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
Holy Motors (2012)
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
The Night Eats the World (2018)
as Alfred
Mr. X (2014)
as Self
Tokyo! (2008)
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
Gagarine (2020)
as Gérard
The Emperor of Paris (2018)
as Maillard
The Bra (2019)
as Kamal
The Stranger (2025)
as Salamano
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
as Six-Soux
Tralala (2021)
as Climby
Hotel Fantasma (2025)
Actor
The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
as Alex
Erratics (2026)
as Lucien Le Saint
The Lonely (2009)
Actor
Silver Skates (2020)
as Fourier
My Little Princess (2011)
as Ernst
Going and Coming Back (1985)
as Simon Lerner's patient
Beau Travail (2000)
as Galoup
Sibyl (2025)
as (Archive footage)
Luminal (2004)
as Ryu
Figurant (2019)
Actor
Fracas (2024)
Actor
The Rope (—)
Actor
The End (2026)
as (voice)
Inquisitions (2026)
as L'inquisiteur
La Squale (2000)
as Le joker
Les Williams (2009)
Actor
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
as The Theologist
In the Land of Arto (2025)
as Rob
Mauvais Sang (1986)
as Alex
Thunder Voice (2023)
as Prophet
Captain Ahab (2008)
as Capitaine Achab
One Nation, One King (2018)
as Marat
Night of the Kings (2021)
as Silence
Hitler in Hollywood (2011)
as Denis Lavant
Jiminy (2013)
as Otto Hoffmann
3 Days in Quiberon (2018)
as Fisherman Poet
Le discours (2022)
as Le politicien
Poisson rouge (2023)
as Père de Guillaume
X14 (2022)
Actor
The Wounded Man (1983)
as Wanderer
Les Misérables (1982)
as Montparnasse
L'Ombre sur la plage (1982)
Actor
Waster (—)
as Waster
Austerlitz (2015)
as Jacques Austerlitz
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts (2014)
as Self (uncredited)
Fan Club (2018)
as Damien
Mister Lonely (2008)
as Charlie Chaplin
DRIVE IN Holy Motors (2013)
as Self
Pitchipoï (2015)
as Pierre Schulmann
Mona and I (1990)
as Pierre
It's Not Me (2024)
as Monsieur Merde
Married/Unmarried (2001)
as Love
Long Live Life (1984)
as Caviar delivery man
Me and Kaminski (2015)
as Karl-Ludwig
7 jours 4000 ans (—)
as (Voix)
Je sens plus la vitesse (2013)
Actor
In All My Journeys I Am Returning (2026)
Actor
Entre Nous (1983)
as Un militaire
Correspondances: Dostoïevski (2003)
as reader
Girls with Balls (2019)
as Barman
Journey to the West (2014)
as Dragon
My Intelligent Comedy (2018)
as Allen
Scaramouche Scaramouche (2018)
as Scaramouche
Deep in the Woods (2000)
as Stephane
Kazarken: As We Dig (2016)
as Chiron, le centaure
Le mystère des jonquilles (2014)
as Sam
Şoför (2001)
as The Driver
Aymeline (2022)
as Franco Fontane
The Blue Star (2020)
as Le Narrateur
Tuvalu (1999)
as Anton
Fol (—)
Actor
Wild Animals (1997)
as Emil
Ogaden (2014)
Actor
Language Does Not Lie (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
Hood Witch (2023)
as Jules
Boy Meets Girl (1984)
as Alex
Silent Streams (2019)
Actor
The Iron Ivan (2014)
as Eugene de Paris
Morning Star (2012)
as Elliot
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon (2023)
as Self
The Mountain (2019)
as Jack
Visiblement je vous aime (1995)
as Denis
21 Nights with Pattie (2015)
as André
Hop-o'-My-Thumb (2011)
as The ogre
Tired of Being Handsome (2013)
Actor
Two Night Owls in Paris (2024)
as Le bouquiniste
Marussia (2013)
as Clochard
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui (2023)
Actor
The Green Eyes (2023)
Actor
Dante's Divine Comedy (—)
as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino (2024)
as Self
Louis-Ferdinand Céline (2016)
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Happy New Year London (2007)
as Gerrard Ames
South Sentinel (2022)
as Commandant de Royer
Les Grandes Marées (2013)
as Marc
The Chess Game (1994)
as Max
Boris Without Beatrice (2016)
as L'Inconnu
After Midnight (1983)
as (voice)
Redoubt (2026)
as Karl-Göran Persson
Dark Forests (2015)
as Voice
Body of Crime (2023)
Actor
Once Around the Park (1989)
as Berville
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST (2025)
Actor
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" (2005)
as Self
In the Name of Blood (2025)
as Jacques
Cornelius, the Howling Miller (2018)
as Doctor de Chomo
Who the Fuck Are You (2019)
as Psychiatrist
Tell Me Iggy (2022)
as Self
Wild Camp (2005)
as Blaise
Hymn to Merde (2009)
as Merde
De force avec d'autres (1993)
as Denis
Eye of the Astronomer (2012)
as Jean Kepler
Human Flowers of Flesh (2023)
as Galoup
The Nipple Whisperer (2021)
as Maurice Sanders
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux (2019)
as Monsieur Loyal
Biette (2013)
as Self
Don Juan (1998)
as Pierrot
Eva Doesn't Sleep (2015)
as Koenig
The Temptation of St. Tony (2009)
as Count Korzybski
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus (2013)
as Marcel Dassault
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir (2009)
as (voice)
Melody for a Hustler (1998)
as L'auto-stoppeur
Le monde à l'envers (1998)
as Yann Kerebel
Hyacinthe (2025)
as Reda
The Boy Who Owns the World (2024)
as Kasimir
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan (2002)
as (voice)
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel (2013)
as Self
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète (2010)
as Bezon
Miserable Miracle (2023)
as Narrator (French)
Demons to Diamonds (2025)
as The prisoner
Bacon-Freud, face à face (2025)
as Voix-off
Makunaíma XXI (—)
Actor
All Effort of Men (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
History's Future (2016)
as Lottery Ticket Seller
Que demande le peuple (—)
Actor
Graziella (2015)
as Antoine
Gray House (2017)
as Self
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait (2003)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Escapade (2019)
as Jacques
Atlantika (2011)
Actor
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture (—)
as Narrateur
Paris Ficelle (1982)
as Joe
The Man Without Qualities (2026)
as Ultimo Proy