Alex Descas

Personal Info

Birthday

January 1, 1958

(67 years old)

Place of Birth

France

Alex Descas

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Descas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Elf Case

Late August, Early September

The Great White of Lambarene

The Limits of Control

La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

We Don't Choose Our Parents

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

Les Cordier, juge et flic

Filmography

2025
The Failing
as L'Abbé Gomis
Adam's Sake
as Naïm
2024
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
as Narrator (Voice)
Which Way Africa?
as Narrator
2022
Brûlé neige
as Henri
2021
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
as (Voix Off)
2019
Sing Me Back Home
as Juan
2018
Maya
as Frédéric
Volontaire
as Albertini
2017
Let the Sunshine In
as End Man
Gone
as Claude Vannier
2016
Chocolat
as Victor
2015
Rouge
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
Portrait of the Artist
as Scottie
2014
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
as The man
Voilà l'enchaînement
as Lui
Murder in Pacot
as L'homme
2013
Un enfant en danger
as André
Bastards
as Dr. Béthanie
Césaire, le prix de la liberté
as Aimé Césaire
2009
Rapt
as Maître Walser
Persecution
as Thomas
The Limits of Control
as Creole
35 Shots of Rum
as Lionel
2008
Négropolitain
as Alain
We Don't Choose Our Parents
as Le juge Mauvoisin
2007
Déjà vu
as Kiff
Boarding Gate
as Andrew
Tag!
as Nkruma
The Elf Case
as Pascal Lissouba
Elf, Kings of Oil
as Pascal Lissouba
2005
A Perfect Couple
as Patrick
The Intruder
as Le prêtre
In Your Dreams
as Mojo
The United States of Albert
as Nolton Barnett
Nèg maron
as Siwo
2004
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
as Pierre Adélaïde
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
2003
La nuit sera longue
as François
Tiresia
as Marignac
The Dope
as Shaft
2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
as (Segment 'Never Twice')
2001
Trouble Every Day
as Dr. Léo
2000
Lumumba
as Joseph Mobutu
1999
Last Harem
as Nadir
Late August, Early September
as Jérémie
1998
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
as Yves Le Guen
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
as himself
1997
Nenette and Boni
as Gynecologist
My Family's Honour
as Malcolm
Africa Dreaming
as Michael
1996
Irma Vep
as Desormeaux
Clubbed to Death
as Mambo
1995
Un si joli bouquet
as Barthélémy
The Great White of Lambarene
as Koumba
The Heart's Cry
as Ibrahim Sow
Duo
as Man
Never Twice
as Never Twice
The Masturbators
as Narrator
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
1984
The Syringe
as Le chef des 'Blackies'