Alex Descas

Biography

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.

Most Known For

Irma Vep

as Gregory Desormeaux

Les Cordier, juge et flic

as Sayyid

Irma Vep

as Desormeaux

Tiresia

as Marignac

Nina

as Mathias Savignon

Exterminate All the Brutes

Metropole

Last Harem

as Nadir

Négropolitain

as Alain

Africa Dreaming

as Michael

Gone

as Claude Vannier

Coffee and Cigarettes

as Alex (segment "No Problem")

Iskander

as Oscar

Un flic

as Schneider

Taxi Boy

as Pascal

In a Memory of a Film Gone By

as himself

Déjà vu

as Kiff

Never Twice

as Never Twice

Duo

as Man

Chocolat

as Victor