Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/17/1961
Place of Birth
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Also Known As
Дени Лаван드니 라방
Denis Lavant
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
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
as Self
La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan
as (voice)
The Stranger
as Salamano
Beau Travail
as Galoup
Les Misérables
as Montparnasse
Atlantika
Unknown Role
Biette
as Self
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
as The Theologist
Gagarine
as Gérard
Tokyo!
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
Mauvais Sang
as Alex
Holy Motors
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
Hood Witch
as Jules
Paris Ficelle
as Joe
Pitchipoï
as Pierre Schulmann
Don Juan
as Pierrot
Mister Lonely
as Charlie Chaplin
Mr. X
as Self
X14
Unknown Role
The Mountain
as Jack
Career Timeline
2025
2024
2023
Petit Papa Noël va mourir aujourd'hui
Role unknown
Thunder Voice
as Prophet
Body of Crime
Role unknown
Hood Witch
as Jules
Poisson rouge
as Père de Guillaume
Miserable Miracle
as Narrator (French)
The Green Eyes
Role unknown
L'Impossible Monsieur Simon
as Self
Human Flowers of Flesh
as Galoup
2022
2021
2019
2018
2016
2015
2014
2013
Jiminy
as Otto Hoffmann
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
as The Theologist
Biette
as Self
Les Grandes Marées
as Marc
En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel
as Self
Marussia
as Clochard
Tired of Being Handsome
Role unknown
Marcel Dassault, l'homme au pardessus
as Marcel Dassault
DRIVE IN Holy Motors
as Self