Denis Lavant
b. 1961 (age 65)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Actor
Soundtrack
Writer
Denis Lavant (born 17 June 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
Filmography
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The Rose
2026 Actor
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En attendant Godot
2026 Actor
Estragon
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Insider Outsider
2026 Actor
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The End
2026 Actor
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★ 7.1
The Stranger
2025 Actor
Salamano
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★ 7.2
Redoubt
2025 Actor
Karl-Göran Persson
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★ 5.9
In the Land of Arto
2025 Actor
Rob
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Demons to Diamonds
2025 Actor
Le prisonnier
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Alouette
2025 Actor
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Hotel Fantasma
2025 Actor
Frenchie
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Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino
2025 Self
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★ 6.8
It's Not Me
2024 Actor
Monsieur merde
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★ 6.2
In the Name of Blood
2024 Actor
Jacques
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★ 8.0
Der Junge dem die Welt gehört
2024 Actor
Kasimir
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★ 7.3
Walden ou la vie dans les bois
2024 Actor
Narrateur
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Hyacinthe
2024 Actor
Reda
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De la poudre noire dans les veines
2024 Actor
Philippe
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Dante's Divine Comedy
2024 Actor
Narrator - Virgil - Dante
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★ 5.1
Hood Witch
2023 Actor
Jules
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★ 6.2
Miserable Miracle
2023 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.0
Body of Crime
2023 Actor
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★ 9.6
Idem
2023 Actor
The Rosebud
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★ 6.3
Les yeux verts
2023 Actor
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All Effort of Men
2023 Actor
Narrator
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Si on a la nuit
2023 Actor
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Tell Me Iggy
2023 Self
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The Night of the Monkey
2023 Actor
Emile
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Fin de partie
2023 Actor
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★ 5.5
Human Flowers of Flesh
2022 Actor
Galoup
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★ 7.9
Aymeline
2022 Actor
Franco Fontane
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Lazare
2022 Actor
Narrator
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X14
2022 Actor
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★ 5.8
Tralala
2021 Actor
Climby
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★ 6.1
South Sentinel
2021 Actor
Commandant De Royer
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★ 5.6
The Nipple Whisperer
2021 Actor
Maurice Sanders
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★ 7.4
Princesse de Jérusalem
2021 Actor
Chef (Boss)
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Le discours
2021 Actor
The politician
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E Paï
2021 Actor
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Movidas raras
2021 Actor
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★ 6.5
Night of the Kings
2020 Actor
Silence
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★ 6.7
Gagarine
2020 Actor
Gérard
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Émergences
2020 Actor
Narrator
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★ 4.0
Girls with Balls
2019 Actor
Barman
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★ 6.6
The Bra
2019 Actor
Apprentice (Kamal)
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★ 6.8
Figurant
2019 Actor
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★ 8.5
Who the Fuck Are You
2019 Actor
Psychiatrist
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★ 5.2
L'Étoile bleue
2019 Actor
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D'après Arnal, itinéraire d'un crayon rouge
2019 Actor
Arnal
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Cartes blanches
2019 Actor
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L'échappée
2019 Actor
Jacques
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★ 6.0
The Night Eats the World
2018 Actor
Alfred
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★ 6.3
The Emperor of Paris
2018 Actor
Maillard
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★ 5.9
One Nation, One King
2018 Actor
Marat
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★ 6.8
3 Days in Quiberon
2018 Actor
Fischer Poet
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★ 5.7
Vous êtes jeunes vous êtes beaux
2018 Actor
Monsieur Loyal
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★ 5.2
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
2018 Actor
Docteur de Chomo
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★ 5.9
Les scènes fortuites
2018 Actor
Allen
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★ 8.2
Scaramouche Scaramouche
2018 Actor
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Une charogne
2018 Actor
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Fan Club
2018 Actor
Damien
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Marcel Moreau: se dépasser pour s'atteindre
2018 Self
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Signed Dali
2018 Actor
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★ 8.2
Divino inferno: Et Rodin créa la Porte de l'Enfer
2017 Actor
Auguste Rodin
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★ 6.5
Gray House
2017 Actor
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★ 6.6
Lénine-Gorki, la révolution à contretemps
2017 Actor
Maxim Gorky
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Jean Genet, un captif amoureux
2017 Actor
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Parallaxe
2017 Actor
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★ 6.1
Boris Without Béatrice
2016 Actor
M. Lewis
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★ 5.3
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016 Actor
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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★ 5.6
History's Future
2016 Actor
Lottery Ticket Seller
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★ 6.3
Radiohead: Identikit
2016 Actor
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★ 6.5
Kazarken: As we Dig
2016 Actor
Centaur Chiron
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Une saison pour Maurice Pons
2016 Actor
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Phasme
2016 Actor
Jean
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★ 6.6
Me and Kaminski
2015 Actor
Karl-Ludwig
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★ 6.2
21 Nights with Pattie
2015 Actor
André
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★ 5.6
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015 Actor
Koenig
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★ 6.5
Graziella
2015 Actor
Antoine
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★ 6.2
Austerlitz
2015 Actor
Jacques Austerlitz
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★ 6.6
Les forêts sombres
2015 Actor
Narrator
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Full House
2015 Actor
Le Pendu
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Rosa Underground
2015 Actor
Barrington
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★ 6.9
Journey to the West
2014 Actor
Dragon
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★ 6.8
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
2014 Actor
Marcel Dassault
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★ 5.2
Le mystère des jonquilles
2014 Actor
Sam
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★ 5.1
Liberté, égalité, cheveux lissés
2014 Actor
L'homme blanc habillé de noir
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Agafay
2014 Actor
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Pitchipoï
2014 Actor
Pierre Schulmann
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Fracas
2014 Actor
Writer
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★ 6.1
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013 Actor
The Theologist
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★ 7.0
Marussia
2013 Actor
Clochard
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★ 7.4
Jiminy
2013 Actor
Otto Hoffmann
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★ 7.4
Drive in Holy Motors
2013 Self
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★ 6.1
Les grandes marées
2013 Actor
Marc
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★ 5.8
Tired of Being Handsome
2013 Actor
Le duc
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Je sens plus la vitesse
2013 Actor
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Barricade: le film
2013 Actor
Le barricadier énervé
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Méandres
2013 Actor
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En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013 Actor
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★ 7.0
Holy Motors
2012 Actor
Mr. Oscar