Denis Lavant
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 17, 1961
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- Exécution sur ordonnance
Exécution sur ordonnance TBA
as voix-off
- El soldado incendiado
El soldado incendiado TBA
Actor
- Fol
Fol TBA
Actor
- The Rope
The Rope TBA
Actor
- 7 jours 4000 ans
7 jours 4000 ans TBA
as (Voix)
Waster TBA
as Waster
- Makunaíma XXI
Makunaíma XXI TBA
Actor
- Dante's Divine Comedy
Dante's Divine Comedy TBA
as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
- La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture TBA
as Narrateur
- Que demande le peuple
Que demande le peuple TBA
Actor
bbjtm 2026
as Himself
The Man Without Qualities 2026
as Ultimo Proy
Erratics 2026
as Lucien Le Saint
In All My Journeys I Am Returning 2026
Actor
The End 2026
as (voice)
Résistance en Lumière - l'Engagement 2026
as Jean Gabin (Voix Off)
Redoubt 2026
as Karl-Göran Persson
In the Land of Arto 2025
as Rob
- L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST 2025
Actor
The Stranger 2025
as Salamano
Sibyl 2025
as (Archive footage)
Hyacinthe 2025
as Reda
Bacon-Freud, face à face 2025
as Voix-off
Demons to Diamonds 2025
as The prisoner
Hotel Fantasma 2025
Actor
In the Name of Blood 2025
as Jacques
Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino 2024
as Self
Fracas 2024
Actor, Writer
Two Night Owls in Paris 2024
as Le bouquiniste
It's Not Me 2024
as Monsieur Merde
The Boy Who Owns the World 2024
as Kasimir
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui 2023
Actor
Thunder Voice 2023
as Prophet
Body of Crime 2023
Actor
Hood Witch 2023
as Jules
Poisson rouge 2023
as Père de Guillaume
Miserable Miracle 2023
as Narrator (French)
The Green Eyes 2023
Actor
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon 2023
as Self
Human Flowers of Flesh 2023
as Galoup
All Effort of Men 2022
as Narrator (voice)
Aymeline 2022
as Franco Fontane
X14 2022
Actor
Tell Me Iggy 2022
as Self
Le discours 2022
as Le politicien
South Sentinel 2022
as Commandant de Royer
Tralala 2021
as Climby
The Nipple Whisperer 2021
as Maurice Sanders
Night of the Kings 2021
as Silence
Silver Skates 2020
as Fourier
Gagarine 2020
as Gérard
The Blue Star 2020
as Le Narrateur
- The Escapade
The Escapade 2019
as Jacques
Figurant 2019
Actor
Who the Fuck Are You 2019
as Psychiatrist
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux 2019
as Monsieur Loyal
Girls with Balls 2019
as Barman
The Mountain 2019
as Jack
Silent Streams 2019
Actor
The Bra 2019
as Kamal
The Emperor of Paris 2018
as Maillard
Scaramouche Scaramouche 2018
as Scaramouche
One Nation, One King 2018
as Marat
- Fan Club
Fan Club 2018
as Damien
Cornelius, the Howling Miller 2018
as Doctor de Chomo
3 Days in Quiberon 2018
as Fisherman Poet
The Night Eats the World 2018
as Alfred
My Intelligent Comedy 2018
as Allen
Gray House 2017
as Self
Kazarken: As We Dig 2016
as Chiron, le centaure
Louis-Ferdinand Céline 2016
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Boris Without Beatrice 2016
as L'Inconnu
- History's Future
History's Future 2016
as Lottery Ticket Seller
21 Nights with Pattie 2015
as André
Eva Doesn't Sleep 2015
as Koenig
Me and Kaminski 2015
as Karl-Ludwig
Graziella 2015
as Antoine
Austerlitz 2015
as Jacques Austerlitz
Dark Forests 2015
as Voice
Pitchipoï 2015
as Pierre Schulmann
Le mystère des jonquilles 2014
as Sam
The Iron Ivan 2014
as Eugene de Paris
Journey to the West 2014
as Dragon
Mr. X 2014
as Self
- Ogaden
Ogaden 2014
Actor
- Jiminy
Jiminy 2013
as Otto Hoffmann
Je sens plus la vitesse 2013
Actor
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas 2013
as The Theologist
Biette 2013
as Self
Les Grandes Marées 2013
as Marc
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel 2013
as Self
Marussia 2013
as Clochard
Tired of Being Handsome 2013
Actor
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus 2013
as Marcel Dassault
DRIVE IN Holy Motors 2013
as Self
Morning Star 2012
as Elliot
Holy Motors 2012
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
Eye of the Astronomer 2012
as Jean Kepler
Hop-o'-My-Thumb 2011
as The ogre
My Little Princess 2011
as Ernst
Hitler in Hollywood 2011
as Denis Lavant
Atlantika 2011
Actor
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète 2010
as Bezon
The Temptation of St. Tony 2009
as Count Korzybski
Hymn to Merde 2009
as Merde
- The Lonely
The Lonely 2009
Actor
- Les Williams
Les Williams 2009
Actor
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir 2009
as (voice)
Tokyo! 2008
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
Captain Ahab 2008
as Capitaine Achab
Mister Lonely 2008
as Charlie Chaplin
Happy New Year London 2007
as Gerrard Ames
Wild Camp 2005
as Blaise
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" 2005
as Self
Language Does Not Lie 2004
as Narrator (voice)
A Very Long Engagement 2004
as Six-Soux
Luminal 2004
as Ryu
Correspondances: Dostoïevski 2003
as reader
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait 2003
as Self - Narrator (voice)
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan 2002
as (voice)
Married/Unmarried 2001
as Love
Şoför 2001
as The Driver
La Squale 2000
as Le joker
Deep in the Woods 2000
as Stephane
Beau Travail 2000
as Galoup
Tuvalu 1999
as Anton
Melody for a Hustler 1998
as L'auto-stoppeur
Le monde à l'envers 1998
as Yann Kerebel
Don Juan 1998
as Pierrot
Wild Animals 1997
as Emil
Visiblement je vous aime 1995
as Denis
The Chess Game 1994
as Max
- De force avec d'autres
De force avec d'autres 1993
as Denis
The Lovers on the Bridge 1991
as Alex
Mona and I 1990
as Pierre
Once Around the Park 1989
as Berville
Mauvais Sang 1986
as Alex
Going and Coming Back 1985
as Simon Lerner's patient
Boy Meets Girl 1984
as Alex
Long Live Life 1984
as Caviar delivery man
After Midnight 1983
as (voice)
The Wounded Man 1983
as Wanderer
Entre Nous 1983
as Un militaire
Les Misérables 1982
as Montparnasse
- L'Ombre sur la plage
L'Ombre sur la plage 1982
Actor
Paris Ficelle 1982
as Joe
Credits from TMDB.