Acting · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France · Born June 17, 1961
Denis Lavant (born June 17, 1961) is a French film actor known for his distinctive face and the physically demanding aspects of the roles he plays, which often involve slapstick, acrobatics or dance, as well as for his long-standing association with director Leos Carax. Lavant has played the lead role in all but one of Carax's films. Lavant is also known for his starring roles in Claire Denis' Beau Travail and Harmony Korine's Mister Lonely, which features Carax in a supporting role.
MovieIn All My Journeys I Am Returning
2026
MovieThe End
2026
as (voice)
MovieRedoubt
2026
as Karl-Göran Persson
MovieIn the Land of Arto
2025
as Rob
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
2025
MovieThe Stranger
2025
as Salamano
MovieSibyl
2025
as (Archive footage)
MovieHyacinthe
2025
as Reda
MovieBacon-Freud, face à face
2025
as Voix-off
MovieDemons to Diamonds
2025
as The prisoner
MovieHotel Fantasma
2025
MovieIn the Name of Blood
2025
as Jacques
MovieWalter Benjamin, el aura del camino
2024
as Self
MovieFracas
2024
MovieTwo Night Owls in Paris
2024
as Le bouquiniste
MovieIt's Not Me
2024
as Monsieur Merde
MovieThe Boy Who Owns the World
2024
as Kasimir
MoviePetit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
2023
MovieThunder Voice
2023
as Prophet
MovieBody of Crime
2023
MovieHood Witch
2023
as Jules
MoviePoisson rouge
2023
as Père de Guillaume
MovieMiserable Miracle
2023
as Narrator (French)
MovieThe Green Eyes
2023
MovieL'Impossible Monsieur Simon
2023
as Self
MovieHuman Flowers of Flesh
2023
as Galoup
MovieAll Effort of Men
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAymeline
2022
as Franco Fontane
MovieX14
2022
MovieTell Me Iggy
2022
as Self
MovieLe discours
2022
as Le politicien
MovieSouth Sentinel
2022
as Commandant de Royer
MovieTralala
2021
as Climby
MovieThe Nipple Whisperer
2021
as Maurice Sanders
MovieNight of the Kings
2021
as Silence
MovieSilver Skates
2020
as Fourier
MovieGagarine
2020
as Gérard
MovieThe Blue Star
2020
as Le Narrateur
The Escapade
2019
as Jacques
MovieFigurant
2019
MovieWho the Fuck Are You
2019
as Psychiatrist
MovieVous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
2019
as Monsieur Loyal
MovieGirls with Balls
2019
as Barman
MovieThe Mountain
2019
as Jack
TVThe Traveller
2019
as Alberto
MovieSilent Streams
2019
MovieThe Bra
2019
as Kamal
MovieThe Emperor of Paris
2018
as Maillard
MovieScaramouche Scaramouche
2018
as Scaramouche
MovieOne Nation, One King
2018
as Marat
Fan Club
2018
as Damien
MovieCornelius, the Howling Miller
2018
as Doctor de Chomo
Movie3 Days in Quiberon
2018
as Fisherman Poet
MovieThe Night Eats the World
2018
as Alfred
MovieMy Intelligent Comedy
2018
as Allen
MovieGray House
2017
as Self
MovieKazarken: As We Dig
2016
as Chiron, le centaure
TVMidnight Sun
2016
as Pierre Carnot
MovieLouis-Ferdinand Céline
2016
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
MovieBoris Without Beatrice
2016
as L'Inconnu
History's Future
2016
as Lottery Ticket Seller
Movie21 Nights with Pattie
2015
as André
MovieEva Doesn't Sleep
2015
as Koenig
MovieMe and Kaminski
2015
as Karl-Ludwig
MovieGraziella
2015
as Antoine
MovieAusterlitz
2015
as Jacques Austerlitz
MovieDark Forests
2015
as Voice
MoviePitchipoï
2015
as Pierre Schulmann
MovieMen Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
2014
as Self (uncredited)
MovieLe mystère des jonquilles
2014
as Sam
MovieThe Iron Ivan
2014
as Eugene de Paris
MovieJourney to the West
2014
as Dragon
MovieMr. X
2014
as Self
Ogaden
2014
Jiminy
2013
as Otto Hoffmann
MovieAge of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
as The Theologist
MovieBiette
2013
as Self
MovieLes Grandes Marées
2013
as Marc
MovieEn ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013
as Self
MovieMarussia
2013
as Clochard
MovieTired of Being Handsome
2013
MovieMarcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
2013
as Marcel Dassault
MovieDRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013
as Self
MovieMorning Star
2012
as Elliot
MovieHoly Motors
2012
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
MovieEye of the Astronomer
2012
as Jean Kepler
TVSquare
2012
as Self
MovieHop-o'-My-Thumb
2011
as The ogre
MovieMy Little Princess
2011
as Ernst
MovieHitler in Hollywood
2011
as Denis Lavant
MovieAtlantika
2011
MovieJe, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
2010
as Bezon
MovieThe Temptation of St. Tony
2009
as Count Korzybski
MovieHymn to Merde
2009
as Merde
The Lonely
2009
Les Williams
2009
MovieLes Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
2009
as (voice)
TVThe Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009
as André Custe
MovieTokyo!
2008
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
MovieCaptain Ahab
2008
as Capitaine Achab
MovieMister Lonely
2008
as Charlie Chaplin
MovieHappy New Year London
2007
as Gerrard Ames
MovieWild Camp
2005
as Blaise
MovieUne année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005
as Self
MovieLanguage Does Not Lie
2004
as Narrator (voice)
MovieA Very Long Engagement
2004
as Six-Soux
MovieLuminal
2004
as Ryu
MovieCorrespondances: Dostoïevski
2003
as reader
MovieMark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
2003
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieLa merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002
as (voice)
MovieMarried/Unmarried
2001
as Love
MovieŞoför
2001
as The Driver
MovieLa Squale
2000
as Le joker
MovieDeep in the Woods
2000
as Stephane
MovieBeau Travail
2000
as Galoup
MovieTuvalu
1999
as Anton
MovieMelody for a Hustler
1998
as L'auto-stoppeur
MovieLe monde à l'envers
1998
as Yann Kerebel
MovieDon Juan
1998
as Pierrot
MovieWild Animals
1997
as Emil
MovieVisiblement je vous aime
1995
as Denis
MovieThe Chess Game
1994
as Max
De force avec d'autres
1993
as Denis
MovieThe Lovers on the Bridge
1991
as Alex
MovieMona and I
1990
as Pierre
MovieOnce Around the Park
1989
as Berville
MovieMauvais Sang
1986
as Alex
MovieGoing and Coming Back
1985
as Simon Lerner's patient
MovieBoy Meets Girl
1984
as Alex
MovieLong Live Life
1984
as Caviar delivery man
MovieAfter Midnight
1983
as (voice)
MovieThe Wounded Man
1983
as Wanderer
MovieEntre Nous
1983
as Un militaire
MovieLes Misérables
1982
as Montparnasse
MovieL'Ombre sur la plage
1982
MovieParis Ficelle
1982
as Joe
Que demande le peuple
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture
as Narrateur
Dante's Divine Comedy
as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
Erratic Blocks
as Lucien Le Saint
Makunaíma XXI
MovieWaster
as Waster
7 jours 4000 ans
as (Voix)
TVThe Countess of Monte Cristo
