Alex Descas

male

Born on January 01, 1958 (67 years old)

From France

Known for Acting

Biography

Alex Descas (born 1958) is a French actor known for his roles in Jim Jarmusch films and for his role as Schneider in the French TV series Un Flic. He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, appearing in her films No Fear, No Die, Nénette et Boni, Trouble Every Day, Ten Minutes Older: The Cello, 35 Shots of Rum and Bastards. 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.

Cast Credits

2025
- Adam's Sake
  as
  Naïm
  2025
2024
- Which Way Africa?
  as
  Narrator
  2024
- Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
  as
  Narrator (Voice)
  2024
2022
- Brûlé neige
  as
  Henri
  2022
- Irma Vep
  as
  Gregory Desormeaux
  2022
2021
- Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
  as
  (Voix Off)
  2021
- Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
  2021
- Exterminate All the Brutes
  2021
2018
- Volontaire
  as
  Albertini
  2018
- Maya
  as
  Frédéric
  2018
- Iskander
  as
  Oscar
  2018
2017
- no image
  Metropole
  2017
- Let the Sunshine In
  as
  End Man
  2017
- Gone
  as
  Claude Vannier
  2017
2016
- Chocolat
  as
  Victor
  2016
2015
- Portrait of the Artist
  as
  Scottie
  2015
- Rouge
  as
  Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
  2015
- Nina
  as
  Mathias Savignon
  2015
2014
- Murder in Pacot
  as
  L'homme
  2014
- no image
  Madeleine d’entre les Morts
  2014
- Voilà l'enchaînement
  as
  Lui
  2014
2013
- Bastards
  as
  Dr. Béthanie
  2013
- Un enfant en danger
  as
  André
  2013
- no image
  Césaire, le prix de la liberté
  as
  Aimé Césaire
  2013
2009
- The Limits of Control
  as
  Creole
  2009
- 35 Shots of Rum
  as
  Lionel
  2009
- Rapt
  as
  Maître Walser
  2009
- Persecution
  as
  Thomas
  2009
2008
- Négropolitain
  as
  Alain
  2008
- We Don't Choose Our Parents
  as
  Le juge Mauvoisin
  2008
2007
- no image
  Déjà vu
  as
  Kiff
  2007
- Tag!
  as
  Nkruma
  2007
- Boarding Gate
  as
  Andrew
  2007
- Elf, Kings of Oil
  as
  Pascal Lissouba
  2007
- The Elf Case
  as
  Pascal Lissouba
  2007
- Un flic
  as
  Schneider
  2007
2006
- L'île des esclaves
  2006
2005
- A Perfect Couple
  as
  Patrick
  2005
- The United States of Albert
  as
  Nolton Barnett
  2005
- Nèg maron
  as
  Siwo
  2005
- In Your Dreams
  as
  Mojo
  2005
- The Intruder
  as
  Le prêtre
  2005
2004
- Coffee and Cigarettes
  as
  Alex (segment "No Problem")
  2004
- The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
  as
  Pierre Adélaïde
  2004
- Nord-plage
  2004
2003
- The Dope
  as
  Shaft
  2003
- La nuit sera longue
  as
  François
  2003
- Tiresia
  as
  Marignac
  2003
2002
- Vers Nancy
  2002
- Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
  as
  (segment "Vers Nancy")
  2002
- La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
  as
  (Segment 'Never Twice')
  2002
2001
- Trouble Every Day
  as
  Dr. Léo
  2001
2000
- Lumumba
  as
  Joseph Mobutu
  2000
1999
- Last Harem
  as
  Nadir
  1999
- Late August, Early September
  as
  Jérémie
  1999
1998
- Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
  1998
- In a Memory of a Film Gone By
  as
  himself
  1998
1997
- The House
  1997
- Africa Dreaming
  as
  Michael
  1997
- My Family's Honour
  as
  Malcolm
  1997
- Nenette and Boni
  as
  Gynecologist
  1997
- So Be It
  1997
1996
- Irma Vep
  as
  Desormeaux
  1996
- Clubbed to Death
  as
  Mambo
  1996
1995
- no image
  Never Twice
  as
  Never Twice
  1995
- The Great White of Lambarene
  as
  Koumba
  1995
- Un si joli bouquet
  as
  Barthélémy
  1995
- Duo
  as
  Man
  1995
- The Heart's Cry
  as
  Ibrahim Sow
  1995
- The Masturbators
  as
  Narrator
  1995
1994
- I Can't Sleep
  as
  Théo
  1994
- Les Cordier, juge et flic
  as
  Sayyid
  1994
1993
- The Absence
  as
  Soldier
  1993
1991
- Against Oblivion
  as
  Self
  1991
1990
- No Fear, No Die
  as
  Jocelyn
  1990
1988
- How Good the Whites Are
  as
  Le travailleur chez Renault
  1988
1986
- Taxi Boy
  as
  Pascal
  1986
1985
- Urgence
  1985
1984
- The Syringe
  as
  Le chef des 'Blackies'
  1984

Alex Descas

Biography

Cast Credits

Adam's Sake

Which Way Africa?

Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

Brûlé neige

Irma Vep

Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

Exterminate All the Brutes

Volontaire

Maya

Iskander

Metropole

Let the Sunshine In

Gone

Chocolat

Portrait of the Artist

Rouge

Nina

Murder in Pacot

Madeleine d’entre les Morts

Voilà l'enchaînement

Bastards

Un enfant en danger

Césaire, le prix de la liberté

The Limits of Control

35 Shots of Rum

Rapt

Persecution

Négropolitain

We Don't Choose Our Parents

Déjà vu

Tag!

Boarding Gate

Elf, Kings of Oil

The Elf Case

Un flic

L'île des esclaves

A Perfect Couple

The United States of Albert

Nèg maron

In Your Dreams

The Intruder

Coffee and Cigarettes

The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

Nord-plage

The Dope

La nuit sera longue

Tiresia

Vers Nancy

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

Trouble Every Day

Lumumba

Last Harem

Late August, Early September

Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

In a Memory of a Film Gone By

The House

Africa Dreaming

My Family's Honour

Nenette and Boni

So Be It

Irma Vep

Clubbed to Death

Never Twice

The Great White of Lambarene

Un si joli bouquet

Duo

The Heart's Cry

The Masturbators

I Can't Sleep

Les Cordier, juge et flic

The Absence

Against Oblivion

No Fear, No Die

How Good the Whites Are

Taxi Boy