Alex Descas

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

80

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-01-01 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

France

Alex Descas

Biography

Alex Descas (born 1958) is a French actor known for his roles in Jim Jarmusch films and for his role as Schneider in the French TV series Un Flic. He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, appearing in her films No Fear, No Die, Nénette et Boni, Trouble Every Day, Ten Minutes Older: The Cello, 35 Shots of Rum and Bastards. He is of Antillean (Guadeloupean) descent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Descas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • I Can't Sleep

    I Can't Sleep

  • Trouble Every Day

    Trouble Every Day

  • Maya

    Maya

  • Bastards

    Bastards

  • Les Cordier, juge et flic

    Les Cordier, juge et flic

  • Irma Vep

    Irma Vep

  • The Limits of Control

    The Limits of Control

  • Last Harem

    Last Harem

  • Adam's Sake

    Adam's Sake

  • Portrait of the Artist

    Portrait of the Artist

  • Nina

    Nina

  • Chocolat

    Chocolat

  • The Syringe

    The Syringe

  • Nenette and Boni

    Nenette and Boni

  • We Don't Choose Our Parents

    We Don't Choose Our Parents

  • L'île des esclaves

    L'île des esclaves

  • Boarding Gate

    Boarding Gate

  • The Dope

    The Dope

  • The Intruder

    The Intruder

  • Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

    Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants

  • Irma Vep

    Irma Vep

  • La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

    La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

  • Exterminate All the Brutes

    Exterminate All the Brutes

  • Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

    Ten Minutes Older: The Cello

  • Urgence

    Urgence

  • Against Oblivion

    Against Oblivion

  • Persecution

    Persecution

  • The House

    The House

  • Césaire, le prix de la liberté

    Césaire, le prix de la liberté

  • Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

    Le serpent a mangé la grenouille

  • Metropole

    Metropole

  • Coffee and Cigarettes

    Coffee and Cigarettes

  • Rapt

    Rapt

  • Voilà l'enchaînement

    Voilà l'enchaînement

  • Brûlé neige

    Brûlé neige

  • The Great White of Lambarene

    The Great White of Lambarene

  • Un enfant en danger

    Un enfant en danger

  • Tiresia

    Tiresia

  • Lumumba

    Lumumba

  • 35 Shots of Rum

    35 Shots of Rum

  • A Perfect Couple

    A Perfect Couple

  • Iskander

    Iskander

  • Rouge

    Rouge

  • In a Memory of a Film Gone By

    In a Memory of a Film Gone By

  • Late August, Early September

    Late August, Early September

  • Volontaire

    Volontaire

  • Duo

    Duo

  • Déjà vu

    Déjà vu

  • Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

    Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

  • How Good the Whites Are

    How Good the Whites Are

  • Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

    Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

  • Gone

    Gone

  • Vers Nancy

    Vers Nancy

  • The Elf Case

    The Elf Case

  • The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

    The Man Who Came From Elsewhere

  • Let the Sunshine In

    Let the Sunshine In

  • In Your Dreams

    In Your Dreams

  • Un flic

    Un flic

  • My Family's Honour

    My Family's Honour

  • Négropolitain

    Négropolitain

  • No Fear, No Die

    No Fear, No Die

  • The United States of Albert

    The United States of Albert

  • Taxi Boy

    Taxi Boy

  • Africa Dreaming

    Africa Dreaming

  • Murder in Pacot

    Murder in Pacot

  • Nèg maron

    Nèg maron

  • Un si joli bouquet

    Un si joli bouquet

  • The Absence

    The Absence

  • Which Way Africa?

    Which Way Africa?

  • Madeleine d'entre les Morts

    Madeleine d'entre les Morts

  • Elf, Kings of Oil

    Elf, Kings of Oil

  • Clubbed to Death

    Clubbed to Death

  • The Heart's Cry

    The Heart's Cry

  • La nuit sera longue

    La nuit sera longue

  • Never Twice

    Never Twice

  • Tag!

    Tag!

  • Sing Me Back Home

    Sing Me Back Home

  • So Be It

    So Be It

  • Nord-plage

    Nord-plage

  • The Masturbators

    The Masturbators