Denis Lavant
June 17, 1961 (65 years old) in 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
Credits
- 2028 · Halmeoni as Dominique Brisebard
- 2025 · In the Land of Arto as Rob
- 2025 · The Stranger as Salamano
- 2025 · Sibyl as (Archive footage)
- 2025 · Hotel Fantasma as
- 2021 · Tralala as Climby
- 2020 · Silver Skates as Fourier
- 2020 · Gagarine as Gérard
- 2019 · Girls with Balls as Barman
- 2019 · The Mountain as Jack
- 2019 · The Traveller as Alberto
- 2019 · The Bra as Kamal
- 2018 · The Emperor of Paris as Maillard
- 2018 · The Night Eats the World as Alfred
- 2016 · Midnight Sun as Pierre Carnot
- 2016 · History's Future as Lottery Ticket Seller
- 2015 · Me and Kaminski as Karl-Ludwig
- 2015 · Pitchipoï as Pierre Schulmann
- 2014 · Mr. X as Self
- 2013 · Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas as The Theologist
- 2012 · Holy Motors as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
- 2012 · Square as Self
- 2011 · My Little Princess as Ernst
- 2009 · The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as André Custe
- 2008 · Tokyo! as Merde' (segment "Merde")
- 2008 · Mister Lonely as Charlie Chaplin
- 2004 · A Very Long Engagement as Six-Soux
- 2000 · Beau Travail as Galoup
- 1998 · Don Juan as Pierrot
- 1991 · The Lovers on the Bridge as Alex
- 1986 · Mauvais Sang as Alex
- 1985 · Going and Coming Back as Simon Lerner's patient
- 1984 · Long Live Life as Caviar delivery man
- 1983 · The Wounded Man as Wanderer
- 1982 · Les Misérables as Montparnasse
- Future · The Countess of Monte Cristo as
- 2026 · The End as (voice)
- 2026 · Redoubt as Karl-Göran Persson
- 2024 · Two Night Owls in Paris as Le bouquiniste
- 2023 · Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui as
- 2023 · Poisson rouge as Père de Guillaume
- 2022 · Aymeline as Franco Fontane
- 2022 · South Sentinel as Commandant de Royer
- 2020 · The Blue Star as Le Narrateur
- 2019 · Silent Streams as
- 2018 · My Intelligent Comedy as Allen
- 2017 · Gray House as Self
- 2016 · Kazarken: As We Dig as Chiron, le centaure
- 2016 · Boris Without Beatrice as L'Inconnu
- 2015 · Eva Doesn't Sleep as Koenig
- 2014 · Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts as Self (uncredited)
- 2014 · Le mystère des jonquilles as Sam
- 2014 · Ogaden as
- 2013 · Biette as Self
- 2013 · Tired of Being Handsome as
- 2005 · Wild Camp as Blaise
- Future · Erratic Blocks as Lucien Le Saint
- 2013 · DRIVE IN Holy Motors as Self
- 2011 · Hop-o'-My-Thumb as The ogre
- 2009 · The Temptation of St. Tony as Count Korzybski
- 2009 · Hymn to Merde as Merde
- 2007 · Happy New Year London as Gerrard Ames
- 2005 · Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" as Self
- 2004 · Language Does Not Lie as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Şoför as The Driver
- 1995 · Visiblement je vous aime as Denis
- 1994 · The Chess Game as Max
- 1989 · Once Around the Park as Berville
- Future · Dante's Divine Comedy as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
- 1982 · L'Ombre sur la plage as
- Future · Waster as Waster
- 2025 · L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST as
- 2025 · Hyacinthe as Reda
- 2025 · Bacon-Freud, face à face as Voix-off
- 2025 · Demons to Diamonds as The prisoner
- 2025 · In the Name of Blood as Jacques
- 2024 · Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino as Self
- 2024 · Fracas as
- 2024 · It's Not Me as Monsieur Merde
- 2024 · The Boy Who Owns the World as Kasimir
- 2023 · Thunder Voice as Prophet
- 2023 · Body of Crime as
- 2023 · Hood Witch as Jules
- 2023 · Miserable Miracle as Narrator (French)
- 2023 · The Green Eyes as
- 2023 · L'Impossible Monsieur Simon as Self
- 2023 · Human Flowers of Flesh as Galoup
- 2022 · All Effort of Men as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · X14 as
- 2022 · Tell Me Iggy as Self
- 2022 · Le discours as Le politicien
- 2021 · The Nipple Whisperer as Maurice Sanders
- 2021 · Night of the Kings as Silence
- 2019 · The Escapade as Jacques
- 2019 · Figurant as
- 2019 · Who the Fuck Are You as Psychiatrist
- 2019 · Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux as Monsieur Loyal
- 2018 · Scaramouche Scaramouche as Scaramouche
- 2018 · One Nation, One King as Marat
- 2018 · Fan Club as Damien
- 2018 · Cornelius, the Howling Miller as Doctor de Chomo
- 2018 · 3 Days in Quiberon as Fisherman Poet
- 2016 · Louis-Ferdinand Céline as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- 2015 · 21 Nights with Pattie as André
- 2015 · Graziella as Antoine
- 2015 · Austerlitz as Jacques Austerlitz
- 2015 · Dark Forests as Voice
- 2014 · The Iron Ivan as Eugene de Paris
- 2014 · Journey to the West as Dragon
- 2013 · Jiminy as Otto Hoffmann
- 2013 · Les Grandes Marées as Marc
- 2013 · En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel as Self
- 2013 · Marussia as Clochard
- 2013 · Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus as Marcel Dassault
- 2012 · Morning Star as Elliot
- 2012 · Eye of the Astronomer as Jean Kepler
- 2011 · Hitler in Hollywood as Denis Lavant
- 2011 · Atlantika as
- 2010 · Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète as Bezon
- 2009 · The Lonely as
- 2009 · Les Williams as
- 2009 · Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir as (voice)
- 2008 · Captain Ahab as Capitaine Achab
- 2004 · Luminal as Ryu
- 2003 · Correspondances: Dostoïevski as reader
- 2002 · La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan as (voice)
- 1999 · Tuvalu as Anton
- Future · Makunaíma XXI as
- Future · Que demande le peuple as
- 2003 · Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Married/Unmarried as Love
- 2000 · La Squale as Le joker
- 2000 · Deep in the Woods as Stephane
- 1998 · Melody for a Hustler as L'auto-stoppeur
- 1998 · Le monde à l'envers as Yann Kerebel
- 1997 · Wild Animals as Emil
- 1993 · De force avec d'autres as Denis
- 1990 · Mona and I as Pierre
- 1984 · Boy Meets Girl as Alex
- 1983 · After Midnight as (voice)
- 1983 · Entre Nous as Un militaire
- 1982 · Paris Ficelle as Joe
- Future · La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture as Narrateur



