Denis Lavant

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1961-06-17 (Age: 65)

Place of Birth

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Denis Lavant

Biography

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 (129)

⭐ 0 Role: (voice)

The End

⭐ 0 Role: Karl-Göran Persson

Redoubt

⭐ 3.5 Role: Rob

In the Land of Arto

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST

⭐ 6.8 Role: Salamano

The Stranger

⭐ 0 Role: (Archive footage)

Sibyl

⭐ 0 Role: Reda

Hyacinthe

⭐ 8.0 Role: Voix-off

Bacon-Freud, face à face

⭐ 0 Role: The prisoner

Demons to Diamonds

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Hotel Fantasma

⭐ 6.0 Role: Jacques

In the Name of Blood

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Fracas

⭐ 8.0 Role: Le bouquiniste

Two Night Owls in Paris

⭐ 7.1 Role: Monsieur Merde

It's Not Me

⭐ 8.5 Role: Kasimir

The Boy Who Owns the World

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui

⭐ 0 Role: Prophet

Thunder Voice

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Body of Crime

⭐ 6.0 Role: Jules

Hood Witch

⭐ 4.9 Role: Père de Guillaume

Poisson rouge

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator (French)

Miserable Miracle

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Green Eyes

⭐ 0 Role: Self

L'Impossible Monsieur Simon

⭐ 6.0 Role: Galoup

Human Flowers of Flesh

⭐ 7.5 Role: Narrator (voice)

All Effort of Men

⭐ 0 Role: Franco Fontane

Aymeline

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

X14

⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

Tell Me Iggy

⭐ 0 Role: Le politicien

Le discours

⭐ 5.7 Role: Commandant de Royer

South Sentinel

⭐ 5.6 Role: Climby

Tralala

⭐ 6.3 Role: Maurice Sanders

The Nipple Whisperer

⭐ 6.6 Role: Silence

Night of the Kings

⭐ 7.5 Role: Fourier

Silver Skates

⭐ 6.6 Role: Gérard

Gagarine

⭐ 0 Role: Le Narrateur

The Blue Star

⭐ 0 Role: Jacques

The Escapade

⭐ 6.4 Role: Unknown

Figurant

⭐ 0 Role: Psychiatrist

Who the Fuck Are You

⭐ 6.6 Role: Monsieur Loyal

Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux

⭐ 4.2 Role: Barman

Girls with Balls

⭐ 5.0 Role: Jack

The Mountain

⭐ 5.0 Role: Unknown

Silent Streams

⭐ 6.0 Role: Kamal

The Bra

⭐ 6.3 Role: Maillard

The Emperor of Paris

⭐ 0 Role: Scaramouche

Scaramouche Scaramouche

⭐ 5.6 Role: Marat

One Nation, One King

⭐ 0 Role: Damien

Fan Club

⭐ 4.7 Role: Doctor de Chomo

Cornelius, the Howling Miller

⭐ 6.3 Role: Fisherman Poet

3 Days in Quiberon

⭐ 6.0 Role: Alfred

The Night Eats the World

⭐ 6.8 Role: Allen

My Intelligent Comedy

⭐ 1.0 Role: Self

Gray House

⭐ 5.8 Role: Chiron, le centaure

Kazarken: As We Dig

⭐ 5.8 Role: Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

⭐ 6.5 Role: L'Inconnu

Boris Without Beatrice

⭐ 3.9 Role: Lottery Ticket Seller

History's Future

⭐ 5.7 Role: André

21 Nights with Pattie

⭐ 5.2 Role: Koenig

Eva Doesn't Sleep

⭐ 6.0 Role: Karl-Ludwig

Me and Kaminski

⭐ 2.3 Role: Antoine

Graziella

⭐ 0 Role: Jacques Austerlitz

Austerlitz

⭐ 5.1 Role: Voice

Dark Forests

⭐ 5.0 Role: Pierre Schulmann

Pitchipoï

⭐ 4.1 Role: Self (uncredited)

Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts

⭐ 4.0 Role: Sam

Le mystère des jonquilles

⭐ 6.0 Role: Eugene de Paris

The Iron Ivan

⭐ 6.3 Role: Dragon

Journey to the West

⭐ 6.0 Role: Self

Mr. X

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Ogaden

⭐ 7.2 Role: Otto Hoffmann

Jiminy

⭐ 5.9 Role: The Theologist

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Biette

⭐ 0 Role: Marc

Les Grandes Marées

⭐ 1.0 Role: Self

En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel

⭐ 6.3 Role: Clochard

Marussia

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Tired of Being Handsome

⭐ 2.0 Role: Marcel Dassault

Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus

⭐ 6.0 Role: Self

DRIVE IN Holy Motors

⭐ 3.5 Role: Elliot

Morning Star

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer

Holy Motors

⭐ 3.3 Role: Jean Kepler

Eye of the Astronomer

⭐ 5.5 Role: The ogre

Hop-o'-My-Thumb

⭐ 6.5 Role: Ernst

My Little Princess

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Atlantika

⭐ 4.0 Role: Bezon

Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète

⭐ 6.9 Role: Count Korzybski

The Temptation of St. Tony

⭐ 6.0 Role: Merde

Hymn to Merde

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Lonely

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Les Williams

⭐ 7.0 Role: (voice)

Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir

⭐ 6.9 Role: Merde' (segment "Merde")

Tokyo!

⭐ 4.2 Role: Capitaine Achab

Captain Ahab

⭐ 6.5 Role: Charlie Chaplin

Mister Lonely

⭐ 6.0 Role: Gerrard Ames

Happy New Year London

⭐ 4.5 Role: Blaise

Wild Camp

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"

⭐ 7.3 Role: Narrator (voice)

Language Does Not Lie

⭐ 7.3 Role: Six-Soux

A Very Long Engagement

⭐ 5.2 Role: Ryu

Luminal

⭐ 0 Role: reader

Correspondances: Dostoïevski

⭐ 0 Role: Self - Narrator (voice)

Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait

⭐ 7.0 Role: (voice)

La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

⭐ 3.7 Role: Love

Married/Unmarried

⭐ 0 Role: The Driver

Şoför

⭐ 6.1 Role: Le joker

La Squale

⭐ 3.9 Role: Stephane

Deep in the Woods

⭐ 7.1 Role: Galoup

Beau Travail

⭐ 6.0 Role: Anton

Tuvalu

⭐ 3.2 Role: L'auto-stoppeur

Melody for a Hustler

⭐ 10.0 Role: Yann Kerebel

Le monde à l'envers

⭐ 4.5 Role: Pierrot

Don Juan

⭐ 5.9 Role: Emil

Wild Animals

⭐ 4.7 Role: Denis

Visiblement je vous aime

⭐ 4.8 Role: Max

The Chess Game

⭐ 7.5 Role: Denis

De force avec d'autres

⭐ 7.4 Role: Alex

The Lovers on the Bridge

⭐ 5.4 Role: Pierre

Mona and I

⭐ 4.0 Role: Berville

Once Around the Park

⭐ 7.1 Role: Alex

Mauvais Sang

⭐ 6.5 Role: Simon Lerner's patient

Going and Coming Back

⭐ 6.7 Role: Alex

Boy Meets Girl

⭐ 6.0 Role: Caviar delivery man

Long Live Life

⭐ 9.0 Role: (voice)

After Midnight

⭐ 5.7 Role: Wanderer

The Wounded Man

⭐ 6.7 Role: Un militaire

Entre Nous

⭐ 7.0 Role: Montparnasse

Les Misérables

⭐ 8.5 Role: Unknown

L'Ombre sur la plage

⭐ 10.0 Role: Joe

Paris Ficelle