Denis Lavant
Biography
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-06-17
Place of birth
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Cast
Fan Club
2018
0.00
Miserable Miracle
2023
0.00
Austerlitz
2015
0.00
The Lovers on the Bridge
1991
7.40
A Very Long Engagement
2004
7.31
Language Does Not Lie
2004
8.00
Les Misérables
1982
6.93
The Lonely
2009
0.00
Deep in the Woods
2000
3.81
Tuvalu
1999
6.10
Scaramouche Scaramouche
2018
0.00
Tokyo!
2008
6.90
Wild Animals
1997
5.80
South Sentinel
2022
5.70
Atlantika
2011
0.00
Wild Camp
2005
4.31
Beau Travail
2000
7.06
La Squale
2000
5.90
Mister Lonely
2008
6.50
Boy Meets Girl
1984
6.66
De force avec d'autres
1993
5.00
After Midnight
1983
10.00
Captain Ahab
2008
4.20
Mauvais Sang
1986
7.08
The Temptation of St. Tony
2009
6.90
Ogaden
2014
0.00
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
2023
0.00
It's Not Me
2024
7.00
My Little Princess
2011
6.42
All Effort of Men
2022
0.00
Entre Nous
1983
6.60
Holy Motors
2012
6.98
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
2011
5.50
Mona and I
1990
4.89
Long Live Life
1984
5.90
Morning Star
2012
3.50
Eye of the Astronomer
2012
3.30
Melody for a Hustler
1998
2.50
X14
2022
0.00
Marussia
2013
6.30
Biette
2013
0.00
Luminal
2004
4.75
Once Around the Park
1989
3.00
Don Juan
1998
4.35
Journey to the West
2014
6.30
Body of Crime
2023
0.00
Married/Unmarried
2001
2.60
The Boy Who Owns the World
2024
8.50
Hyacinthe
2025
0.00
Me and Kaminski
2015
6.00
Les Williams
2009
0.00
Correspondances: Dostoïevski
2003
0.00
Thunder Voice
2023
0.00
Visiblement je vous aime
1995
4.00
Les Grandes Marées
2013
0.00
Mr. X
2014
5.90
Pitchipoï
2015
5.00
Le discours
2021
0.00
Redoubt
2025
8.00
Dark Forests
2015
5.10
The Chess Game
1994
4.08
Aymeline
2022
0.00
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015
5.20
21 Nights with Pattie
2015
5.70
Hood Witch
2023
6.12
Poisson rouge
2023
4.80
The Green Eyes
2023
0.00
Graziella
2015
2.30
Jiminy
2013
7.20
History's Future
2016
3.90
Boris Without Beatrice
2016
6.50
In the Land of Arto
2025
0.00
Paris Ficelle
1982
0.00
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016
5.80
Girls with Balls
2019
4.17
Gray House
2017
1.00
The Night Eats the World
2018
6.03
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013
1.00
One Nation, One King
2018
5.54
The Escapade
2019
0.00
The Wounded Man
1983
5.60
Going and Coming Back
1985
6.40
3 Days in Quiberon
2018
6.30
The Bra
2019
5.99
My Intelligent Comedy
2018
6.80
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
2018
4.70
The Mountain
2019
5.10
Kazarken: As We Dig
2016
5.80
The Emperor of Paris
2018
6.30
Silent Streams
2019
5.00
Silver Skates
2020
7.52
The Iron Ivan
2014
6.00
Le mystère des jonquilles
2014
4.00
Who the Fuck Are You
2019
0.00
Figurant
2019
7.10
The Blue Star
2020
0.00
Gagarine
2020
6.60
Şoför
2001
0.00
Tired of Being Handsome
2013
0.00
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013
6.00
Human Flowers of Flesh
2023
6.00
Night of the Kings
2021
6.62
Le monde à l'envers
1998
0.00
The Nipple Whisperer
2021
6.30
Happy New Year London
2007
6.00
Tralala
2021
5.60
Hymn to Merde
2009
6.00
In the Name of Blood
2025
6.10
Two Night Owls in Paris
2024
8.00
Fracas
2024
0.00
Erratic Blocks
0.00
Demons to Diamonds
2025
0.00
The Stranger
2025
6.82
Makunaíma XXI
0.00
Sibyl
2025
0.00
Bacon-Freud, face à face
2025
8.00
Hotel Fantasma
2025
0.00
Tell Me Iggy
2022
8.00
Waster
0.00
The Rose
0.00
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
2025
0.00