Acting credits
77
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Alex Descas
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 71Series: 6
TMDB ID: 13609
IMDb ID: nm0220976
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1958
Age: 68
Place of birth: France
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2026
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 6.08
Wikidata: Q2832932
Biography
Alex Descas (born January 1, 1958) is a French actor known for his roles in films by Claire Denis and Jim Jarmusch. In France, he is also known for his role as Schneider in the French TV series Un Flic. He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, appearing in more than half of her theatrical feature-length films, including No Fear, No Die, Nénette et Boni, I Can't Sleep, Trouble Every Day, The Intruder, 35 Shots of Rum and Bastards, as well as Ten Minutes Older: The Cello. He is of Antillean (Guadeloupean) descent.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Alex Descas.
The Failing
as L'Abbé Gomis
2026 Movie
6.7
Adam's Sake
as Naïm
2025 Movie
7.3
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
as Narrator (Voice)
2024 Movie
Which Way Africa?
as Narrator
2024 Movie
Brûlé neige
as Henri
2022 Movie
10.0
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
as (Voix Off)
2021 Movie
Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard
2021 Movie
5.0
Sing Me Back Home
as Juan
2019 Movie
5.3
Maya
as Frédéric
2018 Movie
5.7
Volontaire
as Albertini
2018 Movie
5.2
Let the Sunshine In
as End Man
2017 Movie
5.0
Gone
as Claude Vannier
2017 Movie
6.8
Chocolat
as Victor
2016 Movie
6.5
Rouge
as Scottie, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
2015 Movie
5.7
Portrait of the Artist
as Scottie
2015 Movie
5.8
Voilà l'enchaînement
as Lui
2014 Movie
3.9
Murder in Pacot
as L'homme
2014 Movie
7.0
Un enfant en danger
as André
2013 Movie
5.8
Bastards
as Dr. Béthanie
2013 Movie
6.1
Rapt
as Maître Walser
2009 Movie
4.4
Persecution
as Thomas
2009 Movie
6.0
The Limits of Control
as Creole
2009 Movie
6.8
35 Shots of Rum
as Lionel
2009 Movie
Négropolitain
as Alain
2008 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Alex Descas.
6.5
Irma Vep
as Gregory Desormeaux • 8 eps
2022 Series
7.4
Exterminate All the Brutes
1 eps
2021 Series
5.0
Iskander
as Oscar • 4 eps
2018 Series
5.4
Nina
as Mathias Savignon • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.2
Un flic
as Schneider • 10 eps
2007 Series
5.0
Les Cordier, juge et flic
as Sayyid • 1 eps
1994 Series