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