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)
Which Way Africa?
as Narrator
(2024)
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
as Narrator (Voice)
(2022)
Brûlé neige
as Henri
(2021)
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
as (Voix Off)
(2021)
(2018)
Volontaire
as Albertini
(2018)
Maya
as Frédéric
(2017)
Let the Sunshine In
as End Man
(2017)
(2017)
Gone
as Claude Vannier
(2016)
Chocolat
as Victor
(2015)
Rouge
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
(2015)
Portrait of the Artist
as Scottie
(2014)
Murder in Pacot
as L'homme
(2014)
(2014)
Voilà l'enchaînement
as Lui
(2013)
Bastards
as Dr. Béthanie
(2013)
Un enfant en danger
as André
(2013)
Césaire, le prix de la liberté
as Aimé Césaire
(2009)
The Limits of Control
as Creole
(2009)
35 Shots of Rum
as Lionel
(2009)
Rapt
as Maître Walser
(2009)
Persecution
as Thomas
(2008)
We Don't Choose Our Parents
as Le juge Mauvoisin
(2008)
Négropolitain
as Alain
(2007)
Boarding Gate
as Andrew
(2007)
The Elf Case
as Pascal Lissouba
(2007)
Elf, Kings of Oil
as Pascal Lissouba
(2007)
Déjà vu
as Kiff
(2007)
Tag!
as Nkruma
(2006)
(2005)
In Your Dreams
as Mojo
(2005)
The Intruder
as Le prêtre
(2005)
A Perfect Couple
as Patrick
(2005)
The United States of Albert
as Nolton Barnett
(2005)
Nèg maron
as Siwo
(2004)
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
(2004)
(2004)
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
as Pierre Adélaïde
(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)
(1998)
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
as himself
(1997)
Nenette and Boni
as Gynecologist
(1997)
(1997)
My Family's Honour
as Malcolm
(1997)
Africa Dreaming
as Michael
(1997)
(1996)
Irma Vep
as Desormeaux
(1996)
Clubbed to Death
as Mambo
(1995)
Un si joli bouquet
as Barthélémy
(1995)
Duo
as Man
(1995)
The Great White of Lambarene
as Koumba
(1995)
The Heart's Cry
as Ibrahim Sow
(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'