Alex Descas

Alex Descas

Known for: Acting

Born: January 1, 1958

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…

Known for

Never Twice
Never Twice
1995
35 Shots of Rum
35 Shots of Rum
2009
Brûlé neige
Brûlé neige
2022
Murder in Pacot
Murder in Pacot
2014
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
2024
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
2004
Metropole
2017
Nord-plage
Nord-plage
2004
Tag!
Tag!
2007
Voilà l'enchaînement
Voilà l'enchaînement
2014
Duo
Duo
1995
So Be It
So Be It
1997
Césaire, le prix de la liberté
2013
The Masturbators
The Masturbators
1995
The Limits of Control
The Limits of Control
2009
Last Harem
Last Harem
1999
Lumumba
Lumumba
2000
No Fear, No Die
No Fear, No Die
1990
Vers Nancy
Vers Nancy
2002
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
2014
Négropolitain
Négropolitain
2008
L'île des esclaves
L'île des esclaves
2006
We Don't Choose Our Parents
We Don't Choose Our Parents
2008
The Failing
The Failing
2026
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
1998
Déjà vu
2007
The Great White of Lambarene
The Great White of Lambarene
1995
Nèg maron
Nèg maron
2005
Adam's Sake
Adam's Sake
2025
Maya
Maya
2018
The Absence
The Absence
1993
Trouble Every Day
Trouble Every Day
2001
My Family's Honour
My Family's Honour
1997
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
1998
Volontaire
Volontaire
2018
Un si joli bouquet
Un si joli bouquet
1995
The Heart's Cry
The Heart's Cry
1995
The Arrival
 
Rapt
Rapt
2009
I Can't Sleep
I Can't Sleep
1994
The Dope
The Dope
2003
Persecution
Persecution
2009
Late August, Early September
Late August, Early September
1999
La nuit sera longue
La nuit sera longue
2003
Sing Me Back Home
Sing Me Back Home
2019
Irma Vep
Irma Vep
1996
The House
The House
1997
Bastards
Bastards
2013
The United States of Albert
The United States of Albert
2005
Which Way Africa?
Which Way Africa?
2024
Un enfant en danger
Un enfant en danger
2013
Nenette and Boni
Nenette and Boni
1997
Boarding Gate
Boarding Gate
2007
Gone
Gone
2017
Tiresia
Tiresia
2003
Taxi Boy
Taxi Boy
1986
Let the Sunshine In
Let the Sunshine In
2017
Clubbed to Death
Clubbed to Death
1996
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
2021
The Syringe
The Syringe
1984
Chocolat
Chocolat
2016
The Intruder
The Intruder
2005
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
2021
An Odd Enchantment
 
Africa Dreaming
Africa Dreaming
1997
A Perfect Couple
A Perfect Couple
2006
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002
In Your Dreams
In Your Dreams
2005
The Elf Case
The Elf Case
2007
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002
Portrait of the Artist
Portrait of the Artist
2015
Elf, Kings of Oil
Elf, Kings of Oil
2007
Coffee and Cigarettes
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
How Good the Whites Are
How Good the Whites Are
1988
Rouge
Rouge
2015
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget
1991
Urgence
Urgence
1985
Exterminate All the Brutes
Exterminate All the Brutes
2021
Nina
Nina
2015
Irma Vep
Irma Vep
2022
Iskander
Iskander
2018
Un flic
Un flic
2007
Les Cordier, juge et flic
Les Cordier, juge et flic
1994