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Denis Lavant

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.

Born

Jun 17, 1961

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

Known For

Acting

Movies

135 acting

1 crew

Popularity

0.7

Known For

The Stranger
The Stranger
2025 as Salamano
★ 6.8
Tokyo!
Tokyo!
2008 as Merde' (segment "Merde")
★ 6.9
A Very Long Engagement
A Very Long Engagement
2004 as Six-Soux
★ 7.3
My Little Princess
My Little Princess
2011 as Ernst
★ 6.5
The Lovers on the Bridge
★ 7.4
Beau Travail
Beau Travail
2000 as Galoup
★ 7.1
Holy Motors
Holy Motors
2012 as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
★ 7.0
The Night Eats the World
The Night Eats the World
2018 as Alfred
★ 6.0
Silver Skates
Silver Skates
2020 as Fourier
★ 7.5
Mister Lonely
Mister Lonely
2008 as Charlie Chaplin
★ 6.5
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
★ 5.9
Boy Meets Girl
Boy Meets Girl
1984 as Alex
★ 6.7
The Bra
The Bra
2019 as Kamal
★ 6.0
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
1982 as Montparnasse
★ 6.9
The Iron Ivan
The Iron Ivan
2014 as Eugene de Paris
★ 6.0
Girls with Balls
Girls with Balls
2019 as Barman
★ 4.2
Mauvais Sang
Mauvais Sang
1986 as Alex
★ 7.1
Night of the Kings
Night of the Kings
2021 as Silence
★ 6.6
The Emperor of Paris
The Emperor of Paris
2018 as Maillard
★ 6.3
Gagarine
Gagarine
2020 as Gérard
★ 6.6
In the Name of Blood
In the Name of Blood
2025 as Jacques
★ 5.9
In the Land of Arto
In the Land of Arto
2025 as Rob
★ 3.5
Wild Animals
Wild Animals
1997 as Emil
★ 5.8
The Wounded Man
The Wounded Man
1983 as Wanderer
★ 5.6
Hood Witch
Hood Witch
2023 as Jules
★ 6.1
3 Days in Quiberon
3 Days in Quiberon
2018 as Fisherman Poet
★ 6.3
One Nation, One King
One Nation, One King
2018 as Marat
★ 5.6
The Mountain
The Mountain
2019 as Jack
★ 5.1
Deep in the Woods
Deep in the Woods
2000 as Stephane
★ 3.8
Me and Kaminski
Me and Kaminski
2015 as Karl-Ludwig
★ 6.0
Journey to the West
Journey to the West
2014 as Dragon
★ 6.3
Mr. X
Mr. X
2014 as Self
★ 6.0
Don Juan
Don Juan
1998 as Pierrot
★ 4.4
Tuvalu
Tuvalu
1999 as Anton
★ 6.1
Sibyl
Sibyl
2025 as (Archive footage)
Entre Nous
Entre Nous
1983 as Un militaire
★ 6.7
Tell Me Iggy
Tell Me Iggy
2022 as Self
★ 8.0
It's Not Me
It's Not Me
2024 as Monsieur Merde
★ 7.1
Wild Camp
Wild Camp
2005 as Blaise
★ 4.3
Married/Unmarried
Married/Unmarried
2001 as Love
★ 2.6
Marussia
Marussia
2013 as Clochard
★ 6.3
Tralala
Tralala
2021 as Climby
★ 5.6
Melody for a Hustler
Melody for a Hustler
1998 as L'auto-stoppeur
★ 2.5
21 Nights with Pattie
21 Nights with Pattie
2015 as André
★ 5.7
South Sentinel
South Sentinel
2022 as Commandant de Royer
★ 5.7
Eva Doesn't Sleep
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015 as Koenig
★ 5.2
movie
History's Future
2016 as Lottery Ticket Seller
★ 3.9
Once Around the Park
Once Around the Park
1989 as Berville
★ 3.0
Mona and I
Mona and I
1990 as Pierre
★ 4.9
Figurant
★ 6.4
The Temptation of St. Tony
The Temptation of St. Tony
2009 as Count Korzybski
★ 6.9
Going and Coming Back
Going and Coming Back
1985 as Simon Lerner's patient
★ 6.5
Boris Without Beatrice
Boris Without Beatrice
2016 as L'Inconnu
★ 6.5
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
2014 as Self (uncredited)
★ 4.1
movie
De force avec d'autres
1993 as Denis
★ 5.0
Human Flowers of Flesh
Human Flowers of Flesh
2023 as Galoup
★ 6.0
Pitchipoï
Pitchipoï
2015 as Pierre Schulmann
★ 5.0
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
2019 as Monsieur Loyal
★ 6.6
La Squale
La Squale
2000 as Le joker
★ 5.9
Long Live Life
Long Live Life
1984 as Caviar delivery man
★ 5.9
Morning Star
Morning Star
2012 as Elliot
★ 3.5
The Nipple Whisperer
The Nipple Whisperer
2021 as Maurice Sanders
★ 6.3
After Midnight
After Midnight
1983 as (voice)
★ 10.0
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013 as Self
★ 6.0
Gray House
Gray House
2017 as Self
★ 1.0
Le monde à l'envers
Le monde à l'envers
1998 as Yann Kerebel
Redoubt
Redoubt
2026 as Karl-Göran Persson
Graziella
Graziella
2015 as Antoine
★ 2.3
My Intelligent Comedy
My Intelligent Comedy
2018 as Allen
★ 6.8
Silent Streams
★ 5.0
Scaramouche Scaramouche
Scaramouche Scaramouche
2018 as Scaramouche
Captain Ahab
Captain Ahab
2008 as Capitaine Achab
★ 4.2
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
2018 as Doctor de Chomo
★ 4.7
All Effort of Men
All Effort of Men
2022 as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.5
movie
Fan Club
2018 as Damien
Biette
Biette
2013 as Self
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
★ 1.0
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
2013 as Marcel Dassault
★ 2.0
Happy New Year London
Happy New Year London
2007 as Gerrard Ames
★ 6.0
Le mystère des jonquilles
★ 4.0
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
★ 7.0
Demons to Diamonds
Demons to Diamonds
2025 as The prisoner
Visiblement je vous aime
Visiblement je vous aime
1995 as Denis
★ 4.0
Bacon-Freud, face à face
Bacon-Freud, face à face
2025 as Voix-off
★ 8.0
X14
X14
2022
Language Does Not Lie
Language Does Not Lie
2004 as Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
movie
The End
as (voice)
The Boy Who Owns the World
The Boy Who Owns the World
2024 as Kasimir
★ 8.5
Miserable Miracle
Miserable Miracle
2023 as Narrator (French)
The Chess Game
The Chess Game
1994 as Max
★ 4.1
Austerlitz
Austerlitz
2015 as Jacques Austerlitz
movie
Dante's Divine Comedy
as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
movie
The Escapade
2019 as Jacques
movie
Poisson rouge
Poisson rouge
2023 as Père de Guillaume
★ 4.9
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016 as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
★ 5.8
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
2011 as The ogre
★ 5.5
Dark Forests
Dark Forests
2015 as Voice
★ 5.1
movie
Erratic Blocks
as Lucien Le Saint
Aymeline
Aymeline
2022 as Franco Fontane
The Blue Star
The Blue Star
2020 as Le Narrateur
Eye of the Astronomer
Eye of the Astronomer
2012 as Jean Kepler
★ 3.3
Luminal
Luminal
2004 as Ryu
★ 4.8
Hyacinthe
Hyacinthe
2025 as Reda
Kazarken: As We Dig
Kazarken: As We Dig
2016 as Chiron, le centaure
★ 5.8
Paris Ficelle
Paris Ficelle
1982 as Joe
Who the Fuck Are You
Who the Fuck Are You
2019 as Psychiatrist
movie
Jiminy
2013 as Otto Hoffmann
★ 7.2
Le discours
Le discours
2022 as Le politicien
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
2003 as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hymn to Merde
Hymn to Merde
2009 as Merde
★ 6.0
Two Night Owls in Paris
Two Night Owls in Paris
2024 as Le bouquiniste
★ 8.0
Thunder Voice
Thunder Voice
2023 as Prophet
Waster
Waster
as Waster
Şoför
Şoför
2001 as The Driver
Les Grandes Marées
Les Grandes Marées
2013 as Marc
movie
movie