Portrait of Alex Descas

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

Filmography

2025
The Failing

as L'Abbé Gomis

2025
Adam's Sake

as Naïm

2024
2024
2022
2022
Irma Vep

as Gregory Desormeaux

2018
Maya

as Frédéric

2018
Volontaire

as Albertini

2018
Iskander

as Oscar

2017
2017
Gone

as Claude Vannier

2016
Chocolat

as Victor

2015
Nina

as Mathias Savignon

2015
Rouge

as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»

2014
Murder in Pacot

as L'homme

2013
2013
Bastards

as Dr. Béthanie

2009
Rapt

as Maître Walser

2009
Persecution

as Thomas

2009
2008
2008
We Don't Choose Our Parents

as Le juge Mauvoisin

2007
Boarding Gate

as Andrew

2007
Un flic

as Schneider

2007
Tag!

as Nkruma

2007
The Elf Case

as Pascal Lissouba

2007
Elf, Kings of Oil

as Pascal Lissouba

2005
2005
The Intruder

as Le prêtre

2005
2005
2005
Nèg maron

as Siwo

2004
2004
Coffee and Cigarettes

as Alex (segment "No Problem")

2003
2003
Tiresia

as Marignac

2003
The Dope

as Shaft

2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

as (segment "Vers Nancy")

2002
2001
2000
Lumumba

as Joseph Mobutu

1999
Last Harem

as Nadir

1997
Nenette and Boni

as Gynecologist

1997
1997
Africa Dreaming

as Michael

1996
Irma Vep

as Desormeaux

1996
1995
Un si joli bouquet

as Barthélémy

1995
The Heart's Cry

as Ibrahim Sow

1995
Duo

as Man

1995
The Masturbators

as Narrator

1995
Never Twice

as Never Twice

1994
1993
The Absence

as Soldier

1991
1990
No Fear, No Die

as Jocelyn

1988
How Good the Whites Are

as Le travailleur chez Renault

1986
Taxi Boy

as Pascal

1984
The Syringe

as Le chef des 'Blackies'