Alex Descas
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.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Asphalt Warriors | Blackies leader | Sergio Gobbi | |
| 1985 | Hell Train | Roger Hanin | ||
| Urgence | Gilles Béhat | |||
| 1986 | Je hais les acteurs | Allan | Gérard Krawczyk | |
| Bleu comme l'enfer | The black | Yves Boisset | ||
| Taxi Boy | Pascal | Alain Page | ||
| Justice de flic | Michel Gérard | |||
| 1987 | Lady Cops | Josiane Balasko | ||
| 1988 | Ya bon les blancs | Renault's worker | Marco Ferreri | |
| Série noire | Jean Gallieni | Gilles Béhat (2) | ||
| 1990 | No Fear, No Die | Jocelyn | Claire Denis | Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actor |
| 1991 | Contre l'oubli | Claire Denis (2) | ||
| A Child from the South | Zeto | Sérgio Rezende | TV Movie | |
| 1992 | L'absence | Soldier | Peter Handke | |
| 1993 | Tout va bien dans le service | Manda | Charlotte Silvera | TV Movie |
| 1994 | The Heart's Cry | Ibrahim Sow | Idrissa Ouedraogo | |
| I Can't Sleep | Théo | Claire Denis (3) | ||
| 1995 | Le grand blanc de Lambaréné | Koumba | Bassek Ba Kobhio | |
| Portrait des hommes qui se branlent | Narrator | Vincent Ravalec | Short | |
| Le banquet | Christel Milhavet | Short | ||
| Never Twice | Vincent Ravalec (2) | Short | ||
| Un si joli bouquet | Barthélémy | Jean-Claude Sussfeld | TV Movie | |
| 1996 | Irma Vep | Desormeaux | Olivier Assayas | |
| Clubbed to Death | Mambo | Yolande Zauberman | ||
| Nénette et Boni | The gynaecologist | Claire Denis (4) | ||
| Les Cordier, juge et flic | Sayyid | Alain Wermus | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1997 | The House | Sarunas Bartas | ||
| Saraka bô | Bataille | Denis Amar | ||
| Combats de femme | Désiré | Laurent Dussaux | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1998 | Late August, Early September | Jérémie | Olivier Assayas (2) | |
| Le serpent a mangé la grenouille | Yves Le Guen | Alain Guesnier | ||
| L'honneur de ma famille | Malcolm | Rachid Bouchareb | TV Movie | |
| La poursuite du vent | John Themba | Nina Companeez | TV Mini-Series | |
| 1999 | Harem Suare | Nadir | Ferzan Özpetek | |
| 2000 | Lumumba | Mobutu Sese Seko | Raoul Peck | |
| 2001 | Trouble Every Day | Léo Semenau | Claire Denis (5) | |
| Le mal du pays | Kamanda | Laurent Bachet | Short | |
| 2002 | Ten Minutes Older | Claire Denis (6) | ||
| Tèt Grenné | Richard | Christian Grandman | ||
| 2003 | Coffee and Cigarettes | Alex | Jim Jarmusch | |
| Tiresia | Marignac | Bertrand Bonello | ||
| That Woman | Denis | Guillaume Nicloux | ||
| La beuze | Shaft | François Desagnat & Thomas Sorriaux | ||
| La nuit sera longue | François | Olivier Torres | Short | |
| 2004 | The Intruder | The priest | Claire Denis (7) | |
| Nord-Plage | José Hayot | |||
| L'homme qui venait d'ailleurs | Pierre | François Luciani | TV Movie | |
| 2005 | Les états-Unis d'Albert | Nolton Barnett | André Forcier | |
| Un couple parfait | Patrick | Nobuhiro Suwa | ||
| Nèg maron | Siwo | Jean-Claude Flamand-Barny | ||
| Dans tes rêves | Mojo | Denis Thybaud | ||
| Close-Up | Ottis | Claude Farge | Short | |
| 2007 | Boarding Gate | Andrew | Olivier Assayas (3) | |
| Kull ! | Nkruma | Anders Skog | Short | |
| Déjà vu | Kiff | François Vautier | TV Movie | |
| Les prédateurs | Pascal Lissouba | Lucas Belvaux | TV Series (2 Episodes) | |
| 2008 | 35 Shots of Rum | Lionel | Claire Denis (8) | |
| On choisit pas ses parents... | Judge Mauvoisin | Thierry Binisti | TV Movie | |
| 2009 | Persécution | Thomas | Patrice Chéreau | |
| Rapt | Lawyer Walser | Lucas Belvaux (2) | ||
| The Limits of Control | The Creole | Jim Jarmusch (2) | ||
| Négropolitain | Alain | Gary Pierre-Victor | Short | |
| La louve | David Santini | Bruno Bontzolakis | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 2009-12 | Un flic | Schneider | Patrick Dewolf | TV Series (10 Episodes) |
| 2013 | Bastards | Dr. Béthanie | Claire Denis (9) | |
| Césaire, le Prix de la Liberté | Aimé Césaire | Felix Olivier | TV Movie | |
| Un enfant en danger | André | Jérôme Cornuau | TV Movie | |
| 2014 | Murder in Pacot | The man | Raoul Peck (2) | |
| La vie pure | Léon Damas | Jeremy Banster | ||
| Le dos rouge | Scottie | Antoine Barraud | ||
| Voilà l'enchaînement | Him | Claire Denis (10) | Short | |
| 2016 | Chocolat | Victor | Roschdy Zem | |
Theater
| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Les Chants de Maldoror | Comte de Lautréamont | Hans-Peter Cloos | Théâtre Paris-Villette |
| Martin Luther King ou la force d'aimer | A. Réa | A. Réa | Théâtre de la Bastille | |
| 1993 | Passions secrètes | Jacques-Pierre Amette | Patrice Kerbrat | Théâtre Montparnasse |
| 2002 | The Treatment | Martin Crimp | Nathalie Richard | Théâtre national de Chaillot |
| 2004 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Thornton Wilder | Irina Brook | Théâtre de Sartrouville et des Yvelines |
| 2005 | L'Île des esclaves | Pierre de Marivaux | Irina Brook (2) | Théâtre de l'Atelier |
| 2012 | Race | David Mamet | Pierre Laville | Comédie des Champs-Élysées |
| 2016 | Phèdre | Jean Racine | Krzysztof Warlikowski | Théâtre de l'Odéon |
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