Acting · France · Born January 1, 1958
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.
MovieThe Failing
2026
as L'Abbé Gomis
MovieAdam's Sake
2025
as Naïm
MovieKenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
2024
as Narrator (Voice)
MovieWhich Way Africa?
2024
as Narrator
MovieBrûlé neige
2022
as Henri
TVIrma Vep
2022
as Gregory Desormeaux
MovieFrantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
2021
as (Voix Off)
MovieChekhov's The Cherry Orchard
2021
TVExterminate All the Brutes
2021
MovieSing Me Back Home
2019
as Juan
MovieMaya
2018
as Frédéric
MovieVolontaire
2018
as Albertini
TVIskander
2018
as Oscar
MovieLet the Sunshine In
2017
as End Man
MovieGone
2017
as Claude Vannier
Metropole
2017
MovieChocolat
2016
as Victor
TVNina
2015
as Mathias Savignon
MovieRouge
2015
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
MoviePortrait of the Artist
2015
as Scottie
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
2014
as The man
MovieVoilà l'enchaînement
2014
as Lui
MovieMurder in Pacot
2014
as L'homme
MovieUn enfant en danger
2013
as André
MovieBastards
2013
as Dr. Béthanie
MovieAimé Césaire, le prix de la liberté
2013
as Aimé Césaire
MovieRapt
2009
as Maître Walser
MoviePersecution
2009
as Thomas
MovieThe Limits of Control
2009
as Creole
Movie35 Shots of Rum
2009
as Lionel
MovieNégropolitain
2008
as Alain
MovieWe Don't Choose Our Parents
2008
as Le juge Mauvoisin
Déjà vu
2007
as Kiff
MovieBoarding Gate
2007
as Andrew
TVUn flic
2007
as Schneider
MovieTag!
2007
as Nkruma
MovieElf, Kings of Oil
2007
as Pascal Lissouba
MovieThe Elf Case
2007
as Pascal Lissouba
MovieL'île des esclaves
2006
MovieA Perfect Couple
2006
as Patrick
MovieThe Intruder
2005
as Le prêtre
MovieIn Your Dreams
2005
as Mojo
MovieThe United States of Albert
2005
as Nolton Barnett
MovieNèg maron
2005
as Siwo
MovieThe Man Who Came From Elsewhere
2004
as Pierre Adélaïde
MovieNord-plage
2004
MovieCoffee and Cigarettes
2004
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
MovieLa nuit sera longue
2003
as François
MovieTiresia
2003
as Marignac
MovieThe Dope
2003
as Shaft
MovieTen Minutes Older: The Cello
2002
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
MovieVers Nancy
2002
MovieLa merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002
as (Segment 'Never Twice')
MovieTrouble Every Day
2001
as Dr. Léo
MovieLumumba
2000
as Joseph Mobutu
MovieLast Harem
1999
as Nadir
MovieLate August, Early September
1999
as Jérémie
MovieLe serpent a mangé la grenouille
1998
as Yves Le Guen
MovieIn a Memory of a Film Gone By
1998
as himself
MovieThe House
1997
MovieNenette and Boni
1997
as Gynecologist
MovieMy Family's Honour
1997
as Malcolm
MovieAfrica Dreaming
1997
as Michael
MovieSo Be It
1997
MovieIrma Vep
1996
as Desormeaux
MovieClubbed to Death
1996
as Mambo
MovieUn si joli bouquet
1995
as Barthélémy
MovieThe Great White of Lambarene
1995
as Koumba
MovieThe Heart's Cry
1995
as Ibrahim Sow
MovieDuo
1995
as Man
MovieNever Twice
1995
as Never Twice
MovieThe Masturbators
1995
as Narrator
MovieI Can't Sleep
1994
as Théo
TVLes Cordier, juge et flic
1994
as Sayyid
MovieThe Absence
1993
as Soldier
MovieLest We Forget
1991
as Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
MovieNo Fear, No Die
1990
as Jocelyn
MovieHow Good the Whites Are
1988
as Le travailleur chez Renault
MovieTaxi Boy
1986
as Pascal
MovieUrgence
1985
MovieThe Syringe
1984
as Le chef des 'Blackies'
The Arrival
An Odd Enchantment
