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Denis Lavant

Actor | * 06/17/1961 (62) | Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine (France)
Denis Lavant (born 17 June 1961) is a French actor. He is 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 two of Carax's films. Lavant is also known for his roles in Claire Denis' Beau Travail, and Harmony Korine's Mister Lonely. ()
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Denis Lavant (born 17 June 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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Paris by night. Alex, 22, wants to become a filmmaker. He is fascinated by first times and his girlfriend, Florence, has just left him for his best friend, Thomas. First break-up, first attempted murd ...

Boy Meets Girl

Certification unknown

1984 | 3.4/5 | 1h 40min
Drama, Romance / Love
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We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct ...

Holy Motors

Κ-15

2012 | 3.5/5 | 1h 55min
Drama, Fantasy
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Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine agains ...

Mauvais Sang

Κ-15

1986 | 3.6/5 | 1h 59min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
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Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recr ...

Beau Travail

Certification unknown

1999 | 3.5/5 | 1h 33min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Denis Lavant

Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres European Film Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Denis Lavant as Actor(91)

2024 Hood Witch
as Kasimir2024 The Boy Who Owns the World
as Galoup2023 Human Flowers of Flesh
2023 Poisson rouge
as Franco2023 Aymeline
as Commandant de Royer2022 South Sentinel
as Silence2021 Night of the Kings
as Le politicien2021 Le discours
as Maurice Sanders2021 The Nipple Whisperer
as Climby2021 Tralala
as Fourier2020 Silver Skates
as Gérard2020 Gagarine
2019 Silent Streams
as Barman2019 Girls with Balls
as Jack2019 The Mountain
2019 Figurant
as Jacques2019 The Escapade
as Monsieur Loyal2019 Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
as Kamal2019 The Bra
as Maillard2018 The Emperor of Paris
as Marat2018 One Nation, One King
as Fisherman Poet2018 3 Days in Quiberon
as Alfred2018 The Night Eats the World
as Scaramouche2018 Scaramouche Scaramouche
as Doctor de Chomo2018 Cornélius, le meunier hurlant
as himself2018 My Intelligent Comedy
2017 Gray House
as L'Inconnu2016 Boris Without Beatrice
as Chiron, le centaure2016 Kazarken: As We Dig
as Lottery Ticket Seller2016 History's Future
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline2016 Louis-Ferdinand Céline
as Antoine2015 Graziella
as Voice2015 Dark Forests
as Karl-Ludwig2015 Me and Kaminski
as Pierre Schulmann2015 Pitchipoï
as Jacques Austerlitz2015 Austerlitz
as André2015 21 Nights with Pattie
as Koenig2015 Eva Doesn't Sleep
as himself2014 Mr. X
as Sam2014 Le mystère des jonquilles
2014 The Iron Ivan
as Dragon2014 Journey to the West
as Otto Hoffmann2013 Jiminy
as The Theologist2013 Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
as himself2013 DRIVE IN Holy Motors
as Marc2013 Les Grandes Marées
as himself2013 En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013 Biette
as Marcel Dassault2013 Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
as Clochard2013 Marussia
as Jean Kepler2012 Eye of the Astronomer
as Elliot2012 Morning Star
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer2012 Holy Motors
as Ernst2011 My Little Princess
as The ogre2011 Hop-o'-My-Thumb
as Bezon2010 Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
2009 The Lonely
as Count Dionysos Korzybski2009 The Temptation of St. Tony
as (voice)2009 Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
as Charlie Chaplin2008 Mister Lonely
as Merde' (segment "Merde")2008 Tokyo!
as Capitaine Achab2008 Captain Ahab
2007 Happy New Year London
as Blaise2005 Wild Camp
as Narrator (voice)2004 Language Does Not Lie
as Six-Soux2004 A Very Long Engagement
as Ryu2004 Luminal
2002 La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2001 Şoför
as Love2001 Married/Unmarried
as Le joker2000 La squale
as Stephane2000 Deep in the Woods
as Galoup1999 Beau Travail
as Anton1999 Tuvalu
as Yann Kerebel1998 Le monde à l'envers
as Pierrot1998 Don Juan
as L'auto-stoppeur1998 Melody for a Hustler
as Emil1997 Wild Animals
as Denis1995 Visiblement je vous aime
as Max1994 The Chess Game
as Denis1993 De force avec d'autres
as Alex1991 The Lovers on the Bridge
as Pierre1990 Mona and I
as Berville1989 Once Around the Park
as Alex1986 Mauvais Sang
as Le patient de Simon Lerner1985 Going and Coming Back
as Caviar delivery man1984 Long Live Life
as Alex1984 Boy Meets Girl
as Un militaire1983 Entre Nous
as Wanderer1983 The Wounded Man
as Montparnasse1982 Les Misérables

TV Shows/Series with Denis Lavant as Actor(2)

as Pierre Carnot2016 Midnight Sun
as André Custe2009 The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

Additional Information

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Full Name: Denis Lavant
Citizenship: France
Born: Saturday, 06/17 1961 (June) in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine (France) (current age: 62 years + 314 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: French (FR)
Educated at: Lycée Lakanal
Other names for Denis Lavant (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Дени Лаван"
"드니 라방"
Denis Lavant frequently works together with these people:
Leos Carax (16x, Crew)
Harmony Korine (6x, Crew)
Veit Helmer (6x, Crew)
Philippe Ramos (6x, Crew)
Stan Neumann (6x, Crew)
Nelly Quettier (6x, Crew)
Albert Prévost (6x, Crew)
Helena Wittmann (5x, Crew)
Vincent Ravalec (5x, Crew)
Veiko Õunpuu (5x, Crew)
Tessa Louise-Salomé (5x, Crew)
Emmanuel Rausenberger (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2636, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024