Denis Lavant
Born: 1961-06-17
Place of Birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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
Tokyo!
2008★ 6.9
The Stranger
2025★ 6.8
The Mountain
2019★ 5.1
Les Misérables
1982★ 6.9
Don Juan
1998★ 4.4
Gray House
2017★ 1.0
Mister Lonely
2008★ 6.5
Holy Motors
2012★ 7.0
Hood Witch
2023★ 6.1
After Midnight
1983★ 10.0
Pitchipoï
2015★ 5.0
Going and Coming Back
1985★ 6.4
Graziella
2015★ 2.3
Paris Ficelle
1982★ 0.0
Gagarine
2020★ 6.6
The Bra
2019★ 6.0
Silver Skates
2020★ 7.5
Biette
2013★ 0.0
Mr. X
2014★ 5.9
Tuvalu
1999★ 6.1
The Emperor of Paris
2018★ 6.3
Tralala
2021★ 5.6
A Very Long Engagement
2004★ 7.3
Luminal
2004★ 4.8
Atlantika
2011★ 0.0
Hotel Fantasma
2025★ 0.0
My Little Princess
2011★ 6.4
Once Around the Park
1989★ 3.0
Night of the Kings
2021★ 6.6
The Night Eats the World
2018★ 6.0
Entre Nous
1983★ 6.6
Le monde à l'envers
1998★ 0.0
21 Nights with Pattie
2015★ 5.7
The Lovers on the Bridge
1991★ 7.4
Poisson rouge
2023★ 4.8
Boris Without Beatrice
2016★ 6.5
The Iron Ivan
2014★ 6.0
Married/Unmarried
2001★ 2.6
In the Name of Blood
2025★ 6.1
The Wounded Man
1983★ 5.6
X14
2022★ 0.0
Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète
2010★ 4.0
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
2016★ 5.8
La Squale
2000★ 5.9
Wild Animals
1997★ 5.8
Girls with Balls
2019★ 4.2
Me and Kaminski
2015★ 6.0
Beau Travail
2000★ 7.1
Eye of the Astronomer
2012★ 3.3
Austerlitz
2015★ 0.0
Deep in the Woods
2000★ 3.8
Sibyl
2025★ 0.0
Mauvais Sang
1986★ 7.1
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013★ 5.9
Bacon-Freud, face à face
2025★ 8.0
One Nation, One King
2018★ 5.5
My Intelligent Comedy
2018★ 6.8
Figurant
2019★ 7.1
The Blue Star
2020★ 0.0
Marussia
2013★ 6.3
In the Land of Arto
2025★ 4.0
Scaramouche Scaramouche
2018★ 0.0
Cornelius, the Howling Miller
2018★ 4.7
Captain Ahab
2008★ 4.2
Boy Meets Girl
1984★ 6.7
Fracas
2024★ 0.0
Demons to Diamonds
2025★ 0.0
Morning Star
2012★ 3.5
Redoubt
2025★ 8.0
The Temptation of St. Tony
2009★ 6.9
It's Not Me
2024★ 7.0
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
2023★ 0.0
The Green Eyes
2023★ 0.0
Tell Me Iggy
2022★ 8.0
Aymeline
2022★ 0.0
Long Live Life
1984★ 5.9
The Nipple Whisperer
2021★ 6.3
Language Does Not Lie
2004★ 8.0
Correspondances: Dostoïevski
2003★ 0.0
Hymn to Merde
2009★ 6.0
Le mystère des jonquilles
2014★ 4.0
3 Days in Quiberon
2018★ 6.3
Happy New Year London
2007★ 6.0
Silent Streams
2019★ 5.0
Eva Doesn't Sleep
2015★ 5.2
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
2013★ 1.0
Hop-o'-My-Thumb
2011★ 5.5
Visiblement je vous aime
1995★ 4.0
Mona and I
1990★ 4.9
The Chess Game
1994★ 4.1
Le discours
2021★ 0.0
Şoför
2001★ 0.0
Body of Crime
2023★ 0.0
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005★ 0.0
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
2013★ 6.0
Kazarken: As We Dig
2016★ 5.8
Journey to the West
2014★ 6.3
Two Night Owls in Paris
2024★ 8.0
Who the Fuck Are You
2019★ 0.0
Thunder Voice
2023★ 0.0
The Boy Who Owns the World
2024★ 8.5
Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts
2014★ 4.2
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
2013★ 2.0
Wild Camp
2005★ 4.3
Human Flowers of Flesh
2023★ 6.0
All Effort of Men
2022★ 0.0
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
2023★ 0.0
Vous êtes jeunes, vous êtes beaux
2019★ 6.6
Hyacinthe
2025★ 0.0
Melody for a Hustler
1998★ 2.5
Tired of Being Handsome
2013★ 0.0
South Sentinel
2022★ 5.7
Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir
2009★ 7.0
Miserable Miracle
2023★ 0.0
Les Grandes Marées
2013★ 0.0
Waster
N/A★ 0.0
Mark Rothko (1903-1970) : un humaniste abstrait
2003★ 0.0
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
2002★ 0.0
Dark Forests
2015★ 5.1