
Highest rated as cast or director
Denis Lavant's 6 titles from the 2020s have a median Balasaur Score of 68, led by Night of the Kings (75) and Gagarine (74), against 63 for those from the 2010s.
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.
Acted in 117
2020s
- 2026
The Countess of Monte Cristo
TV
The Man Without Qualities
Ultimo Proy
In All My Journeys I Am Returning
Movie
The End
(voice)
Résistance en Lumière - l'Engagement
Jean Gabin (Voix Off)
Redoubt
Karl-Göran Persson
- 2025
In the Land of Arto
Rob
Hyacinthe
Reda
Bacon-Freud, face à face
Voix-off
Demons to Diamonds
The prisoner
In the Name of Blood
Jacques
- 2024
Two Night Owls in Paris
Le bouquiniste
It's Not Me
Monsieur Merde
The Boy Who Owns the World
Kasimir
- 2023
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
Movie
Thunder Voice
Prophet
Body of Crime
Movie
Poisson rouge
Père de Guillaume
The Green Eyes
Movie
Human Flowers of Flesh
Galoup
- 2022
Aymeline
Franco Fontane
X14
Movie
Le discours
Le politicien
- 2021
The Nipple Whisperer
Maurice Sanders
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Figurant
Movie
Who the Fuck Are You
Psychiatrist
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
Monsieur Loyal
Silent Streams
Movie
- 2018
Scaramouche Scaramouche
Scaramouche
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
Doctor de Chomo
3 Days in Quiberon
Fisherman Poet
My Intelligent Comedy
Allen
- 2016
Kazarken: As We Dig
Chiron, le centaure
Midnight Sun
Pierre Carnot · 8 episodes
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Boris Without Beatrice
L'Inconnu
- 2015
21 Nights with Pattie
André
Me and Kaminski
Karl-Ludwig
Graziella
Antoine
Austerlitz
Jacques Austerlitz
Dark Forests
Voice
Pitchipoï
Pierre Schulmann
- 2014
Le mystère des jonquilles
Sam
The Iron Ivan
Eugene de Paris
Journey to the West
Dragon
- 2013
Je sens plus la vitesse
Movie
Les Grandes Marées
Marc
Marussia
Clochard
Tired of Being Handsome
Movie
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
Marcel Dassault
- 2012
Eye of the Astronomer
Jean Kepler
- 2011
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
The ogre
My Little Princess
Ernst
Hitler in Hollywood
Denis Lavant
Atlantika
Movie
- 2010
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
Bezon
2000s
- 2009
The Temptation of St. Tony
Count Korzybski
Hymn to Merde
Merde
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
(voice)
- 2008
Captain Ahab
Capitaine Achab
Mister Lonely
Charlie Chaplin
- 2007
Happy New Year London
Gerrard Ames
- 2005
Wild Camp
Blaise
- 2004
Luminal
Ryu
- 2003
Correspondances: Dostoïevski
reader
- 2002
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
(voice)
- 2001
Married/Unmarried
Love
Şoför
The Driver
- 2000
Deep in the Woods
Stephane
1990s
- 1999
Tuvalu
Anton
- 1998
Melody for a Hustler
L'auto-stoppeur
Le monde à l'envers
Yann Kerebel
Don Juan
Pierrot
- 1997
Wild Animals
Emil
- 1995
Visiblement je vous aime
Denis
- 1994
The Chess Game
Max
- 1991
- 1990
Mona and I
Pierre
1980s
- 1989
Once Around the Park
Berville
- 1986
Mauvais Sang
Alex
- 1985
- 1984
Boy Meets Girl
Alex
Long Live Life
Caviar delivery man
- 1983
After Midnight
(voice)
The Wounded Man
Wanderer
Entre Nous
Un militaire
- 1982
Paris Ficelle
Joe
No release date
Waster
Waster
Wrote 1
2020s
- 2024
Appearances16
2020s
- 2026
bbjtm
Himself
The Inquisition
Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 episodes
- 2024
Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino
Self
- 2023
Miserable Miracle
Narrator (French)
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
Self
- 2022
All Effort of Men
Narrator (voice)
Tell Me Iggy
Self
2010s
- 2017
Gray House
Self
- 2014
- 2013
Biette
Self
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
Self
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
Self
- 2012
2000s
- 2005
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
Self
- 2004
Language Does Not Lie
Narrator (voice)
- 2003
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
Self - Narrator (voice)





