Cast & creator
Denis Lavant
Best known for The Little Murders of Agatha Christie, Square, The Traveller
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.
Also known as: Дени Лаван, 드니 라방
144
film credits
6
television credits
149
1982–2026 · acting roles
5.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (150)
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The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
André Custe
2009
Square
Self
2012
The Traveller
Alberto
2019
Midnight Sun
Pierre Carnot
2016
The Stranger
Salamano
2025
Holy Motors
Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
2012
The Night Eats the World
Alfred
2018
The Inquisition
Self - Narrator (voice)
2026
The Emperor of Paris
Maillard
2018
A Very Long Engagement
Six-Soux
2004
The Lovers on the Bridge
Alex
1991
Beau Travail
Galoup
2000
Tokyo!
Merde' (segment "Merde")
2008
Gagarine
Gérard
2020
My Little Princess
Ernst
2011
It's Not Me
Monsieur Merde
2024
Silver Skates
Fourier
2020
The Bra
Kamal
2019
Mauvais Sang
Alex
1986The Rope
Les Misérables
Montparnasse
1982
The Countess of Monte Cristo
The End
(voice)
2026
Night of the Kings
Silence
2021
Tralala
Climby
2021
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
The Theologist
2013
One Nation, One King
Marat
2018
Girls with Balls
Barman
2019
Sibyl
(Archive footage)
2025
The Wounded Man
Wanderer
1983
Mr. X
Self
2014
3 Days in Quiberon
Fisherman Poet
2018
Hotel Fantasma
2025
Hitler in Hollywood
Denis Lavant
2011
In the Land of Arto
Rob
2025
Going and Coming Back
Simon Lerner's patient
1985
Luminal
Ryu
2004
Morning Star
Elliot
2012
Don Juan
Pierrot
1998
Language Does Not Lie
Narrator (voice)
2004
Me and Kaminski
Karl-Ludwig
2015
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
Self
2013
Deep in the Woods
Stephane
2000
Mister Lonely
Charlie Chaplin
2008The Lonely
2009
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
Self (uncredited)
2014
Inquisitions
L'inquisiteur
2026
21 Nights with Pattie
André
2015
Boy Meets Girl
Alex
1984
Le mystère des jonquilles
Sam
2014
Figurant
2019
La Squale
Le joker
2000
Fracas
2024Fracas
Writer
2024
Erratics
Lucien Le Saint
2026
The Chess Game
Max
1994
Hood Witch
Jules
2023
The Mountain
Jack
2019
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
Self
2005
In the Name of Blood
Jacques
2025
Visiblement je vous aime
Denis
1995
Pitchipoï
Pierre Schulmann
2015
Entre Nous
Un militaire
1983
Melody for a Hustler
L'auto-stoppeur
1998
Tell Me Iggy
Self
2022
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
(voice)
2002History's Future
Lottery Ticket Seller
2016
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
Doctor de Chomo
2018
Austerlitz
Jacques Austerlitz
2015
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
Monsieur Loyal
2019
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
Bezon
2010
L'Ombre sur la plage
1982
Captain Ahab
Capitaine Achab
2008
Long Live Life
Caviar delivery man
1984
Once Around the Park
Berville
1989
Wild Camp
Blaise
2005Fan Club
Damien
2018
Mona and I
Pierre
1990
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
Marcel Dassault
2013
The Temptation of St. Tony
Count Korzybski
2009
Body of Crime
2023
Eva Doesn't Sleep
Koenig
2015
Correspondances: Dostoïevski
reader
2003
After Midnight
(voice)
1983
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
Self
2023
Boris Without Beatrice
L'Inconnu
2016
Poisson rouge
Père de Guillaume
2023
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
Self
2013
South Sentinel
Commandant de Royer
2022
Married/Unmarried
Love
2001
The Iron Ivan
Eugene de Paris
2014
My Intelligent Comedy
Allen
2018
Human Flowers of Flesh
Galoup
2023
X14
2022
Le discours
Le politicien
2022Que demande le peuple
Tired of Being Handsome
2013
Silent Streams
2019
Aymeline
Franco Fontane
2022De force avec d'autres
Denis
1993
Tuvalu
Anton
1999Jiminy
Otto Hoffmann
2013
Eye of the Astronomer
Jean Kepler
2012
In All My Journeys I Am Returning
2026
Redoubt
Karl-Göran Persson
2026
Two Night Owls in Paris
Le bouquiniste
2024
Waster
Waster
Bacon-Freud, face à face
Voix-off
2025
Wild Animals
Emil
1997
All Effort of Men
Narrator (voice)
2022
Journey to the West
Dragon
2014
Thunder Voice
Prophet
2023Les Williams
2009
Biette
Self
2013
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
The ogre
2011
Scaramouche Scaramouche
Scaramouche
2018
Who the Fuck Are You
Psychiatrist
2019
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
(voice)
2009
Les Grandes Marées
Marc
20137 jours 4000 ans
(Voix)
The Blue Star
Le Narrateur
2020
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
2023
Kazarken: As We Dig
Chiron, le centaure
2016
The Nipple Whisperer
Maurice Sanders
2021
The Green Eyes
2023Dante's Divine Comedy
Narrator / Virgil / Dante
Demons to Diamonds
The prisoner
2025
Miserable Miracle
Narrator (French)
2023
Happy New Year London
Gerrard Ames
2007
Dark Forests
Voice
2015
Graziella
Antoine
2015
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016
The Boy Who Owns the World
Kasimir
2024
Le monde à l'envers
Yann Kerebel
1998
Marussia
Clochard
2013
Gray House
Self
2017
Hymn to Merde
Merde
2009
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
Self - Narrator (voice)
2003
Hyacinthe
Reda
2025Ogaden
2014
Şoför
The Driver
2001
Walter Benjamin, el aura del camino
Self
2024Makunaíma XXI
La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture
Narrateur
L’OSSERVATORE DELL’EST
2025
Paris Ficelle
Joe
1982The Escapade
Jacques
2019
Atlantika
2011Fol
