Denis Lavant
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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.
Known for
Credits
Halmeoni (2028)
as Dominique Brisebard
The Stranger (2025)
as Salamano
Holy Motors (2012)
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
History's Future (2016)
as Lottery Ticket Seller
Beau Travail (2000)
as Galoup
Tokyo! (2008)
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
as Six-Soux
The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
as Alex
The Night Eats the World (2018)
as Alfred
Silver Skates (2020)
as Fourier
Mauvais Sang (1986)
as Alex
The Emperor of Paris (2018)
as Maillard
My Little Princess (2011)
as Ernst
Gagarine (2020)
as Gérard
Les Misérables (1982)
as Montparnasse
Don Juan (1998)
as Pierrot
The Wounded Man (1983)
as Wanderer
The Mountain (2019)
as Jack
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
as The Theologist
In the Land of Arto (2025)
as Rob
The Iron Ivan (2014)
as Eugene de Paris
Girls with Balls (2019)
as Barman
Long Live Life (1984)
as Caviar delivery man
Mister Lonely (2008)
as Charlie Chaplin
Mr. X (2014)
as Self
Boy Meets Girl (1984)
as Alex
The Lonely (2009)
Actor
Entre Nous (1983)
as Un militaire
Sibyl (2025)
as (Archive footage)
It's Not Me (2024)
as Monsieur Merde
Deep in the Woods (2000)
as Stephane
Going and Coming Back (1985)
as Simon Lerner's patient
Bacon-Freud, face à face (2025)
as Voix-off
Wild Animals (1997)
as Emil
Night of the Kings (2021)
as Silence
The End (2026)
as (voice)
One Nation, One King (2018)
as Marat
Fan Club (2018)
as Damien
3 Days in Quiberon (2018)
as Fisherman Poet
Pitchipoï (2015)
as Pierre Schulmann
The Bra (2019)
as Kamal
Mona and I (1990)
as Pierre
Me and Kaminski (2015)
as Karl-Ludwig
Tralala (2021)
as Climby
Tell Me Iggy (2022)
as Self
Hood Witch (2023)
as Jules
Figurant (2019)
Actor
Hitler in Hollywood (2011)
as Denis Lavant
Journey to the West (2014)
as Dragon
In the Name of Blood (2025)
as Jacques
South Sentinel (2022)
as Commandant de Royer
La Squale (2000)
as Le joker
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" (2005)
as Self
Eva Doesn't Sleep (2015)
as Koenig
The Temptation of St. Tony (2009)
as Count Korzybski
Morning Star (2012)
as Elliot
Redoubt (2026)
as Karl-Göran Persson
Louis-Ferdinand Céline (2016)
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Married/Unmarried (2001)
as Love
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts (2014)
as Self (uncredited)
21 Nights with Pattie (2015)
as André
Once Around the Park (1989)
as Berville
Hop-o'-My-Thumb (2011)
as The ogre
Visiblement je vous aime (1995)
as Denis
Cornelius, the Howling Miller (2018)
as Doctor de Chomo
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux (2019)
as Monsieur Loyal
L'Ombre sur la plage (1982)
Actor
Melody for a Hustler (1998)
as L'auto-stoppeur
Wild Camp (2005)
as Blaise
Biette (2013)
as Self
Hotel Fantasma (2025)
Actor
Tuvalu (1999)
as Anton
Boris Without Beatrice (2016)
as L'Inconnu
Language Does Not Lie (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
De force avec d'autres (1993)
as Denis
Captain Ahab (2008)
as Capitaine Achab
The Chess Game (1994)
as Max
Graziella (2015)
as Antoine
Gray House (2017)
as Self
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan (2002)
as (voice)
After Midnight (1983)
as (voice)
Le mystère des jonquilles (2014)
as Sam
Silent Streams (2019)
Actor
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui (2023)
Actor
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon (2023)
as Self
Poisson rouge (2023)
as Père de Guillaume
Happy New Year London (2007)
as Gerrard Ames
The Green Eyes (2023)
Actor
Fracas (2024)
Actor
DRIVE IN Holy Motors (2013)
as Self
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus (2013)
as Marcel Dassault
X14 (2022)
Actor
The Escapade (2019)
as Jacques
Body of Crime (2023)
Actor
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST (2025)
Actor
Erratic Blocks (—)
as Lucien Le Saint
Les Grandes Marées (2013)
as Marc
Hyacinthe (2025)
as Reda
Dante's Divine Comedy (—)
as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
My Intelligent Comedy (2018)
as Allen
Two Night Owls in Paris (2024)
as Le bouquiniste
Miserable Miracle (2023)
as Narrator (French)
All Effort of Men (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Tired of Being Handsome (2013)
Actor
Aymeline (2022)
as Franco Fontane
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète (2010)
as Bezon
The Nipple Whisperer (2021)
as Maurice Sanders
The Boy Who Owns the World (2024)
as Kasimir
Kazarken: As We Dig (2016)
as Chiron, le centaure
Jiminy (2013)
as Otto Hoffmann
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir (2009)
as (voice)
Who the Fuck Are You (2019)
as Psychiatrist
Marussia (2013)
as Clochard
Human Flowers of Flesh (2023)
as Galoup
Que demande le peuple (—)
Actor
Le monde à l'envers (1998)
as Yann Kerebel
Demons to Diamonds (2025)
as The prisoner
Luminal (2004)
as Ryu
Correspondances: Dostoïevski (2003)
as reader
Les Williams (2009)
Actor
Atlantika (2011)
Actor
Thunder Voice (2023)
as Prophet
Makunaíma XXI (—)
Actor
Paris Ficelle (1982)
as Joe
Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino (2024)
as Self
Le discours (2022)
as Le politicien
Scaramouche Scaramouche (2018)
as Scaramouche
Austerlitz (2015)
as Jacques Austerlitz
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel (2013)
as Self
Eye of the Astronomer (2012)
as Jean Kepler
Ogaden (2014)
Actor
The Blue Star (2020)
as Le Narrateur
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait (2003)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hymn to Merde (2009)
as Merde
Şoför (2001)
as The Driver
Dark Forests (2015)
as Voice
Waster (—)
as Waster
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture (—)
as Narrateur