Denis Lavant
Acting·June 17, 1961 — 65 years old·Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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.
Known For
A Very Long Engagement
2004·7.3
Holy Motors
2012·7.0
The Night Eats the World
2018·6.1
The Emperor of Paris
2018·6.3
The Lovers on the Bridge
1991·7.4
Beau Travail
2000·7.1
Silver Skates
2020·7.5
Mauvais Sang
1986·7.1
Tokyo!
2008·6.9
Girls with Balls
2019·4.2
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013·5.9
The Stranger
2025·6.8
Filmography · 144
—Que demande le peuple—La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourritureNarrateur—Dante's Divine ComedyNarrator / Virgil / Dante—Erratic BlocksLucien Le Saint—Makunaíma XXI—WasterWaster—In All My Journeys I Am Returning—The Countess of Monte CristoTV2028HalmeoniDominique Brisebard2026The End(voice)2026RedoubtKarl-Göran Persson2025In the Land of ArtoRob2025L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST2025The StrangerSalamano2025Sibyl(Archive footage)2025HyacintheReda2025Bacon-Freud, face à faceVoix-off2025Demons to DiamondsThe prisoner2025Hotel Fantasma2025In the Name of BloodJacques2024Walter Benjamin, el aura del caminoSelf2024FracasWriter2024Two Night Owls in ParisLe bouquiniste2024It's Not MeMonsieur Merde2024The Boy Who Owns the WorldKasimir2023Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui2023Thunder VoiceProphet2023Body of Crime2023Hood WitchJules2023Poisson rougePère de Guillaume2023Miserable MiracleNarrator (French)2023The Green Eyes2023L'Impossible Monsieur SimonSelf2023Human Flowers of FleshGaloup2022All Effort of MenNarrator (voice)2022AymelineFranco Fontane2022X142022Tell Me IggySelf2022Le discoursLe politicien2022South SentinelCommandant de Royer2021TralalaClimby2021The Nipple WhispererMaurice Sanders2021Night of the KingsSilence2020Silver SkatesFourier2020GagarineGérard2020The Blue StarLe Narrateur2019The EscapadeJacques2019Figurant2019Who the Fuck Are YouPsychiatrist2019Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beauxMonsieur Loyal2019Girls with BallsBarman2019The MountainJack2019The TravellerTVAlberto2019Silent Streams2019The BraKamal2018The Emperor of ParisMaillard2018Scaramouche ScaramoucheScaramouche2018One Nation, One KingMarat2018Fan ClubDamien2018Cornelius, the Howling MillerDoctor de Chomo20183 Days in QuiberonFisherman Poet2018The Night Eats the WorldAlfred2018My Intelligent ComedyAllen2017Gray HouseSelf2016Kazarken: As We DigChiron, le centaure2016Midnight SunTVPierre Carnot2016Louis-Ferdinand CélineLouis-Ferdinand Céline2016Boris Without BeatriceL'Inconnu2016History's FutureLottery Ticket Seller201521 Nights with PattieAndré2015Eva Doesn't SleepKoenig2015Me and KaminskiKarl-Ludwig2015GraziellaAntoine2015AusterlitzJacques Austerlitz2015Dark ForestsVoice2015PitchipoïPierre Schulmann2014Men Show Movies & Women Their BreastsSelf (uncredited)2014Le mystère des jonquillesSam2014The Iron IvanEugene de Paris2014Journey to the WestDragon2014Mr. XSelf2014Ogaden2013JiminyOtto Hoffmann2013Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasThe Theologist2013BietteSelf2013Les Grandes MaréesMarc2013En ningún lugar, Don Luis BuñuelSelf2013MarussiaClochard2013Tired of Being Handsome2013Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessusMarcel Dassault2013DRIVE IN Holy MotorsSelf2012Morning StarElliot2012Holy MotorsMr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer2012Eye of the AstronomerJean Kepler2012SquareTVSelf2011Hop-o'-My-ThumbThe ogre2011My Little PrincessErnst2011Hitler in HollywoodDenis Lavant2011Atlantika2010Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poèteBezon2009The Temptation of St. TonyCount Korzybski2009Hymn to MerdeMerde2009The Lonely2009Les Williams2009Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir(voice)2009The Little Murders of Agatha ChristieTVAndré Custe2008Tokyo!Merde' (segment "Merde")2008Captain AhabCapitaine Achab2008Mister LonelyCharlie Chaplin2007Happy New Year LondonGerrard Ames2005Wild CampBlaise2005Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"Self2004Language Does Not LieNarrator (voice)2004A Very Long EngagementSix-Soux2004LuminalRyu2003Correspondances: Dostoïevskireader2003Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstraitSelf - Narrator (voice)2002La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan(voice)2001Married/UnmarriedLove2001ŞoförThe Driver2000La SqualeLe joker2000Deep in the WoodsStephane2000Beau TravailGaloup1999TuvaluAnton1998Melody for a HustlerL'auto-stoppeur1998Le monde à l'enversYann Kerebel1998Don JuanPierrot1997Wild AnimalsEmil1995Visiblement je vous aimeDenis1994The Chess GameMax1993De force avec d'autresDenis1991The Lovers on the BridgeAlex1990Mona and IPierre1989Once Around the ParkBerville1986Mauvais SangAlex1985Going and Coming BackSimon Lerner's patient1984Boy Meets GirlAlex1984Long Live LifeCaviar delivery man1983After Midnight(voice)1983The Wounded ManWanderer1983Entre NousUn militaire1982Les MisérablesMontparnasse1982L'Ombre sur la plage1982Paris FicelleJoe