Portrait of Alex Descas

Acting

Alex Descas

Career

Active from 1986 to 2026, busiest in 1995 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
26
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for 35 Shots of Rum
35 Shots of Rum
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alex Descas Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.6, average 3.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7
  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • French Cinema 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Intense 3
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Contemplative Mood 2
  • Exotic Setting 2
  • Melancholic Atmosphere 2
  • Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

73
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 66
You+Me - Against the World
You+Me - Against the World (2026)
GoodWatch score 47

as Léonard Abrams

The Failing
The Failing (2026)

as L'Abbé Gomis

Adam's Sake
Adam's Sake (2025)
GoodWatch score 66

as Naïm

Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants
Kenya - Gardiennes des éléphants (2024)

as Narrator (Voice)

Which Way Africa?
Which Way Africa? (2024)

as Narrator

Irma Vep
Irma Vep (2022)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Gregory Desormeaux

Brûlé neige
Brûlé neige (2022)

as Henri

Exterminate All the Brutes
Exterminate All the Brutes (2021)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show

Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté (2021)

as (Voix Off)

2010s

16 titles · average score 61
Sing Me Back Home
Sing Me Back Home (2019)

as Juan

Maya
Maya (2018)
GoodWatch score 58

as Frédéric

Iskander
Iskander (2018)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show · as Oscar

Volontaire
Volontaire (2018)
GoodWatch score 57

as Albertini

Let the Sunshine In
Let the Sunshine In (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

as End Man

Gone
Gone (2017)

as Claude Vannier

Chocolat
Chocolat (2016)
GoodWatch score 84

as Victor

Nina
Nina (2015)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Mathias Savignon

Murder in Pacot
Murder in Pacot (2014)
GoodWatch score 51

as L'homme

Voilà l'enchaînement
Voilà l'enchaînement (2014)

as Lui

Bastards
Bastards (2013)
GoodWatch score 59

as Dr. Béthanie

Child in Peril
Child in Peril (2013)

as André

2000s

26 titles · average score 60
The Limits of Control
The Limits of Control (2009)
GoodWatch score 50

as Creole

35 Shots of Rum
35 Shots of Rum (2009)
GoodWatch score 81

as Lionel

Rapt
Rapt (2009)
GoodWatch score 74

as Maître Walser

Négropolitain
Négropolitain (2008)

as Alain

Boarding Gate
Boarding Gate (2007)
GoodWatch score 43

as Andrew

Tag!
Tag! (2007)

as Nkruma

Déjà vu
Déjà vu (2007)

as Kiff

Nèg maron
Nèg maron (2005)

as Siwo

The Man Who Came From Elsewhere
The Man Who Came From Elsewhere (2004)

as Pierre Adélaïde

Tiresia
Tiresia (2003)
GoodWatch score 62

as Marignac

Trouble Every Day
Trouble Every Day (2001)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dr. Léo

Lumumba
Lumumba (2000)
GoodWatch score 71

as Joseph Mobutu

1990s

19 titles · average score 67
Last Harem
Last Harem (1999)
GoodWatch score 61

as Nadir

Late August, Early September
Late August, Early September (1999)
GoodWatch score 62

as Jérémie

Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille (1998)

as Yves Le Guen

Nenette and Boni
Nenette and Boni (1997)
GoodWatch score 65

as Gynecologist

Irma Vep
Irma Vep (1996)
GoodWatch score 78

as Desormeaux

Clubbed to Death
Clubbed to Death (1996)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mambo

The Great White of Lambarene
The Great White of Lambarene (1995)

as Koumba

The Masturbators
The Masturbators (1995)

as Narrator

The Heart's Cry
The Heart's Cry (1995)

as Ibrahim Sow

I Can't Sleep
I Can't Sleep (1994)
GoodWatch score 64

as Théo

The Absence
The Absence (1993)

as Soldier

No Fear, No Die
No Fear, No Die (1990)
GoodWatch score 75

as Jocelyn

1980s

3 titles · average score 63
How Good the Whites Are
How Good the Whites Are (1988)
GoodWatch score 63

as Le travailleur chez Renault

Taxi Boy
Taxi Boy (1986)

as Pascal

The Syringe
The Syringe (1984)

as Le chef des 'Blackies'