Denis Lavant
Known for Acting · 142 credits
- Born
- 1961-06-17 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Also known as
- Дени Лаван · 드니 라방
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.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (137)
Night of the Kings
2021
as Silence
The Stranger
2025
as Salamano
Silver Skates
2020
as Fourier
My Little Princess
2011
as Ernst
A Very Long Engagement
2004
as Six-Soux
Holy Motors
2012
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
Tokyo!
2008
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
The Night Eats the World
2018
as Alfred
The Lovers on the Bridge
1991
as Alex
Beau Travail
2000
as Galoup
The Emperor of Paris
2018
as Maillard
The Mountain
2019
as Jack
Hood Witch
2023
as Jules
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
as The Theologist
Pitchipoï
2015
as Pierre Schulmann
Mauvais Sang
1986
as Alex
In the Land of Arto
2025
as Rob
Gagarine
2020
as Gérard
Mr. X
2014
as Self
Girls with Balls
2019
as Barman
Paris Ficelle
1982
as Joe
Les Misérables
1982
as Montparnasse
Mister Lonely
2008
as Charlie Chaplin
The Iron Ivan
2014
as Eugene de Paris
The Wounded Man
1983
as Wanderer
Going and Coming Back
1985
as Simon Lerner's patient
One Nation, One King
2018
as Marat
Entre Nous
1983
as Un militaire
3 Days in Quiberon
2018
as Fisherman Poet
21 Nights with Pattie
2015
as André
Tell Me Iggy
2022
as Self
It's Not Me
2024
as Monsieur Merde
Me and Kaminski
2015
as Karl-Ludwig
Graziella
2015
as Antoine
The Temptation of St. Tony
2009
as Count Korzybski
Wild Animals
1997
as Emil
Journey to the West
2014
as Dragon
Tralala
2021
as Climby
Long Live Life
1984
as Caviar delivery man
Melody for a Hustler
1998
as L'auto-stoppeur
The Bra
2019
as Kamal
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015
as Koenig
Halmeoni
2028
as Dominique Brisebard
Happy New Year London
2007
as Gerrard Ames
The Chess Game
1994
as Max
Deep in the Woods
2000
as Stephane
Don Juan
1998
as Pierrot
Boy Meets Girl
1984
as Alex
Morning Star
2012
as Elliot
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Captain Ahab
2008
as Capitaine Achab
Tuvalu
1999
as Anton
Eye of the Astronomer
2012
as Jean Kepler
South Sentinel
2022
as Commandant de Royer
Atlantika
2011
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005
as Self
Once Around the Park
1989
as Berville
Figurant
2019
Hotel Fantasma
2025
Le mystère des jonquilles
2014
as Sam
In the Name of Blood
2025
as Jacques
Miserable Miracle
2023
as Narrator (French)
Mona and I
1990
as Pierre
Wild Camp
2005
as Blaise
Sibyl
2025
as (Archive footage)
Austerlitz
2015
as Jacques Austerlitz
Biette
2013
as Self
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
2010
as Bezon
Boris Without Beatrice
2016
as L'Inconnu
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
2011
as The ogre
Fan Club
2018
as Damien
Gray House
2017
as Self
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002
as (voice)
After Midnight
1983
as (voice)
Jiminy
2013
as Otto Hoffmann
La Squale
2000
as Le joker
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
2014
as Self (uncredited)
Redoubt
2026
as Karl-Göran Persson
Silent Streams
2019
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
2019
as Monsieur Loyal
The Lonely
2009
Human Flowers of Flesh
2023
as Galoup
Poisson rouge
2023
as Père de Guillaume
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
2009
as (voice)
De force avec d'autres
1993
as Denis
Makunaíma XXI
Marussia
2013
as Clochard
Married/Unmarried
2001
as Love
History's Future
2016
as Lottery Ticket Seller
Visiblement je vous aime
1995
as Denis
Le monde à l'envers
1998
as Yann Kerebel
Que demande le peuple
The Boy Who Owns the World
2024
as Kasimir
My Intelligent Comedy
2018
as Allen
Hyacinthe
2025
as Reda
The End
2026
as (voice)
Les Williams
2009
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture
as Narrateur
Les Grandes Marées
2013
as Marc
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
2023
as Self
Body of Crime
2023
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
2018
as Doctor de Chomo
All Effort of Men
2022
as Narrator (voice)
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013
as Self
The Escapade
2019
as Jacques
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013
as Self
Dante's Divine Comedy
as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
Language Does Not Lie
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Correspondances: Dostoïevski
2003
as reader
Luminal
2004
as Ryu
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
2003
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Şoför
2001
as The Driver
Bacon-Freud, face à face
2025
as Voix-off
The Green Eyes
2023
X14
2022
Fracas
2024
Hymn to Merde
2009
as Merde
Dark Forests
2015
as Voice
Thunder Voice
2023
as Prophet
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
2013
as Marcel Dassault
About Denis Lavant
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. With 142 credits spanning from 1982 to 2028, Denis Lavant has appeared in 137 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Denis Lavant Movies
- Night of the Kings (2021) — as Silence
- The Stranger (2025) — as Salamano
- Silver Skates (2020) — as Fourier
- My Little Princess (2011) — as Ernst
- A Very Long Engagement (2004) — as Six-Soux
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