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