Redoubt
2026 · Movie
as Karl-Göran Persson
Denis Lavant
1961-06-17
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Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Writers:
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
The End
2026 · Movie
as (voice)
In All My Journeys I Am Returning
2026 · Movie
Hyacinthe
2025 · Movie
as Reda
In the Land of Arto
2025 · Movie
as Rob
In the Name of Blood
2025 · Movie
as Jacques
Demons to Diamonds
2025 · Movie
as The prisoner
The Stranger
2025 · Movie
as Salamano
Sibyl
2025 · Movie
as (Archive footage)
Bacon-Freud, face à face
2025 · Movie
as Voix-off
Hotel Fantasma
2025 · Movie
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L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
2025 · Movie
It's Not Me
2024 · Movie
as Monsieur Merde
The Boy Who Owns the World
2024 · Movie
as Kasimir
Two Night Owls in Paris
2024 · Movie
as Le bouquiniste
Fracas
2024 · Movie
Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino
2024 · Movie
as Self
Miserable Miracle
2023 · Movie
as Narrator (French)
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
2023 · Movie
as Self
Body of Crime
2023 · Movie
Thunder Voice
2023 · Movie
as Prophet
Hood Witch
2023 · Movie
as Jules
Poisson rouge
2023 · Movie
as Père de Guillaume
The Green Eyes
2023 · Movie
Human Flowers of Flesh
2023 · Movie
as Galoup
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
2023 · Movie
South Sentinel
2022 · Movie
as Commandant de Royer
All Effort of Men
2022 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
X14
2022 · Movie
Le discours
2022 · Movie
as Le politicien
Aymeline
2022 · Movie
as Franco Fontane
Tell Me Iggy
2022 · Movie
as Self
Night of the Kings
2021 · Movie
as Silence
The Nipple Whisperer
2021 · Movie
as Maurice Sanders
Tralala
2021 · Movie
as Climby
Silver Skates
2020 · Movie
as Fourier
The Blue Star
2020 · Movie
as Le Narrateur
Gagarine
2020 · Movie
as Gérard
Girls with Balls
2019 · Movie
as Barman
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The Escapade
2019 · Movie
as Jacques
The Bra
2019 · Movie
as Kamal
The Mountain
2019 · Movie
as Jack
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
2019 · Movie
as Monsieur Loyal
Silent Streams
2019 · Movie
Who the Fuck Are You
2019 · Movie
as Psychiatrist
Figurant
2019 · Movie
The Traveller
2019 · TV Show
as Alberto
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Fan Club
2018 · Movie
as Damien
Scaramouche Scaramouche
2018 · Movie
as Scaramouche
The Night Eats the World
2018 · Movie
as Alfred
One Nation, One King
2018 · Movie
as Marat
3 Days in Quiberon
2018 · Movie
as Fisherman Poet
My Intelligent Comedy
2018 · Movie
as Allen
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
2018 · Movie
as Doctor de Chomo
The Emperor of Paris
2018 · Movie
as Maillard
Gray House
2017 · Movie
as Self
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History's Future
2016 · Movie
as Lottery Ticket Seller
Boris Without Beatrice
2016 · Movie
as L'Inconnu
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016 · Movie
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Kazarken: As We Dig
2016 · Movie
as Chiron, le centaure
Midnight Sun
2016 · TV Show
as Pierre Carnot
Austerlitz
2015 · Movie
as Jacques Austerlitz
Me and Kaminski
2015 · Movie
as Karl-Ludwig
Pitchipoï
2015 · Movie
as Pierre Schulmann
Dark Forests
2015 · Movie
as Voice
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015 · Movie
as Koenig
21 Nights with Pattie
2015 · Movie
as André
Graziella
2015 · Movie
as Antoine
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Ogaden
2014 · Movie
Journey to the West
2014 · Movie
as Dragon
Mr. X
2014 · Movie
as Self
The Iron Ivan
2014 · Movie
as Eugene de Paris
Le mystère des jonquilles
2014 · Movie
as Sam
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
2014 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Marussia
2013 · Movie
as Clochard
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013 · Movie
as The Theologist
Biette
2013 · Movie
as Self
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
2013 · Movie
as Marcel Dassault
Les Grandes Marées
2013 · Movie
as Marc
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Jiminy
2013 · Movie
as Otto Hoffmann
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013 · Movie
as Self
Tired of Being Handsome
2013 · Movie
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013 · Movie
as Self
Holy Motors
2012 · Movie
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
Morning Star
2012 · Movie
as Elliot
Eye of the Astronomer
2012 · Movie
as Jean Kepler
Square
2012 · TV Show
as Self
Atlantika
2011 · Movie
My Little Princess
2011 · Movie
as Ernst
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
2011 · Movie
as The ogre
Hitler in Hollywood
2011 · Movie
as Denis Lavant
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
2010 · Movie
as Bezon
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The Lonely
2009 · Movie
The Temptation of St. Tony
2009 · Movie
as Count Korzybski
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Les Williams
2009 · Movie
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
2009 · Movie
as (voice)
Hymn to Merde
2009 · Movie
as Merde
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009 · TV Show
as André Custe
Tokyo!
2008 · Movie
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
Mister Lonely
2008 · Movie
as Charlie Chaplin
Captain Ahab
2008 · Movie
as Capitaine Achab
Happy New Year London
2007 · Movie
as Gerrard Ames
Wild Camp
2005 · Movie
as Blaise
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005 · Movie
as Self
A Very Long Engagement
2004 · Movie
as Six-Soux
Language Does Not Lie
2004 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Luminal
2004 · Movie
as Ryu
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
2003 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Correspondances: Dostoïevski
2003 · Movie
as reader
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002 · Movie
as (voice)
Married/Unmarried
2001 · Movie
as Love
Şoför
2001 · Movie
as The Driver
Deep in the Woods
2000 · Movie
as Stephane
Beau Travail
2000 · Movie
as Galoup
La Squale
2000 · Movie
as Le joker
Tuvalu
1999 · Movie
as Anton
Melody for a Hustler
1998 · Movie
as L'auto-stoppeur
Don Juan
1998 · Movie
as Pierrot
Le monde à l'envers
1998 · Movie
as Yann Kerebel
Wild Animals
1997 · Movie
as Emil
Visiblement je vous aime
1995 · Movie
as Denis
The Chess Game
1994 · Movie
as Max
No image
De force avec d'autres
1993 · Movie
as Denis
The Lovers on the Bridge
1991 · Movie
as Alex
Mona and I
1990 · Movie
as Pierre
Once Around the Park
1989 · Movie
as Berville
Mauvais Sang
1986 · Movie
as Alex
Going and Coming Back
1985 · Movie
as Simon Lerner's patient
Boy Meets Girl
1984 · Movie
as Alex
Long Live Life
1984 · Movie
as Caviar delivery man
After Midnight
1983 · Movie
as (voice)
Entre Nous
1983 · Movie
as Un militaire
The Wounded Man
1983 · Movie
as Wanderer
Les Misérables
1982 · Movie
as Montparnasse
Paris Ficelle
1982 · Movie
as Joe
L'Ombre sur la plage
1982 · Movie
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Que demande le peuple
· Movie
No image
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture
· Movie
as Narrateur
No image
Dante's Divine Comedy
· Movie
as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
No image
Erratic Blocks
· Movie
as Lucien Le Saint
No image
Makunaíma XXI
· Movie
Waster
· Movie
as Waster
No image
7 jours 4000 ans
· Movie
as (Voix)
The Countess of Monte Cristo
· TV Show
