Denis Lavant
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
André Custe
2009
Series
Square
Self
2012
Series
The Traveller
Alberto
2019
Film
The Stranger
Salamano
2025
Film
Silver Skates
Fourier
2020
Film
Holy Motors
Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
2012
Film
Night of the Kings
Silence
2021
Series
Midnight Sun
Pierre Carnot
2016
Film
A Very Long Engagement
Six-Soux
2004
Film
The Lovers on the Bridge
Alex
1991
Film
Beau Travail
Galoup
2000
Film
The Night Eats the World
Alfred
2018
Film
Tokyo!
Merde' (segment "Merde")
2008
Film
My Little Princess
Ernst
2011
Series
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Film
The Emperor of Paris
Maillard
2018
Film
3 Days in Quiberon
Fisherman Poet
2018
Film
The Wounded Man
Wanderer
1983
Film
In the Land of Arto
Rob
2025
Film
Going and Coming Back
Simon Lerner's patient
1985
Film
Pitchipoï
Pierre Schulmann
2015
Film
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
The Theologist
2013
Film
Mauvais Sang
Alex
1986
Film
Hood Witch
Jules
2023
Film
Girls with Balls
Barman
2019
Film
Les Misérables
Montparnasse
1982
Film
Gagarine
Gérard
2020
Film
The Mountain
Jack
2019
Film
Mr. X
Self
2014
Film
Mister Lonely
Charlie Chaplin
2008
Film
Le mystère des jonquilles
Sam
2014
Film
Me and Kaminski
Karl-Ludwig
2015
Film
Entre Nous
Un militaire
1983
Film
Paris Ficelle
Joe
1982
Film
One Nation, One King
Marat
2018
Halmeoni
Dominique Brisebard
2028
Film
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016
Film
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
The ogre
2011
Film
Journey to the West
Dragon
2014
Film
It's Not Me
Monsieur Merde
2024
Film
Graziella
Antoine
2015
Film
Happy New Year London
Gerrard Ames
2007
Film
Once Around the Park
Berville
1989
Film
Captain Ahab
Capitaine Achab
2008
Film
Long Live Life
Caviar delivery man
1984
Film
Wild Animals
Emil
1997
Film
The Iron Ivan
Eugene de Paris
2014
Film
Tell Me Iggy
Self
2022
Film
21 Nights with Pattie
André
2015
Film
Eye of the Astronomer
Jean Kepler
2012
Film
The Temptation of St. Tony
Count Korzybski
2009
Film
Boy Meets Girl
Alex
1984
Film
Austerlitz
Jacques Austerlitz
2015
Film
Tralala
Climby
2021
Film
Morning Star
Elliot
2012
Film
Deep in the Woods
Stephane
2000
Film
Mona and I
Pierre
1990
Film
Eva Doesn't Sleep
Koenig
2015
Film
Tuvalu
Anton
1999
Film
Melody for a Hustler
L'auto-stoppeur
1998
Film
The Chess Game
Max
1994
Film
The Bra
Kamal
2019
Film
Don Juan
Pierrot
1998
Film
In the Name of Blood
Jacques
2025
Film
After Midnight
(voice)
1983
Film
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
Bezon
2010
Film
Hotel Fantasma
2025
Film
South Sentinel
Commandant de Royer
2022
Film
Wild Camp
Blaise
2005
Film
Married/Unmarried
Love
2001
Film
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
(voice)
2009
Film
Figurant
2019
Film
Poisson rouge
Père de Guillaume
2023
Fan Club
Damien
2018
Film
Redoubt
Karl-Göran Persson
2026
Film
Miserable Miracle
Narrator (French)
2023
Film
Biette
Self
2013
Film
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
Self
2005
Film
Gray House
Self
2017
Film
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
Monsieur Loyal
2019
Film
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
(voice)
2002
Film
The End
(voice)
2026
Film
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
Self
2013
Film
La Squale
Le joker
2000
Film
Boris Without Beatrice
L'Inconnu
2016
Film
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
Self (uncredited)
2014
Film
Sibyl
(Archive footage)
2025
The Lonely
2009
Makunaíma XXI
Film
Body of Crime
2023
Film
Les Grandes Marées
Marc
2013
Film
My Intelligent Comedy
Allen
2018
Film
Atlantika
2011
De force avec d'autres
Denis
1993
Film
Marussia
Clochard
2013
Film
Silent Streams
2019
Film
Tired of Being Handsome
2013
Les Williams
2009
Film
Human Flowers of Flesh
Galoup
2023
Film
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
Doctor de Chomo
2018
Film
Visiblement je vous aime
Denis
1995
Film
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
Self
2013
History's Future
Lottery Ticket Seller
2016
Que demande le peuple
Film
Fracas
2024
Jiminy
Otto Hoffmann
2013
Film
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
Marcel Dassault
2013
Film
Language Does Not Lie
Narrator (voice)
2004
Film
Le monde à l'envers
Yann Kerebel
1998
Film
Hymn to Merde
Merde
2009
Film
Thunder Voice
Prophet
2023
Film
Waster
Waster
Dante's Divine Comedy
Narrator / Virgil / Dante
Film
Bacon-Freud, face à face
Voix-off
2025
Film
Luminal
Ryu
2004
Film
Le discours
Le politicien
2022
Film
Correspondances: Dostoïevski
reader
2003
Film
Two Night Owls in Paris
Le bouquiniste
2024
Film
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
Self
2023
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture
Narrateur
Film
Hyacinthe
Reda
2025
Erratic Blocks
Lucien Le Saint
Film
Demons to Diamonds
The prisoner
2025
Film
All Effort of Men
Narrator (voice)
2022
Film
Dark Forests
Voice
2015
Film
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
2023
Film
The Green Eyes
2023
Film
The Boy Who Owns the World
Kasimir
2024
Film
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
Self - Narrator (voice)
2003
The Escapade
Jacques
2019
Film
The Blue Star
Le Narrateur
2020
Film
Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino
Self
2024
Film
Şoför
The Driver
2001
Film
X14
2022
Film
The Nipple Whisperer
Maurice Sanders
2021
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
2025
Film
Kazarken: As We Dig
Chiron, le centaure
2016
Film
Scaramouche Scaramouche
Scaramouche
2018
Ogaden
2014
Film
Aymeline
Franco Fontane
2022
Film
Who the Fuck Are You
Psychiatrist
2019
Film
L'Ombre sur la plage
1982