
Alex Descas
Actor
Born: January 1, 1958 (68 years old)
Place of birth: France
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.
Filmography (44)
- Coffee and Cigarettes (2004, ★ 6.9)
- Irma Vep (1996, ★ 6.7)
- The House (1997, ★ 7)
- The Limits of Control (2009, ★ 6)
- 35 Shots of Rum (2009, ★ 6.8)
- Rapt (2009, ★ 6.1)
- Lumumba (2000, ★ 6.8)
- Trouble Every Day (2001, ★ 5.8)
- I Can't Sleep (1994, ★ 6.1)
- Late August, Early September (1999, ★ 5.9)
- Bastards (2013, ★ 5.8)
- How Good the Whites Are (1988, ★ 6.1)
- Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002, ★ 6.5)
- Exterminate All the Brutes (2021, ★ 7.4)
- No Fear, No Die (1990, ★ 6)
- Nèg maron (2005, ★ 6.1)
- Adam's Sake (2025, ★ 6.8)
- Chocolat (2016, ★ 6.8)
- Volontaire (2018, ★ 5.7)
- Clubbed to Death (1996, ★ 6.2)
- Voilà l'enchaînement (2014, ★ 5.8)
- Nenette and Boni (1997, ★ 6.4)
- The Intruder (2005, ★ 6.4)
- The Great White of Lambarene (1995, ★ 5)
- Portrait of the Artist (2015, ★ 5.7)
- Rouge (2015, ★ 6.4)
- Irma Vep (2022, ★ 6.5)
- Last Harem (1999, ★ 5.4)
- The Dope (2003, ★ 4.6)
- Persecution (2009, ★ 4.4)