Denis Lavant

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

137

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-06-17 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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.

Known For

  • Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"

    Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"

  • La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

    La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

  • The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

    The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

  • The Stranger

    The Stranger

  • The Traveller

    The Traveller

  • Beau Travail

    Beau Travail

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • Atlantika

    Atlantika

  • Biette

    Biette

  • Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

    Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

  • Gagarine

    Gagarine

  • Tokyo!

    Tokyo!

  • Mauvais Sang

    Mauvais Sang

  • Holy Motors

    Holy Motors

  • Hood Witch

    Hood Witch

  • Paris Ficelle

    Paris Ficelle

  • Pitchipoï

    Pitchipoï

  • Don Juan

    Don Juan

  • Mister Lonely

    Mister Lonely

  • The Escapade

    The Escapade

  • Mr. X

    Mr. X

  • X14

    X14

  • The Mountain

    The Mountain

  • The Lonely

    The Lonely

  • Gray House

    Gray House

  • Tralala

    Tralala

  • The Bra

    The Bra

  • Redoubt

    Redoubt

  • My Little Princess

    My Little Princess

  • Tuvalu

    Tuvalu

  • The Emperor of Paris

    The Emperor of Paris

  • Hotel Fantasma

    Hotel Fantasma

  • Girls with Balls

    Girls with Balls

  • Going and Coming Back

    Going and Coming Back

  • Square

    Square

  • Silver Skates

    Silver Skates

  • Graziella

    Graziella

  • Makunaíma XXI

    Makunaíma XXI

  • A Very Long Engagement

    A Very Long Engagement

  • Wild Animals

    Wild Animals

  • Boris Without Beatrice

    Boris Without Beatrice

  • Poisson rouge

    Poisson rouge

  • Midnight Sun

    Midnight Sun

  • 21 Nights with Pattie

    21 Nights with Pattie

  • South Sentinel

    South Sentinel

  • Entre Nous

    Entre Nous

  • The Lovers on the Bridge

    The Lovers on the Bridge

  • Demons to Diamonds

    Demons to Diamonds

  • Night of the Kings

    Night of the Kings

  • Marussia

    Marussia

  • In the Name of Blood

    In the Name of Blood

  • Eva Doesn't Sleep

    Eva Doesn't Sleep

  • The Night Eats the World

    The Night Eats the World

  • The Wounded Man

    The Wounded Man

  • The Iron Ivan

    The Iron Ivan

  • In the Land of Arto

    In the Land of Arto

  • Fan Club

    Fan Club

  • Happy New Year London

    Happy New Year London

  • Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète

    Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète

  • Married/Unmarried

    Married/Unmarried

  • Long Live Life

    Long Live Life

  • Once Around the Park

    Once Around the Park

  • After Midnight

    After Midnight

  • History's Future

    History's Future

  • Deep in the Woods

    Deep in the Woods

  • The Chess Game

    The Chess Game

  • Body of Crime

    Body of Crime

  • Le monde à l'envers

    Le monde à l'envers

  • Hyacinthe

    Hyacinthe

  • Louis-Ferdinand Céline

    Louis-Ferdinand Céline

  • Human Flowers of Flesh

    Human Flowers of Flesh

  • Tell Me Iggy

    Tell Me Iggy

  • Morning Star

    Morning Star

  • Luminal

    Luminal

  • One Nation, One King

    One Nation, One King

  • En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel

    En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel

  • Bacon-Freud, face à face

    Bacon-Freud, face à face

  • La Squale

    La Squale

  • Boy Meets Girl

    Boy Meets Girl

  • Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux

    Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux

  • The Nipple Whisperer

    The Nipple Whisperer

  • Me and Kaminski

    Me and Kaminski

  • Cornelius, the Howling Miller

    Cornelius, the Howling Miller

  • It's Not Me

    It's Not Me

  • Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts

    Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts

  • The Temptation of St. Tony

    The Temptation of St. Tony

  • La Comtesse de Monte-Cristo

    La Comtesse de Monte-Cristo

  • The Green Eyes

    The Green Eyes

  • My Intelligent Comedy

    My Intelligent Comedy

  • Melody for a Hustler

    Melody for a Hustler

  • 3 Days in Quiberon

    3 Days in Quiberon

  • All Effort of Men

    All Effort of Men

  • Aymeline

    Aymeline

  • Figurant

    Figurant

  • Mona and I

    Mona and I

  • Journey to the West

    Journey to the West

  • Les Williams

    Les Williams

  • Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir

    Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir

  • Waster

    Waster

  • La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture

    La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture

  • Hop-o'-My-Thumb

    Hop-o'-My-Thumb

  • Fracas

    Fracas

  • Captain Ahab

    Captain Ahab

  • Thunder Voice

    Thunder Voice

  • Scaramouche Scaramouche

    Scaramouche Scaramouche

  • Le mystère des jonquilles

    Le mystère des jonquilles

  • Eye of the Astronomer

    Eye of the Astronomer

  • Jiminy

    Jiminy

  • Wild Camp

    Wild Camp

  • Austerlitz

    Austerlitz

  • DRIVE IN Holy Motors

    DRIVE IN Holy Motors

  • Que demande le peuple

    Que demande le peuple

  • The Boy Who Owns the World

    The Boy Who Owns the World

  • Visiblement je vous aime

    Visiblement je vous aime

  • Correspondances: Dostoïevski

    Correspondances: Dostoïevski

  • Ogaden

    Ogaden

  • Erratic Blocks

    Erratic Blocks

  • Le discours

    Le discours

  • Şoför

    Şoför

  • Sibyl

    Sibyl

  • Kazarken: As We Dig

    Kazarken: As We Dig

  • L'Impossible Monsieur Simon

    L'Impossible Monsieur Simon

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

    Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait

  • De force avec d'autres

    De force avec d'autres

  • Dark Forests

    Dark Forests

  • Tired of Being Handsome

    Tired of Being Handsome

  • The Blue Star

    The Blue Star

  • Dante's Divine Comedy

    Dante's Divine Comedy

  • Les Grandes Marées

    Les Grandes Marées

  • Hymn to Merde

    Hymn to Merde

  • Silent Streams

    Silent Streams

  • Two Night Owls in Paris

    Two Night Owls in Paris

  • Miserable Miracle

    Miserable Miracle

  • Language Does Not Lie

    Language Does Not Lie

  • Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus

    Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus

  • Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui

    Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui

  • Who the Fuck Are You

    Who the Fuck Are You