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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 C…
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- Irma Vep (2022) as Gregory Desormeaux
- Les Cordier, juge et flic (1994) as Sayyid
- Nina (2015) as Mathias Savignon
- Exterminate All the Brutes (2021) Cast
- Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) as Alex (segment "No Problem")
- Irma Vep (1996) as Desormeaux
- Un flic (2007) as Schneider
- Chocolat (2016) as Victor
- Iskander (2018) as Oscar
- The Limits of Control (2009) as Creole
- Adam's Sake (2025) as Naïm
- Trouble Every Day (2001) as Dr. Léo
- Last Harem (1999) as Nadir
- The Dope (2003) as Shaft
- Boarding Gate (2007) as Andrew
- Late August, Early September (1999) as Jérémie
- Rapt (2009) as Maître Walser
- Bastards (2013) as Dr. Béthanie
- 35 Shots of Rum (2009) as Lionel
- Let the Sunshine In (2017) as End Man
- Against Oblivion (1991) as Self
- Volontaire (2018) as Albertini
- Lumumba (2000) as Joseph Mobutu
- How Good the Whites Are (1988) as Le travailleur chez Renault
- The Syringe (1984) as Le chef des 'Blackies'
- Urgence (1985) Cast
- In Your Dreams (2005) as Mojo
- Maya (2018) as Frédéric
- Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002) as (segment "Vers Nancy")
- The Absence (1993) as Soldier
- No Fear, No Die (1990) as Jocelyn
- The House (1997) Cast
- The Great White of Lambarene (1995) as Koumba
- The Intruder (2005) as Le prêtre
- I Can't Sleep (1994) as Théo
- Déjà vu (2007) as Kiff
- A Perfect Couple (2006) as Patrick
- Portrait of the Artist (2015) as Scottie
- Nenette and Boni (1997) as Gynecologist
- Never Twice (1995) as Never Twice
- Persecution (2009) as Thomas
- La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan (2002) as (Segment 'Never Twice')
- The Man Who Came From Elsewhere (2004) as Pierre Adélaïde
- Rouge (2015) as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
- Sing Me Back Home (2019) as Juan
- Elf, Kings of Oil (2007) as Pascal Lissouba
- Taxi Boy (1986) as Pascal
- Un si joli bouquet (1995) as Barthélémy
- Le serpent a mangé la grenouille (1998) as Yves Le Guen
- Tiresia (2003) as Marignac
- The Heart's Cry (1995) as Ibrahim Sow
- The Elf Case (2007) as Pascal Lissouba
- Nèg maron (2005) as Siwo
- Clubbed to Death (1996) as Mambo
- Murder in Pacot (2014) as L'homme
- The United States of Albert (2005) as Nolton Barnett
- Duo (1995) as Man
- Madeleine d'entre les Morts (2014) as The man
- My Family's Honour (1997) as Malcolm
- The Arrival Cast
- We Don't Choose Our Parents (2008) as Le juge Mauvoisin
- Vers Nancy (2002) Cast
- La nuit sera longue (2003) as François
- In a Memory of a Film Gone By (1998) as himself
- Négropolitain (2008) as Alain
- Nord-plage (2004) Cast
- Voilà l'enchaînement (2014) as Lui
- The Masturbators (1995) as Narrator
- Un enfant en danger (2013) as André
- Metropole (2017) Cast
- Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté (2021) as (Voix Off)
- Césaire, le prix de la liberté (2013) as Aimé Césaire
- Africa Dreaming (1997) as Michael
- L'île des esclaves (2006) Cast
- Gone (2017) as Claude Vannier
- Brûlé neige (2022) as Henri
- Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants (2024) as Narrator (Voice)
- Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard (2021) Cast
- Tag! (2007) as Nkruma
- The Odd Enchantment of Madame P. Cast
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Most-watched Alex Descas films currently: Coffee and Cigarettes (2004), Irma Vep (1996), Chocolat (2016), The Limits of Control (2009), Adam's Sake (2025).
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Selected TV credits: Irma Vep (2022), Les Cordier, juge et flic (1994), Nina (2015), Exterminate All the Brutes (2021), Un flic (2007).
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