Alex Descas
Biography
Alex Descas (born January 1, 1958) is a French actor known for his roles in films by Claire Denis and Jim Jarmusch. In France, he is also known for his role as Schneider in the French TV series Un Flic.
He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, appearing in more than half of her theatrical feature-length films, including No Fear, No Die, Nénette et Boni, I Can't Sleep, Trouble Every Day, The Intruder, 35 Shots of Rum and Bastards, as well as Ten Minutes Older: The Cello. He is of Antillean (Guadeloupean) descent.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1958-01-01
Place of birth
France
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Cast
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
6.90
Never Twice
1995
0.00
The Limits of Control
2009
6.00
Irma Vep
1996
6.66
The House
1997
7.00
35 Shots of Rum
2009
6.80
Rapt
2009
6.10
Trouble Every Day
2001
5.80
I Can't Sleep
1994
6.10
Last Harem
1999
5.45
Africa Dreaming
1997
0.00
Against Oblivion
1991
6.50
The Dope
2003
4.60
Lumumba
2000
6.80
Persecution
2009
4.40
Late August, Early September
1999
5.90
A Perfect Couple
2005
5.20
No Fear, No Die
1990
6.00
Vers Nancy
2002
8.00
Bastards
2013
5.70
The United States of Albert
2005
3.00
The Syringe
1984
4.79
My Family's Honour
1997
0.00
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
1998
0.00
Déjà vu
2007
0.00
How Good the Whites Are
1988
6.08
La nuit sera longue
2003
0.00
The Great White of Lambarene
1995
5.00
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002
6.60
Brûlé neige
2022
0.00
Murder in Pacot
2014
3.89
Which Way Africa?
2024
0.00
Urgence
1985
4.50
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
1998
0.00
Nèg maron
2005
6.10
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
2024
7.30
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
2004
6.00
Madeleine d'entre les Morts
2014
0.00
Adam's Sake
2025
6.71
Metropole
2017
0.00
Un enfant en danger
2013
7.00
Chocolat
2016
6.80
Let the Sunshine In
2017
5.20
Volontaire
2018
5.70
In Your Dreams
2005
5.20
Nord-plage
2004
0.00
Maya
2018
5.20
Clubbed to Death
1996
6.20
Tag!
2007
5.50
Voilà l'enchaînement
2014
5.80
Nenette and Boni
1997
6.40
The Intruder
2005
6.50
The Absence
1993
5.30
Boarding Gate
2007
5.00
Un si joli bouquet
1995
0.00
Duo
1995
0.00
Portrait of the Artist
2015
5.70
Gone
2017
5.00
Négropolitain
2008
0.00
The Heart's Cry
1995
5.40
Rouge
2015
6.50
Tiresia
2003
5.77
So Be It
1997
0.00
Césaire, le prix de la liberté
2013
0.00
The Masturbators
1995
1.00
Elf, Kings of Oil
2007
0.00
The Elf Case
2007
5.00
L'île des esclaves
2006
0.00
Taxi Boy
1986
3.00
We Don't Choose Our Parents
2008
0.00
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
2021
0.00
Sing Me Back Home
2019
5.00
The Arrival
0.00
The Failing
2026
0.00