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