Denis Lavant
Denis Lavant
Biography
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
Actor
as Narrateur
as reader
as Karl-Göran Persson
as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
as Jacques
as Le bouquiniste
as Monsieur Merde
as Jules
as Kasimir
as Prophet
as Père de Guillaume
as Narrator (French)
as Self
as Galoup
as Narrator (voice)
as Franco Fontane
as Commandant de Royer
as Climby
as Maurice Sanders
as Silence
as Le politicien
as Fourier
as Gérard
as Le Narrateur
as Jacques
as Psychiatrist
as Monsieur Loyal
as Kamal
as Barman
as Jack
as Alberto
as Maillard
as Scaramouche
as Marat
as Damien
as Doctor de Chomo
as Fisherman Poet
as Alfred
as Himself
as Self
as Chiron, le centaure
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
as L'Inconnu
as Lottery Ticket Seller
as Pierre Carnot
as André
as Koenig
as Karl-Ludwig
as Antoine
as Jacques Austerlitz
as Voice
as Pierre Schulmann
as Sam
as Dragon
as Self
as Dragon
as Otto Hoffmann
as The Theologist
as Self
as Marc
as Self
as Clochard
as Marcel Dassault
as Self
as Elliot
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
as Jean Kepler
as Self
as The ogre
as Ernst
as Count Korzybski
as Merde
as (voice)
as André Custe
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
as Capitaine Achab
as Charlie Chaplin
as Gerrard Ames
as Blaise
as Narrator (voice)
as Six-Soux
as Ryu
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as (voice)
as Love
as Le joker
as Stephane
as Galoup
as Anton
as L'auto-stoppeur
as Yann Kerebel
as Pierrot
as Emil
as Denis
as Max
as Denis
as Alex
as Pierre
as Berville
as Alex
as Simon Lerner's patient
as Alex
as Caviar delivery man
as Wanderer
as Un militaire
as Montparnasse
as Joe
Writer
as Writer