Alex Descas

Alex Descas

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.

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Known For

Les Cordier, juge et flic

Les Cordier, juge et flic

1994 • as Sayyid

Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee and Cigarettes

2004 • as Alex (segment "No Problem")

Nina

Nina

2015 • as Mathias Savignon

Irma Vep

Irma Vep

2022 • as Gregory Desormeaux

The Limits of Control

The Limits of Control

2009 • as Creole

Chocolat

Chocolat

2016 • as Victor

Filmography

2025

Movie
In Adam’s Interest
as Naïm
Movie - Released: 10/1/2025

2024

Which Way Africa?
Which Way Africa?
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 2/16/2024
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
as Narrator (Voice)
Movie - Released: 3/19/2024

2022

Brûlé neige
Brûlé neige
as Henri
Movie - Released: 8/8/2022
Irma Vep
Irma Vep
as Gregory Desormeaux
TV - Released: 6/6/2022

2021

Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
as (Voix Off)
Movie - Released: 11/7/2021
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
Movie - Released: 7/8/2021
Exterminate All the Brutes
Exterminate All the Brutes
TV - Released: 4/7/2021

2018

Volontaire
Volontaire
as Albertini
Movie - Released: 6/6/2018
Maya
Maya
as Frédéric
Movie - Released: 12/19/2018
Iskander
Iskander
as Oscar
TV - Released: 1/25/2018

2017

Movie
Metropole
Movie - Released: 1/1/2017
Let the Sunshine In
Let the Sunshine In
as End Man
Movie - Released: 9/27/2017
Gone
Gone
as Claude Vannier
Movie - Released: 9/13/2017

2016

Chocolat
Chocolat
as Victor
Movie - Released: 2/3/2016

2015

Portrait of the Artist
Portrait of the Artist
as Scottie
Movie - Released: 3/15/2015
Rouge
Rouge
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
Movie - Released: 6/11/2015
Nina
Nina
as Mathias Savignon
TV - Released: 6/17/2015

2014

Murder in Pacot
Murder in Pacot
as L'homme
Movie - Released: 9/5/2014
Movie
Madeleine d’entre les Morts
Movie - Released: 10/3/2014
Voilà l'enchaînement
Voilà l'enchaînement
as Lui
Movie - Released: 9/7/2014

2013

Bastards
Bastards
as Dr. Béthanie
Movie - Released: 8/7/2013
Un enfant en danger
Un enfant en danger
as André
Movie - Released: 9/15/2013
Movie
Césaire, le prix de la liberté
as Aimé Césaire
Movie - Released: 6/26/2013

2009

The Limits of Control
The Limits of Control
as Creole
Movie - Released: 5/1/2009
35 Shots of Rum
35 Shots of Rum
as Lionel
Movie - Released: 2/18/2009
Rapt
Rapt
as Maître Walser
Movie - Released: 11/18/2009
Persecution
Persecution
as Thomas
Movie - Released: 10/17/2009

2008

Négropolitain
Négropolitain
as Alain
Movie - Released: 12/30/2008
We Don't Choose Our Parents
We Don't Choose Our Parents
as Le juge Mauvoisin
Movie - Released: 10/29/2008

2007

Movie
Déjà vu
as Kiff
Movie - Released: 10/16/2007
Tag!
Tag!
as Nkruma
Movie - Released: 1/24/2007
Boarding Gate
Boarding Gate
as Andrew
Movie - Released: 8/22/2007
Elf, Kings of Oil
Elf, Kings of Oil
as Pascal Lissouba
Movie - Released: 1/1/2007
The Elf Case
The Elf Case
as Pascal Lissouba
Movie - Released: 1/1/2007
Un flic
Un flic
as Schneider
TV - Released: 2/2/2007

2006

L'île des esclaves
L'île des esclaves
Movie - Released: 12/31/2006

2005

A Perfect Couple
A Perfect Couple
as Patrick
Movie - Released: 9/14/2005
The United States of Albert
The United States of Albert
as Nolton Barnett
Movie - Released: 4/8/2005
Nèg maron
Nèg maron
as Siwo
Movie - Released: 1/19/2005
In Your Dreams
In Your Dreams
as Mojo
Movie - Released: 4/13/2005
The Intruder
The Intruder
as Le prêtre
Movie - Released: 5/4/2005

2004

Coffee and Cigarettes
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Alex (segment "No Problem")
Movie - Released: 3/12/2004
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
as Pierre Adélaïde
Movie - Released: 12/6/2004
Nord-plage
Nord-plage
Movie - Released: 10/7/2004

2003

The Dope
The Dope
as Shaft
Movie - Released: 2/5/2003
La nuit sera longue
La nuit sera longue
as François
Movie - Released: 11/24/2003
Tiresia
Tiresia
as Marignac
Movie - Released: 5/20/2003

2002

Vers Nancy
Vers Nancy
Movie - Released: 9/2/2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
as (segment "Vers Nancy")
Movie - Released: 9/3/2002
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
as (Segment 'Never Twice')
Movie - Released: 4/3/2002

2001

Trouble Every Day
Trouble Every Day
as Dr. Léo
Movie - Released: 7/11/2001

2000

Lumumba
Lumumba
as Joseph Mobutu
Movie - Released: 5/13/2000

1999

Last Harem
Last Harem
as Nadir
Movie - Released: 11/24/1999
Late August, Early September
Late August, Early September
as Jérémie
Movie - Released: 2/10/1999

1998

Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
Movie - Released: 8/12/1998
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
In a Memory of a Film Gone By
as himself
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998

1997

The House
The House
Movie - Released: 10/1/1997
Africa Dreaming
Africa Dreaming
as Michael
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
My Family's Honour
My Family's Honour
as Malcolm
Movie - Released: 1/2/1997
Nenette and Boni
Nenette and Boni
as Gynecologist
Movie - Released: 1/29/1997
So Be It
So Be It
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997

1996

Irma Vep
Irma Vep
as Desormeaux
Movie - Released: 10/1/1996
Clubbed to Death
Clubbed to Death
as Mambo
Movie - Released: 6/25/1996

1995

Movie
Never Twice
as Never Twice
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995
The Great White of Lambarene
The Great White of Lambarene
as Koumba
Movie - Released: 4/26/1995
Un si joli bouquet
Un si joli bouquet
as Barthélémy
Movie - Released: 9/20/1995
Duo
Duo
as Man
Movie - Released: 4/4/1995
The Heart's Cry
The Heart's Cry
as Ibrahim Sow
Movie - Released: 4/5/1995
The Masturbators
The Masturbators
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

1994

I Can't Sleep
I Can't Sleep
as Théo
Movie - Released: 5/18/1994
Les Cordier, juge et flic
Les Cordier, juge et flic
as Sayyid
TV - Released: 2/24/1994

1993

The Absence
The Absence
as Soldier
Movie - Released: 1/20/1993

1991

Against Oblivion
Against Oblivion
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/11/1991

1990

No Fear, No Die
No Fear, No Die
as Jocelyn
Movie - Released: 9/5/1990

1988

How Good the Whites Are
How Good the Whites Are
as Le travailleur chez Renault
Movie - Released: 1/20/1988

1986

Taxi Boy
Taxi Boy
as Pascal
Movie - Released: 4/30/1986

1985

Urgence
Urgence
Movie - Released: 1/30/1985

1984

The Syringe
The Syringe
as Le chef des 'Blackies'
Movie - Released: 11/14/1984