The Stranger2025
As Salamano
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Denis Lavant
Born
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.
Filmography (141)
A Very Long Engagement2004
As Six-Soux
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Holy Motors2012
As Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Lovers on the Bridge1991
As Alex
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Beau Travail2000
As Galoup
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Tokyo!2008
As Merde' (segment "Merde")
TMDb 6.9 / 10
It's Not Me2024
As Monsieur Merde
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Emperor of Paris2018
As Maillard
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Gagarine2020
As Gérard
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Night Eats the World2018
As Alfred
TMDb 6.0 / 10
My Little Princess2011
As Ernst
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Wounded Man1983
As Wanderer
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Mauvais Sang1986
As Alex
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Going and Coming Back1985
As Simon Lerner's patient
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Silver Skates2020
As Fourier
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas2013
As The Theologist
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Bra2019
As Kamal
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Les Misérables1982
As Montparnasse
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Night of the Kings2021
As Silence
TMDb 6.6 / 10
One Nation, One King2018
As Marat
TMDb 5.6 / 10
In the Land of Arto2025
As Rob
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Rope
The RopeRelease date TBA
The End2026
As (voice)
Pitchipoï2015
As Pierre Schulmann
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Hotel Fantasma2025
Girls with Balls2019
As Barman
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Boy Meets Girl1984
As Alex
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Hitler in Hollywood2011
As Denis Lavant
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Fracas2024
Erratics
Erratics2026
As Lucien Le Saint
Mr. X2014
As Self
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Don Juan1998
As Pierrot
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Me and Kaminski2015
As Karl-Ludwig
TMDb 5.9 / 10
La Squale2000
As Le joker
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hood Witch2023
As Jules
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Luminal2004
As Ryu
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Deep in the Woods2000
As Stephane
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Tralala2021
As Climby
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Thunder Voice2023
As Prophet
Mister Lonely2008
As Charlie Chaplin
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Long Live Life1984
As Caviar delivery man
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Mountain2019
As Jack
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Figurant2019
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Lonely
The Lonely2009
3 Days in Quiberon2018
As Fisherman Poet
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Tell Me Iggy2022
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
In the Name of Blood2025
As Jacques
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Sibyl2025
As (Archive footage)
WasterRelease date TBA
As Waster
Tuvalu1999
As Anton
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Captain Ahab2008
As Capitaine Achab
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Two Night Owls in Paris2024
As Le bouquiniste
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Entre Nous1983
As Un militaire
TMDb 6.7 / 10
X142022
Fan Club
Fan Club2018
As Damien
L'Ombre sur la plage1982
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Poisson rouge2023
As Père de Guillaume
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Eva Doesn't Sleep2015
As Koenig
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Iron Ivan2014
As Eugene de Paris
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Morning Star2012
As Elliot
TMDb 3.5 / 10
DRIVE IN Holy Motors2013
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"2005
As Self
The Temptation of St. Tony2009
As Count Korzybski
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts2014
As Self (uncredited)
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Le mystère des jonquilles2014
As Sam
TMDb 3.6 / 10
Journey to the West2014
As Dragon
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Le discours2022
As Le politicien
Les Williams
Les Williams2009
Married/Unmarried2001
As Love
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui2023
The Blue Star2020
As Le Narrateur
In All My Journeys I Am Returning2026
Austerlitz2015
As Jacques Austerlitz
21 Nights with Pattie2015
As André
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Melody for a Hustler1998
As L'auto-stoppeur
TMDb 3.2 / 10
Graziella2015
As Antoine
TMDb 2.3 / 10
Who the Fuck Are You2019
As Psychiatrist
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Scaramouche Scaramouche2018
As Scaramouche
Correspondances: Dostoïevski2003
As reader
Wild Camp2005
As Blaise
TMDb 4.5 / 10
My Intelligent Comedy2018
As Allen
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Redoubt2026
As Karl-Göran Persson
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Aymeline2022
As Franco Fontane
Once Around the Park1989
As Berville
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Les Grandes Marées2013
As Marc
Jiminy
Jiminy2013
As Otto Hoffmann
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Language Does Not Lie2004
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Cornelius, the Howling Miller2018
As Doctor de Chomo
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Hop-o'-My-Thumb2011
As The ogre
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Boris Without Beatrice2016
As L'Inconnu
TMDb 6.5 / 10
South Sentinel2022
As Commandant de Royer
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux2019
As Monsieur Loyal
TMDb 6.5 / 10
De force avec d'autres
De force avec d'autres1993
As Denis
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Green Eyes2023
Mona and I1990
As Pierre
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Miserable Miracle2023
As Narrator (French)
Human Flowers of Flesh2023
As Galoup
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Chess Game1994
As Max
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Louis-Ferdinand Céline2016
As Louis-Ferdinand Céline
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Şoför2001
As The Driver
Happy New Year London2007
As Gerrard Ames
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Body of Crime2023
Silent Streams2019
TMDb 5.0 / 10
7 jours 4000 ans
7 jours 4000 ansRelease date TBA
As (Voix)
Le monde à l'envers1998
As Yann Kerebel
TMDb 10.0 / 10
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon2023
As Self
Eye of the Astronomer2012
As Jean Kepler
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Demons to Diamonds2025
As The prisoner
Kazarken: As We Dig2016
As Chiron, le centaure
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Nipple Whisperer2021
As Maurice Sanders
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus2013
As Marcel Dassault
TMDb 2.0 / 10
After Midnight1983
As (voice)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Wild Animals1997
As Emil
TMDb 5.8 / 10
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan2002
As (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Makunaíma XXI
Makunaíma XXIRelease date TBA
Biette2013
As Self
Hymn to Merde2009
As Merde
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Visiblement je vous aime1995
As Denis
TMDb 4.7 / 10
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel2013
As Self
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète2010
As Bezon
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Tired of Being Handsome2013
Atlantika2011
Ogaden
Ogaden2014
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir2009
As (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Que demande le peuple
Que demande le peupleRelease date TBA
Dante's Divine Comedy
Dante's Divine ComedyRelease date TBA
As Narrator / Virgil / Dante
The Boy Who Owns the World2024
As Kasimir
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Dark Forests2015
As Voice
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Bacon-Freud, face à face2025
As Voix-off
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Inquisitions2026
As L'inquisiteur
TMDb 8.0 / 10
History's Future
History's Future2016
As Lottery Ticket Seller
TMDb 3.9 / 10
Marussia2013
As Clochard
TMDb 6.3 / 10
All Effort of Men2022
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino2024
As Self
Hyacinthe2025
As Reda
Paris Ficelle1982
As Joe
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Gray House2017
As Self
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait2003
As Self - Narrator (voice)
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST2025
The Escapade
The Escapade2019
As Jacques
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourritureRelease date TBA
As Narrateur
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