Alex Descas
Born in France in 1958, Alex Descas first started acting in his native country in 1984 with the film "The Syringe." He continued to accept roles in France, both in film and television throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including movies such as "Ya bon les blancs," "The Absence," "Clubbed to Death (Lola)," and "La vie en face," and television roles on shows including "Serie noire" and "Les cordier, juge et flic." Descas first began to gain international recognition in 2000, when he took on the role of Joseph Mobutu in Raoul Peck's 2000 film, "Lumumba." As he continued to act in French film and television, he began to branch out in a pair of pictures by acclaimed director Jim Jarmusch. He acted in the "No Problem" segment of the director's 2003 "Coffee and Cigarettes" and in 2009 went on to appear in Jarmusch's "The Limits of Control" alongside actors including Bill Murray, Jon Hurt, and Gael Garcia Bernal.
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Alex Descas
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Raising Colors | Albertini (Character) | - | 2018 |
70% | No Score Yet | Maya | Frédéric (Character) | - | 2018 |
87% |
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Let the Sunshine In | Marc (Character) | $864.6K | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Child in Danger | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La vie pure | Léon Gontran Damas (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder in Pacot | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
68% |
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Bastards | Dr. Béthanie (Character) | $12.2K | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Persecution | Thomas (Character) | - | 2009 |
97% |
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Rapt | Maître Walser (Character) | $45.7K | 2009 |
43% |
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The Limits of Control | Creole (Character) | $425.0K | 2009 |
97% |
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35 Shots of Rum | Lionel (Character) | $177.5K | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Négropolitan | Alain (Character) | - | 2008 |
33% |
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Boarding Gate | Andrew (Character) | $49.3K | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Predators | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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The United States of Albert | Nolton Barnett (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Un Couple Parfait | Patrick (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Your Dreams | Mojo (Character) | - | 2005 |
91% |
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The Intruder | Le prêtre (Character) | $40.6K | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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The Dope | Shaft (Character) | - | 2003 |
63% |
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Coffee and Cigarettes | Alex (Character) | $2.0M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
56% |
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Trouble Every Day | Léo (Character) | $9.2K | 2001 |
81% |
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Lumumba | Joseph Mobutu (Character) | $684.1K | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Harem Suare | Nadir (Character) | $9.0K | 1999 |
78% |
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Late August, Early September | Jeremie (Character) | $68.2K | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Clubbed to Death | Mambo (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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The House | Unknown (Character) | - | 1997 |
86% |
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Nenette and Boni |
Le gynécologue/ |
$61.9K | 1996 |
94% |
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Irma Vep | Desormeaux (Character) | $191.2K | 1996 |
64% |
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I Can't Sleep | Theo (Character) | $13.3K | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great White of Lambarene | Koumba (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Heart's Cry | Ibrahim Sow (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Le Cri du Coeur | Ibrahim Sow (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Absence | Soldier (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Child of the South | Zeto (Character) | - | 1991 |
100% |
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No Fear, No Die | Jocelyn (Character) | - | 1990 |
TV
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95% | 61% | Irma Vep | Gregory Desormeaux (Character) | 2022 |