Denis Lavant
Known for Acting · 144 credits
- Born
- 1961-06-17 (age 65)
- 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 (139)
Holy Motors
2012
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
The Stranger
2025
as Salamano
Fracas
2024
Going and Coming Back
1985
as Simon Lerner's patient
The Emperor of Paris
2018
as Maillard
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
as Denis Lavant
The Lovers on the Bridge
1991
as Alex
My Little Princess
2011
as Ernst
The Night Eats the World
2018
as Alfred
Tokyo!
2008
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
Silver Skates
2020
as Fourier
Sibyl
2025
as (Archive footage)
Silent Streams
2019
Gagarine
2020
as Gérard
After Midnight
1983
as (voice)
Hotel Fantasma
2025
Mr. X
2014
as Self
La Squale
2000
as Le joker
Beau Travail
2000
as Galoup
In the Land of Arto
2025
as Rob
A Very Long Engagement
2004
as Six-Soux
The End
2026
as (voice)
Pitchipoï
2015
as Pierre Schulmann
Two Night Owls in Paris
2024
as Le bouquiniste
One Nation, One King
2018
as Marat
The Lonely
2009
Boy Meets Girl
1984
as Alex
Tralala
2021
as Climby
Long Live Life
1984
as Caviar delivery man
Me and Kaminski
2015
as Karl-Ludwig
Captain Ahab
2008
as Capitaine Achab
Mauvais Sang
1986
as Alex
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
as The Theologist
The Bra
2019
as Kamal
Figurant
2019
The Wounded Man
1983
as Wanderer
Night of the Kings
2021
as Silence
Girls with Balls
2019
as Barman
Language Does Not Lie
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
2014
as Self (uncredited)
Don Juan
1998
as Pierrot
Les Misérables
1982
as Montparnasse
Entre Nous
1983
as Un militaire
Poisson rouge
2023
as Père de Guillaume
My Intelligent Comedy
2018
as Allen
L'Ombre sur la plage
1982
Luminal
2004
as Ryu
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Le mystère des jonquilles
2014
as Sam
Deep in the Woods
2000
as Stephane
Le discours
2022
as Le politicien
Journey to the West
2014
as Dragon
Waster
as Waster
Mona and I
1990
as Pierre
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
2023
The Green Eyes
2023
X14
2022
Hood Witch
2023
as Jules
Dante's Divine Comedy
as Narrator / Virgil / Dante
The Mountain
2019
as Jack
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
2011
as The ogre
Tired of Being Handsome
2013
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013
as Self
Austerlitz
2015
as Jacques Austerlitz
Correspondances: Dostoïevski
2003
as reader
Thunder Voice
2023
as Prophet
Morning Star
2012
as Elliot
Boris Without Beatrice
2016
as L'Inconnu
Mister Lonely
2008
as Charlie Chaplin
Fan Club
2018
as Damien
Married/Unmarried
2001
as Love
Erratic Blocks
as Lucien Le Saint
Les Grandes Marées
2013
as Marc
The Blue Star
2020
as Le Narrateur
The Nipple Whisperer
2021
as Maurice Sanders
It's Not Me
2024
as Monsieur Merde
Les Williams
2009
Melody for a Hustler
1998
as L'auto-stoppeur
In All My Journeys I Am Returning
2026
Happy New Year London
2007
as Gerrard Ames
Kazarken: As We Dig
2016
as Chiron, le centaure
Aymeline
2022
as Franco Fontane
Scaramouche Scaramouche
2018
as Scaramouche
Visiblement je vous aime
1995
as Denis
3 Days in Quiberon
2018
as Fisherman Poet
21 Nights with Pattie
2015
as André
Jiminy
2013
as Otto Hoffmann
In the Name of Blood
2025
as Jacques
De force avec d'autres
1993
as Denis
Who the Fuck Are You
2019
as Psychiatrist
South Sentinel
2022
as Commandant de Royer
The Chess Game
1994
as Max
Le monde à l'envers
1998
as Yann Kerebel
Wild Animals
1997
as Emil
The Iron Ivan
2014
as Eugene de Paris
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005
as Self
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015
as Koenig
Tell Me Iggy
2022
as Self
Marussia
2013
as Clochard
Hymn to Merde
2009
as Merde
Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino
2024
as Self
Bacon-Freud, face à face
2025
as Voix-off
Şoför
2001
as The Driver
Ogaden
2014
Once Around the Park
1989
as Berville
Tuvalu
1999
as Anton
The Temptation of St. Tony
2009
as Count Korzybski
Dark Forests
2015
as Voice
Graziella
2015
as Antoine
Redoubt
2026
as Karl-Göran Persson
Que demande le peuple
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
2023
as Self
History's Future
2016
as Lottery Ticket Seller
Human Flowers of Flesh
2023
as Galoup
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
2025
Eye of the Astronomer
2012
as Jean Kepler
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
2010
as Bezon
Wild Camp
2005
as Blaise
Makunaíma XXI
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
2019
as Monsieur Loyal
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 144 credits spanning from 1982 to 2026, Denis Lavant has appeared in 139 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Denis Lavant Movies
- Holy Motors (2012) — as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
- The Stranger (2025) — as Salamano
- Fracas (2024)
- Going and Coming Back (1985) — as Simon Lerner's patient
- The Emperor of Paris (2018) — as Maillard
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