Alex Descas
Actor
Born January 1, 1958 in France
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.
Filmography
The Failing
L'Abbé Gomis
Adam's Sake
Naïm
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
Narrator (Voice)
Which Way Africa?
Narrator
Brûlé neige
Henri
Irma Vep
Gregory Desormeaux
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
(Voix Off)
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
Exterminate All the Brutes
Sing Me Back Home
Juan
Maya
Frédéric
Volontaire
Albertini
Iskander
Oscar
Let the Sunshine In
End Man
Gone
Claude Vannier
Chocolat
Victor
Nina
Mathias Savignon
Rouge
Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
Portrait of the Artist
Scottie
Voilà l'enchaînement
Lui
Murder in Pacot
L'homme
Un enfant en danger
André
Bastards
Dr. Béthanie
Rapt
Maître Walser
Persecution
Thomas
The Limits of Control
Creole
35 Shots of Rum
Lionel
Négropolitain
Alain
We Don't Choose Our Parents
Le juge Mauvoisin
Boarding Gate
Andrew
Un flic
Schneider
Tag!
Nkruma
Elf, Kings of Oil
Pascal Lissouba
The Elf Case
Pascal Lissouba
L'île des esclaves
A Perfect Couple
Patrick
The Intruder
Le prêtre
In Your Dreams
Mojo
The United States of Albert
Nolton Barnett
Nèg maron
Siwo
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
Pierre Adélaïde
Nord-plage
Coffee and Cigarettes
Alex (segment "No Problem")
La nuit sera longue
François
Tiresia
Marignac
The Dope
Shaft
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
(segment "Vers Nancy")
Vers Nancy
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
(Segment 'Never Twice')
Trouble Every Day
Dr. Léo
Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Last Harem
Nadir
Late August, Early September
Jérémie
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
Yves Le Guen
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
himself
The House
Nenette and Boni
Gynecologist
My Family's Honour
Malcolm
Africa Dreaming
Michael
So Be It
Irma Vep
Desormeaux
Clubbed to Death
Mambo
Un si joli bouquet
Barthélémy
The Great White of Lambarene
Koumba
The Heart's Cry
Ibrahim Sow
Duo
Man
Never Twice
Never Twice
The Masturbators
Narrator
I Can't Sleep
Théo
Les Cordier, juge et flic
Sayyid
The Absence
Soldier
Lest We Forget
Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
No Fear, No Die
Jocelyn
How Good the Whites Are
Le travailleur chez Renault
Taxi Boy
Pascal
Urgence
The Syringe
Le chef des 'Blackies'