Alex Descas
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Descas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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All Credits (78)
The Failing
as L'Abbé Gomis
Adam's Sake
as Naïm
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
as Narrator (Voice)
Which Way Africa?
as Narrator
Brûlé neige
as Henri
Irma Vep
as Gregory Desormeaux
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
as (Voix Off)
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
as Unknown
Exterminate All the Brutes
as Unknown
Sing Me Back Home
as Juan
Maya
as Frédéric
Volontaire
as Albertini
Iskander
as Oscar
Let the Sunshine In
as End Man
Gone
as Claude Vannier
Chocolat
as Victor
Nina
as Mathias Savignon
Rouge
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
Portrait of the Artist
as Scottie
Voilà l'enchaînement
as Lui
Murder in Pacot
as L'homme
Un enfant en danger
as André
Bastards
as Dr. Béthanie
Aimé Césaire, le prix de la liberté
as Aimé Césaire
Rapt
as Maître Walser
Persecution
as Thomas
The Limits of Control
as Creole
35 Shots of Rum
as Lionel
Négropolitain
as Alain
We Don't Choose Our Parents
as Le juge Mauvoisin
Boarding Gate
as Andrew
Un flic
as Schneider
Tag!
as Nkruma
Elf, Kings of Oil
as Pascal Lissouba
The Elf Case
as Pascal Lissouba
L'île des esclaves
as Unknown
A Perfect Couple
as Patrick
The Intruder
as Le prêtre
The United States of Albert
as Nolton Barnett
Nèg maron
as Siwo
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
as Pierre Adélaïde
Nord-plage
as Unknown
La nuit sera longue
as François
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
Tiresia
as Marignac
The Dope
as Shaft
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
Vers Nancy
as Unknown
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
as (Segment 'Never Twice')
Trouble Every Day
as Dr. Léo
Lumumba
as Joseph Mobutu
Last Harem
as Nadir
Late August, Early September
as Jérémie
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
as Yves Le Guen
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
as himself
The House
as Unknown
Nenette and Boni
as Gynecologist
My Family's Honour
as Malcolm
Africa Dreaming
as Michael
So Be It
as Unknown
Irma Vep
as Desormeaux
Clubbed to Death
as Mambo
Un si joli bouquet
as Barthélémy
Le Banquet
as Unknown
The Great White of Lambarene
as Koumba
The Heart's Cry
as Ibrahim Sow
Duo
as Man
Never Twice
as Never Twice
The Masturbators
as Narrator
I Can't Sleep
as Théo
Les Cordier, juge et flic
as Sayyid
The Absence
as Soldier
Lest We Forget
as Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
No Fear, No Die
as Jocelyn
How Good the Whites Are
as Le travailleur chez Renault
Taxi Boy
as Pascal
Urgence
as Unknown
The Syringe
as Le chef des 'Blackies'