The Failing
2026 · Movie
as L'Abbé Gomis
Alex Descas
1958-01-01
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France
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.
Filmography
Adam's Sake
2025 · Movie
as Naïm
Which Way Africa?
2024 · Movie
as Narrator
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
2024 · Movie
as Narrator (Voice)
Brûlé neige
2022 · Movie
as Henri
Irma Vep
2022 · TV Show
as Gregory Desormeaux
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
2021 · Movie
as (Voix Off)
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
2021 · Movie
Exterminate All the Brutes
2021 · TV Show
Sing Me Back Home
2019 · Movie
as Juan
Volontaire
2018 · Movie
as Albertini
Maya
2018 · Movie
as Frédéric
Iskander
2018 · TV Show
as Oscar
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Metropole
2017 · Movie
Let the Sunshine In
2017 · Movie
as End Man
Gone
2017 · Movie
as Claude Vannier
Chocolat
2016 · Movie
as Victor
Portrait of the Artist
2015 · Movie
as Scottie
Rouge
2015 · Movie
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
Nina
2015 · TV Show
as Mathias Savignon
Murder in Pacot
2014 · Movie
as L'homme
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Madeleine d'entre les Morts
2014 · Movie
as The man
Voilà l'enchaînement
2014 · Movie
as Lui
Bastards
2013 · Movie
as Dr. Béthanie
Un enfant en danger
2013 · Movie
as André
Aimé Césaire, le prix de la liberté
2013 · Movie
as Aimé Césaire
The Limits of Control
2009 · Movie
as Creole
35 Shots of Rum
2009 · Movie
as Lionel
Rapt
2009 · Movie
as Maître Walser
Persecution
2009 · Movie
as Thomas
Négropolitain
2008 · Movie
as Alain
We Don't Choose Our Parents
2008 · Movie
as Le juge Mauvoisin
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Déjà vu
2007 · Movie
as Kiff
Tag!
2007 · Movie
as Nkruma
Boarding Gate
2007 · Movie
as Andrew
Elf, Kings of Oil
2007 · Movie
as Pascal Lissouba
The Elf Case
2007 · Movie
as Pascal Lissouba
Un flic
2007 · TV Show
as Schneider
A Perfect Couple
2006 · Movie
as Patrick
L'île des esclaves
2006 · Movie
The United States of Albert
2005 · Movie
as Nolton Barnett
Nèg maron
2005 · Movie
as Siwo
In Your Dreams
2005 · Movie
as Mojo
The Intruder
2005 · Movie
as Le prêtre
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004 · Movie
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
2004 · Movie
as Pierre Adélaïde
Nord-plage
2004 · Movie
The Dope
2003 · Movie
as Shaft
La nuit sera longue
2003 · Movie
as François
Tiresia
2003 · Movie
as Marignac
Vers Nancy
2002 · Movie
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002 · Movie
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002 · Movie
as (Segment 'Never Twice')
Trouble Every Day
2001 · Movie
as Dr. Léo
Lumumba
2000 · Movie
as Joseph Mobutu
Last Harem
1999 · Movie
as Nadir
Late August, Early September
1999 · Movie
as Jérémie
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
1998 · Movie
as Yves Le Guen
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
1998 · Movie
as himself
The House
1997 · Movie
Africa Dreaming
1997 · Movie
as Michael
My Family's Honour
1997 · Movie
as Malcolm
Nenette and Boni
1997 · Movie
as Gynecologist
So Be It
1997 · Movie
Irma Vep
1996 · Movie
as Desormeaux
Clubbed to Death
1996 · Movie
as Mambo
Never Twice
1995 · Movie
as Never Twice
The Great White of Lambarene
1995 · Movie
as Koumba
Un si joli bouquet
1995 · Movie
as Barthélémy
Duo
1995 · Movie
as Man
The Heart's Cry
1995 · Movie
as Ibrahim Sow
The Masturbators
1995 · Movie
as Narrator
I Can't Sleep
1994 · Movie
as Théo
Les Cordier, juge et flic
1994 · TV Show
as Sayyid
The Absence
1993 · Movie
as Soldier
Lest We Forget
1991 · Movie
as Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
No Fear, No Die
1990 · Movie
as Jocelyn
How Good the Whites Are
1988 · Movie
as Le travailleur chez Renault
Taxi Boy
1986 · Movie
as Pascal
Urgence
1985 · Movie
The Syringe
1984 · Movie
as Le chef des 'Blackies'
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The Arrival
· Movie
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An Odd Enchantment
· Movie
