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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

80

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-01-01 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

France

Also Known As

Alex Descas

Biography

Alex Descas (born 1958) is a French actor known for his roles in Jim Jarmusch films and for his role as Schneider in the French TV series Un Flic. He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, appearing in her films No Fear, No Die, Nénette et Boni, Trouble Every Day, Ten Minutes Older: The Cello, 35 Shots of Rum and Bastards. 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

Acting

Coffee and Cigarettes

2004

Coffee and Cigarettes

as

Alex (segment "No Problem")

Never Twice

1995

Never Twice

as

Never Twice

Irma Vep

1996

Irma Vep

as

Desormeaux

The House

1997

The House

as

35 Shots of Rum

2009

35 Shots of Rum

as

Lionel

Rapt

2009

Rapt

as

Maître Walser

Trouble Every Day

2001

Trouble Every Day

as

Dr. Léo

I Can't Sleep

1994

I Can't Sleep

as

Théo

Last Harem

1999

Last Harem

as

Nadir

Africa Dreaming

1997

Africa Dreaming

as

Michael

The Dope

2003

The Dope

as

Shaft

Lumumba

2000

Lumumba

as

Joseph Mobutu

Persecution

2009

Persecution

as

Thomas

A Perfect Couple

2005

A Perfect Couple

as

Patrick

No Fear, No Die

1990

No Fear, No Die

as

Jocelyn

Bastards

2013

Bastards

as

Dr. Béthanie

The United States of Albert

2005

The United States of Albert

as

Nolton Barnett

The Syringe

1984

The Syringe

as

Le chef des 'Blackies'

My Family's Honour

1997

My Family's Honour

as

Malcolm

Déjà vu

2007

Déjà vu

as

Kiff

How Good the Whites Are

1988

How Good the Whites Are

as

Le travailleur chez Renault

La nuit sera longue

2003

La nuit sera longue

as

François

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

2002

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

as

(segment "Vers Nancy")

Brûlé neige

2022

Brûlé neige

as

Henri

Murder in Pacot

2014

Murder in Pacot

as

L'homme

Which Way Africa?

2024

Which Way Africa?

as

Narrator

Urgence

1985

Urgence

as

Nèg maron

2005

Nèg maron

as

Siwo

The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

2004

The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

as

Pierre Adélaïde

Adam's Sake

2025

Adam's Sake

as

Naïm

Metropole

2017

Metropole

as

Chocolat

2016

Chocolat

as

Victor

Let the Sunshine In

2017

Let the Sunshine In

as

End Man

Volontaire

2018

Volontaire

as

Albertini

In Your Dreams

2005

In Your Dreams

as

Mojo

Maya

2018

Maya

as

Frédéric

Clubbed to Death

1996

Clubbed to Death

as

Mambo

Tag!

2007

Tag!

as

Nkruma

Nenette and Boni

1997

Nenette and Boni

as

Gynecologist

The Intruder

2005

The Intruder

as

Le prêtre

The Absence

1993

The Absence

as

Soldier

Boarding Gate

2007

Boarding Gate

as

Andrew

Un si joli bouquet

1995

Un si joli bouquet

as

Barthélémy

Duo

1995

Duo

as

Man

Gone

2017

Gone

as

Claude Vannier

Négropolitain

2008

Négropolitain

as

Alain

The Heart's Cry

1995

The Heart's Cry

as

Ibrahim Sow

Rouge

2015

Rouge

as

Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»

Tiresia

2003

Tiresia

as

Marignac

So Be It

1997

So Be It

as

The Masturbators

1995

The Masturbators

as

Narrator

Elf, Kings of Oil

2007

Elf, Kings of Oil

as

Pascal Lissouba

The Elf Case

2007

The Elf Case

as

Pascal Lissouba

Taxi Boy

1986

Taxi Boy

as

Pascal

We Don't Choose Our Parents

2008

We Don't Choose Our Parents

as

Le juge Mauvoisin

Nina

Nina

as

Mathias Savignon

Irma Vep

Irma Vep

as

Gregory Desormeaux

Iskander

Iskander

as

Oscar

Un flic

Un flic

as

Schneider

Production

Crew

Directing