Alex Descas
Acting1958France
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.
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Known For
Acting History
Future
2026
The Failing
as L'Abbé Gomis
2025
Adam's Sake
as Naïm
2024
Which Way Africa?
as Narrator
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
as Narrator (Voice)
2022
Brûlé neige
as Henri
Irma Vep
TVas Gregory Desormeaux• 8 eps
2019
Sing Me Back Home
as Juan
2018
2017
2016
Chocolat
as Victor
2015
Portrait of the Artist
as Scottie
Rouge
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
Nina
TVas Mathias Savignon
2014
2013
2009
2008
We Don't Choose Our Parents
as Le juge Mauvoisin
Négropolitain
as Alain
2007
Boarding Gate
as Andrew
Elf, Kings of Oil
as Pascal Lissouba
Tag!
as Nkruma
Déjà vu
as Kiff
The Elf Case
as Pascal Lissouba
Un flic
TVas Schneider
2005
The Intruder
as Le prêtre
Nèg maron
as Siwo
A Perfect Couple
as Patrick
In Your Dreams
as Mojo
The United States of Albert
as Nolton Barnett
2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
as Pierre Adélaïde
2003
2002
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
as (Segment 'Never Twice')
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
2001
Trouble Every Day
as Dr. Léo
2000
Lumumba
as Joseph Mobutu
1999
Late August, Early September
as Jérémie
Last Harem
as Nadir
1998
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
as Yves Le Guen
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
as himself
1997
1996
1995
The Great White of Lambarene
as Koumba
The Heart's Cry
as Ibrahim Sow
Un si joli bouquet
as Barthélémy
Duo
as Man
The Masturbators
as Narrator
Never Twice
as Never Twice
1994
I Can't Sleep
as Théo
1993
The Absence
as Soldier
1991
Against Oblivion
as Self
1990
No Fear, No Die
as Jocelyn
1988
How Good the Whites Are
as Le travailleur chez Renault
1986
Taxi Boy
as Pascal
1985
1984
The Syringe
as Le chef des 'Blackies'