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.

Actor

1984

[ ] The Syringe (Le chef des 'Blackies')

1985

[ ] Urgence (????)

1986

[ ] Taxi Boy (Pascal)

1988

[ ] How Good the Whites Are (Le travailleur chez Renault)

1990

[ ] No Fear, No Die (Jocelyn)

1991

[ ] Against Oblivion (Self)

1993

[ ] The Absence (Soldier)

1994

[ ] I Can't Sleep (Théo)

1995

[ ] Never Twice (Never Twice)
[ ] The Great White of Lambarene (Koumba)
[ ] Un si joli bouquet (Barthélémy)
[ ] Duo (Man)
[ ] The Heart's Cry (Ibrahim Sow)
[ ] The Masturbators (Narrator)

1996

[ ] Irma Vep (Desormeaux)
[ ] Clubbed to Death (Mambo)

1997

[ ] The House (????)
[ ] Africa Dreaming (Michael)
[ ] My Family's Honour (Malcolm)
[ ] Nenette and Boni (Gynecologist)
[ ] So Be It (????)

1998

[ ] Le serpent a mangé la grenouille (Yves Le Guen)
[ ] In a Memory of a Film Gone By (himself)

1999

[ ] Last Harem (Nadir)
[ ] Late August, Early September (Jérémie)

2000

[ ] Lumumba (Joseph Mobutu)

2001

[ 5/10 ] Trouble Every Day (Dr. Léo)

2002

[ ] Vers Nancy (????)
[ ] Ten Minutes Older: The Cello ((segment "Vers Nancy"))
[ ] La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan ((Segment 'Never Twice'))

2003

[ ] The Dope (Shaft)
[ ] La nuit sera longue (François)
[ ] Tiresia (Marignac)

2004

[ 6/10 ] Coffee and Cigarettes (Alex (segment "No Problem"))
[ ] The Man Who Came From Elsewhere (Pierre Adélaïde)
[ ] Nord-plage (????)

2005

[ ] A Perfect Couple (Patrick)
[ ] The United States of Albert (Nolton Barnett)
[ ] Nèg maron (Siwo)
[ ] In Your Dreams (Mojo)
[ ] The Intruder (Le prêtre)

2006

[ ] L'île des esclaves (????)

2007

[ ] Déjà vu (Kiff)
[ ] Tag! (Nkruma)
[ ] Boarding Gate (Andrew)
[ ] Elf, Kings of Oil (Pascal Lissouba)
[ ] The Elf Case (Pascal Lissouba)

2008

[ ] Négropolitain (Alain)
[ ] We Don't Choose Our Parents (Le juge Mauvoisin)

2009

[ 8/10 ] The Limits of Control (Creole)
[ ] 35 Shots of Rum (Lionel)
[ ] Rapt (Maître Walser)
[ ] Persecution (Thomas)

2013

[ ] Bastards (Dr. Béthanie)
[ ] Un enfant en danger (André)
[ ] Césaire, le prix de la liberté (Aimé Césaire)

2014

[ ] Murder in Pacot (L'homme)
[ ] Madeleine d'entre les Morts (The man)
[ ] Voilà l'enchaînement (Lui)

2015

[ ] Portrait of the Artist (Scottie)
[ ] Rouge (Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»)

2016

[ ] Chocolat (Victor)

2017

[ ] Metropole (????)
[ ] Let the Sunshine In (End Man)
[ ] Gone (Claude Vannier)

2018

[ ] Volontaire (Albertini)
[ ] Maya (Frédéric)

2025

[ ] Adam's Sake (Naïm)

2026

[ ] The Failing (L'Abbé Gomis)

????

[ ] The Arrival (????)