flesh | Galoup | 2023-02-02 |
| Movie | L'Impossible Monsieur Simon | Self | 2023-05-09 |
| Movie | Poisson rouge | Père de Guillaume | 2023-09-27 |
| Movie | The Green Eyes | 2023-09-01 | |
| Movie | Body of Crime | 2023-11-19 | |
| Movie | South Sentinel | Commandant de Royer | 2022-04-13 |
| Movie | X14 | 2022-07-07 | |
| Movie | All Effort of Men | Narrator (voice) | 2022-12-31 |
| Movie | Night of the Kings | Silence | 2021-02-26 |
| Movie | The Nipple Whisperer | Maurice Sanders | 2021-03-16 |
| Movie | Tralala | Climby | 2021-07-16 |
| Movie | Gagarine | Gérard | 2020-11-11 |
| Movie | Silver Skates | Fourier | 2020-12-10 |
| Movie | Girls with Balls | Barman | 2019-07-26 |
| Movie | Silent Streams | 2019-04-10 | |
| Movie | The Bra | Kamal | 2019-09-11 |
| Movie | The Mountain | Jack | 2019-06-26 |
| Movie | Figurant | 2019-11-03 | |
| Movie | Who the Fuck Are You | Psychiatrist | 2019-10-28 |
| Movie | Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux | Monsieur Loyal | 2019-10-02 |
| Movie | The Escapade | Jacques | 2019-12-31 |
| Movie | The Night Eats the World | Alfred | 2018-03-07 |
| Movie | My Intelligent Comedy | Himself | 2018-01-26 |
| Movie | 3 Days in Quiberon | Fisherman Poet | 2018-04-12 |
| Movie | Cornélius, le meunier hurlant | Doctor de Chomo | 2018-05-02 |
| Movie | The Emperor of Paris | Maillard | 2018-12-19 |
| Movie | Fan Club | Damien | 2018-09-19 |
| Movie | One Nation, One King | Marat | 2018-09-26 |
| Movie | Gray House | Self | 2017-03-21 |
| Movie | History's Future | Lottery Ticket Seller | 2016-01-28 |
| Movie | Boris Without Beatrice | L'Inconnu | 2016-03-04 |
| Series | Midnight Sun | Pierre Carnot | 2016-10-23 |
| Movie | Louis-Ferdinand Céline | Louis-Ferdinand Céline | 2016-03-09 |
| Movie | Kazarken: As We Dig | Chiron, le centaure | 2016-11-23 |
| Movie | Dark Forests | Voice | 2015-03-20 |
| Movie | Pitchipoï | Pierre Schulmann | 2015-02-04 |
| Movie | Austerlitz | Jacques Austerlitz | 2015-05-06 |
| Movie | Graziella | Antoine | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | 21 Nights with Pattie | André | 2015-11-25 |
| Movie | Eva Doesn't Sleep | Koenig | 2015-11-05 |
| Movie | Me and Kaminski | Karl-Ludwig | 2015-09-17 |
| Movie | Mr. X | Self | 2014-01-20 |
| Movie | Le voyage en Occident | Dragon | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | Le mystère des jonquilles | Sam | 2014-07-18 |
| Movie | Journey to the West | Dragon | 2014-02-09 |
| Movie | The Iron Ivan | 2014-07-10 | |
| Movie | Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus | Marcel Dassault | 2013-01-22 |
| Movie | DRIVE IN Holy Motors | Self | 2013-01-21 |
| Movie | Marussia | Clochard | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | Les Grandes Marées | Marc | 2013-06-20 |
| Movie | Jiminy | Otto Hoffmann | 2013-11-19 |
| Movie | Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas | The Theologist | 2013-08-14 |
| Movie | Biette | Self | 2013-06-26 |
| Movie | En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel | Self | 2013-06-13 |
| Movie | Eye of the Astronomer | Jean Kepler | 2012-02-21 |
| Movie | Morning Star | Elliot | 2012-11-28 |
| Movie | Holy Motors | Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer | 2012-07-02 |
| Movie | My Little Princess | Ernst | 2011-06-29 |
| Movie | Hop-o'-My-Thumb | The ogre | 2011-09-02 |
| Movie | Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète | Bezon | 2010-02-03 |
| Series | The Little Murders of Agatha Christie | André Custe | 2009-01-09 |
| Movie | The Temptation of St. Tony | Count Korzybski | 2009-10-10 |
| Movie | Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir | (voice) | 2009-03-06 |
| Movie | Mister Lonely | Charlie Chaplin | 2008-02-02 |
| Movie | Captain Ahab | Capitaine Achab | 2008-02-13 |
| Movie | Tokyo! | Merde' (segment "Merde") | 2008-08-16 |
| Movie | Happy New Year London | Gerrard Ames | 2007-12-28 |
| Movie | Wild Camp | Blaise | 2005-10-13 |
| Movie | A Very Long Engagement | Six-Soux | 2004-10-27 |
| Movie | Luminal | Ryu | 2004-05-09 |
| Movie | La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan | 2002-04-03 | |
| Movie | Married/Unmarried | Love | 2001-02-07 |
| Movie | Beau Travail | Galoup | 2000-05-03 |
| Movie | La Squale | Le joker | 2000-11-29 |
| Movie | Deep in the Woods | Stephane | 2000-06-13 |
| Movie | Tuvalu | Anton | 1999-11-19 |
| Movie | Melody for a Hustler | L'auto-stoppeur | 1998-10-14 |
| Movie | Don Juan | Pierrot | 1998-04-28 |
| Movie | Wild Animals | Emil | 1997-10-25 |
| Movie | Visiblement je vous aime | Denis | 1995-07-15 |
| Movie | The Chess Game | Max | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | De force avec d'autres | Denis | 1993-04-24 |
| Movie | The Lovers on the Bridge | Alex | 1991-10-16 |
| Movie | Mona and I | Pierre | 1990-04-04 |
| Movie | Once Around the Park | Berville | 1989-03-28 |
| Movie | Mauvais Sang | Alex | 1986-11-26 |
| Movie | Going and Coming Back | Le patient de Simon Lerner | 1985-03-27 |
| Movie | After Midnight | 1984-02-20 | |
| Movie | Long Live Life | Caviar delivery man | 1984-04-18 |
| Movie | Boy Meets Girl | Alex | 1984-11-21 |
| Movie | Entre Nous | Un militaire | 1983-04-06 |
| Movie | The Wounded Man | Wanderer | 1983-05-25 |
| Movie | Les Misérables | Montparnasse | 1982-10-20 |