Denis Lavant
Born: 1961-06-17 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Stranger as Salamano
- Redoubt as Karl-Göran Persson
- Hyacinthe as Reda
- Hotel Fantasma
- Demons to Diamonds
- In the Name of Blood as Jacques
- In the Land of Arto
- Bacon-Freud, face à face as Voix-off
- Sibyl as (Archive footage)
2024
- Fracas
- It's Not Me as Monsieur Merde
- The Boy Who Owns the World as Kasimir
- Two Night Owls in Paris as Le bouquiniste
2023
- Hood Witch as Jules
- Poisson rouge as Père de Guillaume
- Body of Crime
- Human Flowers of Flesh as Galoup
- The Green Eyes
- Thunder Voice as Prophet
- L'Impossible Monsieur Simon as Self
- Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
- Miserable Miracle as Narrator (French)
2022
- X14
- South Sentinel as Commandant de Royer
- Tell Me Iggy as Self
- All Effort of Men as Narrator (voice)
- Aymeline as Franco Fontane
2021
- Tralala as Climby
- Night of the Kings as Silence
- The Nipple Whisperer as Maurice Sanders
- Le discours as Le politicien
2020
- Gagarine as Gérard
- Silver Skates as Fourier
- The Blue Star as Le Narrateur
2019
- The Mountain as Jack
- The Bra as Kamal
- The Escapade as Jacques
- The Traveller as Alberto
- Girls with Balls as Barman
- Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux as Monsieur Loyal
- Figurant
- Silent Streams
- Who the Fuck Are You as Psychiatrist
2018
- The Emperor of Paris as Maillard
- The Night Eats the World as Alfred
- Fan Club as Damien
- Cornelius, the Howling Miller as Doctor de Chomo
- My Intelligent Comedy as Allen
- One Nation, One King as Marat
- 3 Days in Quiberon as Fisherman Poet
- Scaramouche Scaramouche as Scaramouche
2017
- Gray House as Self
2016
- Boris Without Beatrice as L'Inconnu
- Midnight Sun as Pierre Carnot
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- History's Future as Lottery Ticket Seller
- Kazarken: As We Dig as Chiron, le centaure
2015
- Pitchipoï as Pierre Schulmann
- Graziella as Antoine
- 21 Nights with Pattie as André
- Eva Doesn't Sleep as Koenig
- Me and Kaminski as Karl-Ludwig
- Austerlitz as Jacques Austerlitz
- Dark Forests as Voice
2014
- Mr. X as Self
- The Iron Ivan as Poddubny's Coach
- Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts as Self (uncredited)
- Journey to the West as Dragon
- Le mystère des jonquilles as Sam
- Ogaden
2013
- Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas as The Theologist
- Biette as Self
- Marussia as Clochard
- Jiminy as Otto Hoffmann
- En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel as Self
- DRIVE IN Holy Motors as Self
- Tired of Being Handsome
- Les Grandes Marées as Marc
- Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus as Marcel Dassault
2012
- Holy Motors as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
- Square as Self
- Morning Star as Elliot
- Eye of the Astronomer as Jean Kepler
2011
- Atlantika
- My Little Princess as Ernst
- Hop-o'-My-Thumb as The ogre
2010
2009
- The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as André Custe
- The Lonely
- The Temptation of St. Tony as Count Korzybski
- Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir as (voice)
- Les Williams
- Hymn to Merde as Merde
2008
- Mister Lonely as Charlie Chaplin
- Tokyo! as Merde' (segment "Merde")
- Captain Ahab as Capitaine Achab
2007
- Happy New Year London as Gerrard Ames
2005
2004
- A Very Long Engagement as Six-Soux
- Luminal as Ryu
- Language Does Not Lie as Narrator (voice)
2003
- Correspondances: Dostoïevski as reader
- Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait as Self - Narrator (voice)
2002
- La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan as (voice)
2001
- Married/Unmarried as Love
- Şoför as The Driver
2000
- Beau Travail as Galoup
- Deep in the Woods as Stephane
- La Squale as Le joker
1999
- Tuvalu as Anton
1998
- Don Juan as Pierrot
- Le monde à l'envers as Yann Kerebel
- Melody for a Hustler as L'auto-stoppeur
1997
- Wild Animals as Emil
1995
- Visiblement je vous aime as Denis
1994
- The Chess Game as Max
1993
- De force avec d'autres as Denis
1991
- The Lovers on the Bridge as Alex
1990
- Mona and I as Pierre
1989
- Once Around the Park as Berville
1986
- Mauvais Sang as Alex
1985
- Going and Coming Back as Simon Lerner's patient
1984
- Long Live Life as Caviar delivery man
- Boy Meets Girl as Alex
1983
- Entre Nous as Un militaire
- The Wounded Man as Wanderer
- After Midnight as (voice)
1982
- Les Misérables as Montparnasse
- Paris Ficelle as Joe