Alex Descas
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Alex Descas (born January 1, 1958) is a French actor known for his roles in films by Claire Denis and Jim Jarmusch. In France, he is also known for his role as Schneider in the French TV series Un Flic. He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, appearing in more than half of her theatrical feature-length films, including No Fear, No Die, Nénette et Boni, I Can't Sleep, Trouble Every Day, The Intruder, 35 Shots of Rum and Bastards, as well as Ten Minutes Older: The Cello. He is of Antillean (Guadeloupean) descent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Descas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
Trouble Every Day (2001)
as Dr. Léo
Irma Vep (1996)
as Desormeaux
Sing Me Back Home (2019)
as Juan
Last Harem (1999)
as Nadir
Boarding Gate (2007)
as Andrew
Clubbed to Death (1996)
as Mambo
Bastards (2013)
as Dr. Béthanie
The Limits of Control (2009)
as Creole
Chocolat (2016)
as Victor
The House (1997)
Actor
The Absence (1993)
as Soldier
35 Shots of Rum (2009)
as Lionel
Rapt (2009)
as Maître Walser
Late August, Early September (1999)
as Jérémie
Déjà vu (2007)
as Kiff
Let the Sunshine In (2017)
as End Man
The Syringe (1984)
as Le chef des 'Blackies'
Nenette and Boni (1997)
as Gynecologist
I Can't Sleep (1994)
as Théo
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants (2024)
as Narrator (Voice)
Lest We Forget (1991)
as Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
Adam's Sake (2025)
as Naïm
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté (2021)
as (Voix Off)
Tiresia (2003)
as Marignac
Taxi Boy (1986)
as Pascal
Portrait of the Artist (2015)
as Scottie
Persecution (2009)
as Thomas
The Arrival (—)
Actor
Lumumba (2000)
as Joseph Mobutu
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
Nèg maron (2005)
as Siwo
The Dope (2003)
as Shaft
How Good the Whites Are (1988)
as Le travailleur chez Renault
Never Twice (1995)
as Never Twice
Négropolitain (2008)
as Alain
In Your Dreams (2005)
as Mojo
The Intruder (2005)
as Le prêtre
Nord-plage (2004)
Actor
Vers Nancy (2002)
Actor
Gone (2017)
as Claude Vannier
Duo (1995)
as Man
A Perfect Couple (2006)
as Patrick
The Great White of Lambarene (1995)
as Koumba
Volontaire (2018)
as Albertini
No Fear, No Die (1990)
as Jocelyn
Maya (2018)
as Frédéric
The United States of Albert (2005)
as Nolton Barnett
An Odd Enchantment (—)
Actor
Rouge (2015)
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
Tag! (2007)
as Nkruma
Metropole (2017)
Actor
The Failing (2026)
as L'Abbé Gomis
Urgence (1985)
Actor
Un si joli bouquet (1995)
as Barthélémy
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere (2004)
as Pierre Adélaïde
The Heart's Cry (1995)
as Ibrahim Sow
Africa Dreaming (1997)
as Michael
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan (2002)
as (Segment 'Never Twice')
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard (2021)
Actor
Un enfant en danger (2013)
as André
L'île des esclaves (2006)
Actor
Murder in Pacot (2014)
as L'homme
The Elf Case (2007)
as Pascal Lissouba
The Masturbators (1995)
as Narrator
Elf, Kings of Oil (2007)
as Pascal Lissouba
My Family's Honour (1997)
as Malcolm
In a Memory of a Film Gone By (1998)
as himself
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille (1998)
as Yves Le Guen
Which Way Africa? (2024)
as Narrator
We Don't Choose Our Parents (2008)
as Le juge Mauvoisin
Voilà l'enchaînement (2014)
as Lui
Madeleine d'entre les Morts (2014)
as The man
La nuit sera longue (2003)
as François
So Be It (1997)
Actor
Césaire, le prix de la liberté (2013)
as Aimé Césaire
Brûlé neige (2022)
as Henri