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