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Home/People/Alex Descas
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Born
Jan 1, 1958
Age 68
Place of Birth
France
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

76
Movies
6
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Alex Descas

Acting

Biography
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 (Guadeloupean) descent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Descas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Failing poster

The Failing

as L'Abbé Gomis
2026
Adam's Sake poster

Adam's Sake

as Naïm
2025
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants poster

Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

as Narrator (Voice)
2024
Which Way Africa? poster

Which Way Africa?

as Narrator
2024
Brûlé neige poster

Brûlé neige

as Henri
2022
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté poster

Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

as (Voix Off)
2021
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard poster

Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

Cast
2021
Sing Me Back Home poster

Sing Me Back Home

as Juan
2019
Maya poster

Maya

as Frédéric
2018
Volontaire poster

Volontaire

as Albertini
2018
Let the Sunshine In poster

Let the Sunshine In

as End Man
2017
Gone poster

Gone

as Claude Vannier
2017
Metropole poster

Metropole

Cast
2017
Chocolat poster

Chocolat

as Victor
2016
Rouge poster

Rouge

as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
2015
Portrait of the Artist poster

Portrait of the Artist

as Scottie
2015
Madeleine d'entre les Morts poster

Madeleine d'entre les Morts

as The man
2014
Voilà l'enchaînement poster

Voilà l'enchaînement

as Lui
2014
Murder in Pacot poster

Murder in Pacot

as L'homme
2014
Un enfant en danger poster

Un enfant en danger

as André
2013