
Denis Lavant
Biography
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.
Acting (118 movies)

Miserable Miracle
2023

Austerlitz
2015

The Lovers on the Bridge
1991

A Very Long Engagement
2004

Language Does Not Lie
2004

Les Misérables
1982

Deep in the Woods
2000

Tuvalu
1999

Scaramouche Scaramouche
2018

Tokyo!
2008

Wild Animals
1997

South Sentinel
2022

Atlantika
2011

Wild Camp
2005

Beau Travail
2000

La Squale
2000

Mister Lonely
2008

Boy Meets Girl
1984

After Midnight
1983

Captain Ahab
2008

Mauvais Sang
1986

The Temptation of St. Tony
2009

L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
2023

It's Not Me
2024

My Little Princess
2011

All Effort of Men
2022

Entre Nous
1983

Holy Motors
2012

Hop-o'-My-Thumb
2011

Mona and I
1990

Long Live Life
1984

Morning Star
2012

Eye of the Astronomer
2012

Melody for a Hustler
1998

X14
2022

Marussia
2013

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013

Biette
2013

Luminal
2004

Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
2013

Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
2003

Once Around the Park
1989

Don Juan
1998

Journey to the West
2014

Body of Crime
2023

Married/Unmarried
2001

The Boy Who Owns the World
2024

Hyacinthe
2025

Me and Kaminski
2015

Correspondances: Dostoïevski
2003

Thunder Voice
2023

Visiblement je vous aime
1995

Les Grandes Marées
2013

Mr. X
2014

Pitchipoï
2015

Le discours
2021

Redoubt
2025

Dark Forests
2015

The Chess Game
1994

Aymeline
2022

Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015

21 Nights with Pattie
2015

La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002

Hood Witch
2023

Poisson rouge
2023

The Green Eyes
2023

Graziella
2015

Boris Without Beatrice
2016

In the Land of Arto
2025

Paris Ficelle
1982

Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016

Girls with Balls
2019

Gray House
2017

The Night Eats the World
2018

En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013

One Nation, One King
2018

Going and Coming Back
1985

The Wounded Man
1983

3 Days in Quiberon
2018

The Bra
2019

My Intelligent Comedy
2018

Cornelius, the Howling Miller
2018

The Mountain
2019

Kazarken: As We Dig
2016

Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
2019

The Emperor of Paris
2018

Silent Streams
2019

Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
2010

Silver Skates
2020

The Iron Ivan
2014

Le mystère des jonquilles
2014

Who the Fuck Are You
2019

Figurant
2019

The Blue Star
2020

Gagarine
2020

Şoför
2001

Tired of Being Handsome
2013

DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013

Human Flowers of Flesh
2023

Night of the Kings
2021
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Fracas | 2024 | Writer |