Alex Descas
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1958-01-01 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
France
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.
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Acting
(2025)
Adam's Sake
as Naïm
(2024)
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
as Narrator (Voice)
(2024)
Which Way Africa?
as Narrator
(2022)
Brûlé neige
as Henri
(2021)
(2021)
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
as (Voix Off)
(2019)
Sing Me Back Home
as Juan
(2018)
Maya
as Frédéric
(2018)
Volontaire
as Albertini
(2017)
Let the Sunshine In
as End Man
(2017)
(2017)
Gone
as Claude Vannier
(2016)
Chocolat
as Victor
(2015)
Portrait of the Artist
as Scottie
(2015)
Rouge
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
(2014)
Murder in Pacot
as L'homme
(2014)
Voilà l'enchaînement
as Lui
(2014)
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
as The man
(2013)
Bastards
as Dr. Béthanie
(2013)
Césaire, le prix de la liberté
as Aimé Césaire
(2013)
Un enfant en danger
as André
(2009)
The Limits of Control
as Creole
(2009)
Rapt
as Maître Walser
(2009)
Persecution
as Thomas
(2009)
35 Shots of Rum
as Lionel
(2008)
We Don't Choose Our Parents
as Le juge Mauvoisin
(2008)
Négropolitain
as Alain
(2007)
Elf, Kings of Oil
as Pascal Lissouba
(2007)
Boarding Gate
as Andrew
(2007)
Déjà vu
as Kiff
(2007)
The Elf Case
as Pascal Lissouba
(2007)
Tag!
as Nkruma
(2006)
(2005)
The Intruder
as Le prêtre
(2005)
A Perfect Couple
as Patrick
(2005)
In Your Dreams
as Mojo
(2005)
The United States of Albert
as Nolton Barnett
(2005)
Nèg maron
as Siwo
(2004)
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
(2004)
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
as Pierre Adélaïde
(2004)
(2003)
The Dope
as Shaft
(2003)
Tiresia
as Marignac
(2003)
La nuit sera longue
as François
(2002)
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
(2002)
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
as (Segment 'Never Twice')
(2002)
(2001)
Trouble Every Day
as Dr. Léo
(2000)
Lumumba
as Joseph Mobutu
(1999)
Last Harem
as Nadir
(1999)
Late August, Early September
as Jérémie
(1998)
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
as Yves Le Guen
(1998)
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
as himself
(1997)
Nenette and Boni
as Gynecologist
(1997)
(1997)
Africa Dreaming
as Michael
(1997)
My Family's Honour
as Malcolm
(1997)
(1996)
Irma Vep
as Desormeaux
(1996)
Clubbed to Death
as Mambo
(1995)
Duo
as Man
(1995)
The Great White of Lambarene
as Koumba
(1995)
The Heart's Cry
as Ibrahim Sow
(1995)
Un si joli bouquet
as Barthélémy
(1995)
The Masturbators
as Narrator
(1995)
Never Twice
as Never Twice
(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
(1985)
(1984)
The Syringe
as Le chef des 'Blackies'