Alex Descas

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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

In Your Dreams

2005 • as Mojo

Irma Vep

2022 • as Gregory Desormeaux

Chocolat

2016 • as Victor

The Limits of Control

2009 • as Creole

Bastards

2013 • as Dr. Béthanie

Trouble Every Day

2001 • as Dr. Léo

Filmography

2025

Adam's Sake

as Naïm

Movie - Released: 9/17/2025

2024

Which Way Africa?

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 2/16/2024

Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

as Narrator (Voice)

Movie - Released: 3/19/2024

2022

Brûlé neige

as Henri

Movie - Released: 8/8/2022

Irma Vep

as Gregory Desormeaux

TV - Released: 6/6/2022

2021

Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

as (Voix Off)

Movie - Released: 11/7/2021

Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

Movie - Released: 7/8/2021

Exterminate All the Brutes

TV - Released: 4/7/2021

2019

Sing Me Back Home

as Juan

Movie - Released: 3/6/2019

2018

Volontaire

as Albertini

Movie - Released: 6/6/2018

Maya

as Frédéric

Movie - Released: 12/19/2018

Iskander

as Oscar

TV - Released: 1/25/2018

2017

Movie

Metropole

Movie - Released: 1/1/2017

Let the Sunshine In

as End Man

Movie - Released: 9/27/2017

Gone

as Claude Vannier

Movie - Released: 9/13/2017

2016

Chocolat

as Victor

Movie - Released: 2/3/2016

2015

Portrait of the Artist

as Scottie

Movie - Released: 3/15/2015

Rouge

as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»

Movie - Released: 6/11/2015

Nina

as Mathias Savignon

TV - Released: 6/17/2015

2014

Murder in Pacot

as L'homme

Movie - Released: 9/5/2014

Movie

Madeleine d'entre les Morts

as The man

Movie - Released: 10/3/2014

Voilà l'enchaînement

as Lui

Movie - Released: 9/7/2014

2013

Bastards

as Dr. Béthanie

Movie - Released: 8/7/2013

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

as Creole

Movie - Released: 5/1/2009

35 Shots of Rum

as Lionel

Movie - Released: 2/18/2009

Rapt

as Maître Walser

Movie - Released: 11/18/2009

Persecution

as Thomas

Movie - Released: 10/17/2009

2008

Négropolitain

as Alain

Movie - Released: 12/30/2008

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!

as Nkruma

Movie - Released: 1/24/2007

Boarding Gate

as Andrew

Movie - Released: 8/22/2007

Elf, Kings of Oil

as Pascal Lissouba

Movie - Released: 1/1/2007

The Elf Case

as Pascal Lissouba

Movie - Released: 1/1/2007

Un flic

as Schneider

TV - Released: 2/2/2007

2006

L'île des esclaves

Movie - Released: 12/31/2006

2005

A Perfect Couple

as Patrick

Movie - Released: 9/14/2005

The United States of Albert

as Nolton Barnett

Movie - Released: 4/8/2005

Nèg maron

as Siwo

Movie - Released: 1/19/2005

In Your Dreams

as Mojo

Movie - Released: 4/13/2005

The Intruder

as Le prêtre

Movie - Released: 5/4/2005

2004

Coffee and Cigarettes

as Alex (segment "No Problem")

Movie - Released: 3/12/2004

The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

as Pierre Adélaïde

Movie - Released: 12/6/2004

Nord-plage

Movie - Released: 10/7/2004

2003

The Dope

as Shaft

Movie - Released: 2/5/2003

La nuit sera longue

as François

Movie - Released: 11/24/2003

Tiresia

as Marignac

Movie - Released: 5/20/2003

2002

Vers Nancy

Movie - Released: 9/2/2002

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

as (segment "Vers Nancy")

Movie - Released: 9/3/2002

La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

as (Segment 'Never Twice')

Movie - Released: 4/3/2002

2001

Trouble Every Day

as Dr. Léo

Movie - Released: 7/11/2001

2000

Lumumba

as Joseph Mobutu

Movie - Released: 5/13/2000

1999

Last Harem

as Nadir

Movie - Released: 11/24/1999

Late August, Early September

as Jérémie

Movie - Released: 2/10/1999

1998

Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

as Yves Le Guen

Movie - Released: 8/12/1998

In a Memory of a Film Gone By

as himself

Movie - Released: 1/1/1998

1997

The House

Movie - Released: 10/1/1997

Africa Dreaming

as Michael

Movie - Released: 1/1/1997

My Family's Honour

as Malcolm

Movie - Released: 1/2/1997

Nenette and Boni

as Gynecologist

Movie - Released: 1/29/1997

So Be It

Movie - Released: 1/1/1997

1996

Irma Vep

as Desormeaux

Movie - Released: 10/1/1996

Clubbed to Death

as Mambo

Movie - Released: 6/25/1996

1995

Never Twice

as Never Twice

Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

The Great White of Lambarene

as Koumba

Movie - Released: 4/26/1995

Un si joli bouquet

as Barthélémy

Movie - Released: 9/20/1995

Duo

as Man

Movie - Released: 4/4/1995

The Heart's Cry

as Ibrahim Sow

Movie - Released: 4/5/1995

The Masturbators

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

1994

I Can't Sleep

as Théo

Movie - Released: 5/18/1994

Les Cordier, juge et flic

as Sayyid

TV - Released: 2/24/1994

1993

The Absence

as Soldier

Movie - Released: 1/20/1993

1991

Against Oblivion

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/11/1991

1990

No Fear, No Die

as Jocelyn

Movie - Released: 9/5/1990

1988

How Good the Whites Are

as Le travailleur chez Renault

Movie - Released: 1/20/1988

1986

Taxi Boy

as Pascal

Movie - Released: 4/30/1986

1985

Urgence

Movie - Released: 1/30/1985

1984

The Syringe

as Le chef des 'Blackies'

Movie - Released: 11/14/1984

Unknown

Movie

The Arrival

Movie