Denis Lavant
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.
Acted in
In the Name of Blood
2025
as Mafia Boss
Two Night Owls in Paris
2024
as Le bouquiniste
It's Not Me
2024
as Monsieur Merde
Hood Witch
2024
as Jules
The Boy Who Owns the World
2024
as Kasimir
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
2023
Thunder Voice
2023
as Prophet
Body of Crime
2023
Poisson rouge
2023
as Père de Guillaume
Miserable Miracle
2023
as Narrator (French)
The Green Eyes
2023
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
2023
as Self
Human Flowers of Flesh
2023
as Galoup
All Effort of Men
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Aymeline
2022
as Franco Fontane
X14
2022
South Sentinel
2022
as Commandant de Royer
Tralala
2021
as Climby
The Nipple Whisperer
2021
as Maurice Sanders
Night of the Kings
2021
as Silence
Le discours
2021
as Le politicien
Silver Skates
2020
as Fourier
Gagarine
2020
as Gérard
The Blue Star
2020
as Le Narrateur
The Escapade
2019
as Jacques
Figurant
2019
Who the Fuck Are You
2019
as Psychiatrist
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
2019
as Monsieur Loyal
The Bra
2019
as Kamal
Girls with Balls
2019
as Barman
The Mountain
2019
as Jack
The Traveller
2019
as Alberto
Silent Streams
2019
The Emperor of Paris
2018
as Maillard
Scaramouche Scaramouche
2018
as Scaramouche
One Nation, One King
2018
as Marat
Fan Club
2018
as Damien
Cornélius, le meunier hurlant
2018
as Doctor de Chomo
3 Days in Quiberon
2018
as Fisherman Poet
The Night Eats the World
2018
as Alfred
My Intelligent Comedy
2018
as Himself
Gray House
2017
as Self
Kazarken: As We Dig
2016
as Chiron, le centaure
Midnight Sun
2016
as Pierre Carnot
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Boris Without Beatrice
2016
as L'Inconnu
History's Future
2016
as Lottery Ticket Seller
21 Nights with Pattie
2015
as André
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015
as Koenig
Me and Kaminski
2015
as Karl-Ludwig
Graziella
2015
as Antoine
Austerlitz
2015
as Jacques Austerlitz
Dark Forests
2015
as Voice
Pitchipoï
2015
as Pierre Schulmann
Le mystère des jonquilles
2014
as Sam
The Iron Ivan
2014
Journey to the West
2014
as Dragon
Mr. X
2014
as Self
Ogaden
2014
Le voyage en Occident
2014
as Dragon
Jiminy
2013
as Otto Hoffmann
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
as The Theologist
Biette
2013
as Self
Les Grandes Marées
2013
as Marc
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013
as Self
Marussia
2013
as Clochard
Tired of Being Handsome
2013
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
2013
as Marcel Dassault
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013
as Self
Morning Star
2012
as Elliot
Holy Motors
2012
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
Eye of the Astronomer
2012
as Jean Kepler
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
2011
as The ogre
My Little Princess
2011
as Ernst
Atlantika
2011
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
2010
as Bezon
The Temptation of St. Tony
2009
as Count Korzybski
Hymn to Merde
2009
as Merde
The Lonely
2009
Les Williams
2009
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
2009
as (voice)
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009
as André Custe
Tokyo!
2008
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
Captain Ahab
2008
as Capitaine Achab
Mister Lonely
2008
as Charlie Chaplin
Happy New Year London
2007
as Gerrard Ames
Wild Camp
2005
as Blaise
Language Does Not Lie
2004
as Narrator (voice)
A Very Long Engagement
2004
as Six-Soux
Luminal
2004
as Ryu
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
2003
as Self - Narrator (voice)
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002
as (voice)
Married/Unmarried
2001
as Love
Şoför
2001
La Squale
2000
as Le joker
Deep in the Woods
2000
as Stephane
Beau Travail
2000
as Galoup
Tuvalu
1999
as Anton
Melody for a Hustler
1998
as L'auto-stoppeur
Le monde à l'envers
1998
as Yann Kerebel
Don Juan
1998
as Pierrot
Wild Animals
1997
as Emil
Visiblement je vous aime
1995
as Denis
The Chess Game
1994
as Max
De force avec d'autres
1993
as Denis
The Lovers on the Bridge
1991
as Alex
Mona and I
1990
as Pierre
Once Around the Park
1989
as Berville
Mauvais Sang
1986
as Alex
Going and Coming Back
1985
as Le patient de Simon Lerner
Boy Meets Girl
1984
as Alex
Long Live Life
1984
as Caviar delivery man
After Midnight
1984
The Wounded Man
1983
as Wanderer
Entre Nous
1983
as Un militaire
Les Misérables
1982
as Montparnasse
Paris Ficelle
1982
as Joe
Hyacinthe
Que demande le peuple
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture
as Narrateur
Correspondances: Dostoïevski
as reader
Redoubt
as Karl-Göran Persson
Sauver les morts
Dante's Divine Comedy
as Narrator / Virgil / Dante