Denis Lavant
Born Jun 17, 1961 · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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
The End
2026
In All My Journeys I Am Returning
2026
Redoubt
2026
The Stranger
2025
Hotel Fantasma
2025
Sibyl
2025
In the Land of Arto
2025
In the Name of Blood
2025
Demons to Diamonds
2025
Fracas
2024
It's Not Me
2024
The Boy Who Owns the World
2024
Poisson rouge
2023
Hood Witch
2023
Body of Crime
2023
Human Flowers of Flesh
2023
Miserable Miracle
2023
X14
2022
Le discours
2022
Aymeline
2022
All Effort of Men
2022
South Sentinel
2022
Tralala
2021
The Nipple Whisperer
2021
Night of the Kings
2021
Silver Skates
2020
Gagarine
2020
The Traveller
2019
Silent Streams
2019
The Bra
2019
Girls with Balls
2019
The Mountain
2019
Figurant
2019
Who the Fuck Are You
2019
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
2019
The Night Eats the World
2018
The Emperor of Paris
2018
One Nation, One King
2018
Scaramouche Scaramouche
2018
My Intelligent Comedy
2018
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
2018
3 Days in Quiberon
2018
Midnight Sun
2016
Kazarken: As We Dig
2016
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016
Boris Without Beatrice
2016
Pitchipoï
2015
Me and Kaminski
2015
Austerlitz
2015
21 Nights with Pattie
2015
Dark Forests
2015
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015
Graziella
2015
Journey to the West
2014
Le mystère des jonquilles
2014
The Iron Ivan
2014
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
Les Grandes Marées
2013
Marussia
2013
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
2013
Holy Motors
2012
Morning Star
2012
Eye of the Astronomer
2012
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
My Little Princess
2011
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
2011
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
2010
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009
The Temptation of St. Tony
2009
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
2009
Tokyo!
2008
Captain Ahab
2008
Mister Lonely
2008
Happy New Year London
2007
Wild Camp
2005
A Very Long Engagement
2004
Luminal
2004
Language Does Not Lie
2004
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002
Married/Unmarried
2001
Şoför
2001
Beau Travail
2000
La Squale
2000
Deep in the Woods
2000
Tuvalu
1999
Don Juan
1998
Le monde à l'envers
1998
Melody for a Hustler
1998
Wild Animals
1997
Visiblement je vous aime
1995
The Chess Game
1994
The Lovers on the Bridge
1991
Mona and I
1990
Once Around the Park
1989
Mauvais Sang
1986
Going and Coming Back
1985
Boy Meets Girl
1984
Long Live Life
1984
The Wounded Man
1983
After Midnight
1983
Entre Nous
1983
Les Misérables
1982
L'Ombre sur la plage
1982
Paris Ficelle
1982
The Countess of Monte Cristo