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.
Born: January 1, 1958
Place of Birth: France
Known For
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
Frantz Fanon alone embodies all the issues of French colonial history. Martinican resistance fighter, he enlisted, like millions of colonial soldiers, in the Free Army out of loyalty to France and the idea of freedom that it embodies for him. A writer, he participated in the bubbling life of Saint-Germain with Césaire, Senghor and Sartre, debating tirelessly on the destiny of colonized peoples. As a doctor, he revolutionized the practice of psychiatry, seeking in the relations of domination of colonial societies the foundations of the pathologies of his patients in Blida. Activist, he brings together through his action and his history of him, the anger of peoples crushed by centuries of colonial oppression. But beyond this exceptional journey which makes sensitive the permanence of French colonialism in the Lesser Antilles at the gates of the Algerian desert, he leaves an incomparable body of work which has made him today one of the most studied French authors across the Atlantic.
Vers Nancy
A train conversation between an immigrant French woman and novelist Jean-Luc Nancy centering on the idea of intrusion within every foreigner (a more philosophical precursor to L'Intrus). A social commentary on the inherent fallacy - particularly in nations with a strong national identity like the U.S. and France - of the social notion that assimilation and integration embrace cultural differences; rather, it erases them.
Exterminate All the Brutes
Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of European colonialism, from America to Africa, and its impact on society today.
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
In the Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya drought is a menace to both humans and animals. This documentary follows two Elephant Guardians in their tireless work to protect this endangered species.
Un flic
This series features the investigations of Schneider, a tormented police officer of unwavering integrity.
The House
A moving world of spirits and ghosts, condemned to brush against one another without really meeting since they have all emerged from a single perpetual dream: that of a young man who no longer wants to wake up, immersed as he is in this world of fascinating spectres.
Un enfant en danger
Rebecca is a cop in the Juvenile Division. One day, Mathieu Francoeur comes to the station, saying his son, Joachim, has been kidnapped by his mother Christelle, with whom he's separated. However Rebecca had seven years earlier witnessed the man being extremely abusive to his ex-wife and child...
Coffee and Cigarettes
An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.
Chocolat
Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.
35 Shots of Rum
A widower and his daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at her university.
Filmography
as L'Abbé Gomis
as Naïm
as Narrator (Voice)
as Narrator
as Henri
as Gregory Desormeaux
as (Voix Off)
as Juan
as Frédéric
as Albertini
as Oscar
as End Man
as Claude Vannier
as Victor
as Mathias Savignon
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
as Scottie
as Lui
as L'homme
as André
as Dr. Béthanie
as Maître Walser
as Thomas
as Creole
as Lionel
as Alain
as Le juge Mauvoisin
as Andrew
as Schneider
as Nkruma
as Pascal Lissouba
as Pascal Lissouba
as Patrick
as Le prêtre
as Mojo
as Nolton Barnett
as Siwo
as Pierre Adélaïde
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
as François
as Marignac
as Shaft
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
as (Segment 'Never Twice')
as Dr. Léo
as Joseph Mobutu
as Nadir
as Jérémie
as Yves Le Guen
as himself
as Gynecologist
as Malcolm
as Michael
as Desormeaux
as Mambo
as Barthélémy
as Koumba
as Ibrahim Sow
as Man
as Narrator
as Never Twice
as Théo
as Sayyid
as Soldier
as Self
as Jocelyn
as Le travailleur chez Renault
as Pascal
as Le chef des 'Blackies'