Personal Info
Birthday
January 1, 1958
Place of Birth
France
Known For
Acting
Alex Descas
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.
Acting Filmography (78)
0.0
The Failing
Movie2026
6.7
Adam's Sake
Movie2025
7.3
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
Movie2024
0.0
Which Way Africa?
Movie2024
0.0
Brûlé neige
Movie2022
6.5
Irma Vep
TV Series2022
8.0
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
Movie2021
0.0
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
Movie2021
7.4
Exterminate All the Brutes
TV Series2021
No Backdrop
4.8
Sing Me Back Home
Movie2019
5.3
Maya
Movie2018
5.7
Volontaire
Movie2018
5.0
Iskander
TV Series2018
5.2
Let the Sunshine In
Movie2017
No Backdrop
5.0
Gone
Movie2017
6.8
Chocolat
Movie2016
5.4
Nina
TV Series2015
6.4
Rouge
Movie2015
No Backdrop
5.7
Portrait of the Artist
Movie2015
5.8
Voilà l'enchaînement
Movie2014
No Backdrop
3.9
Murder in Pacot
Movie2014
7.3
Un enfant en danger
Movie2013
5.7
Bastards
Movie2013
No Backdrop
0.0
Aimé Césaire, le prix de la liberté
Movie2013
6.2
Rapt
Movie2009
4.4
Persecution
Movie2009
6.0
The Limits of Control
Movie2009
6.8
35 Shots of Rum
Movie2009
No Backdrop
0.0
Négropolitain
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
We Don't Choose Our Parents
Movie2008
5.0
Boarding Gate
Movie2007
No Backdrop
7.2
Un flic
TV Series2007
No Backdrop
5.5
Tag!
Movie2007
0.0
Elf, Kings of Oil
Movie2007
5.0
The Elf Case
Movie2007
No Backdrop
0.0
L'île des esclaves
Movie2006
5.5
A Perfect Couple
Movie2006
6.5
The Intruder
Movie2005
5.2
In Your Dreams
Movie2005
3.8
The United States of Albert
Movie2005
6.3
Nèg maron
Movie2005
No Backdrop
7.0
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
Movie2004
No Backdrop
8.0
Nord-plage
Movie2004
6.9
Coffee and Cigarettes
Movie2004
No Backdrop
10.0
La nuit sera longue
Movie2003
5.9
Tiresia
Movie2003
4.7
The Dope
Movie2003
6.6
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Movie2002
No Backdrop
8.0
Vers Nancy
Movie2002
No Backdrop
7.0
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
Movie2002
5.8
Trouble Every Day
Movie2001
6.9
Lumumba
Movie2000
5.5
Last Harem
Movie1999
5.9
Late August, Early September
Movie1999
No Backdrop
9.0
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
Movie1998
No Backdrop
0.0
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
Movie1998
7.1
The House
Movie1997
6.4
Nenette and Boni
Movie1997
No Backdrop
9.0
My Family's Honour
Movie1997
No Backdrop
8.0
Africa Dreaming
Movie1997
No Backdrop
0.0
So Be It
Movie1997
6.7
Irma Vep
Movie1996
5.9
Clubbed to Death
Movie1996
No Backdrop
10.0
Un si joli bouquet
Movie1995
5.3
The Great White of Lambarene
Movie1995
6.2
The Heart's Cry
Movie1995
No Backdrop
0.0
Duo
Movie1995
10.0
Never Twice
Movie1995
No Backdrop
3.0
The Masturbators
Movie1995
6.3
I Can't Sleep
Movie1994
5.3
Les Cordier, juge et flic
TV Series1994
6.5
The Absence
Movie1993
7.0
Lest We Forget
Movie1991
6.1
No Fear, No Die
Movie1990
6.6
How Good the Whites Are
Movie1988
No Backdrop
5.5
Taxi Boy
Movie1986
No Backdrop
4.9
Urgence
Movie1985
5.1
The Syringe
Movie1984