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Acting

Denis Lavant

Career: Active from 1982 to 2026, busiest in 2025 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 67
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Boy Meets Girl
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Denis Lavant Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
2.2, average 3.4
Situational Comedy
1.7, average 2.7
Family Dynamics
4.1, average 4.8
Physical Comedy
1.7, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 8
French Cinema 7
Psychological Drama 5
Social Commentary 5
Moral Ambiguity 4
Historical Drama 3
Political Intrigue 3
Visually Striking 3
Character-Driven 3
Existential 3
Absurdist Humor 3
Atmospheric 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

117

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

5 titles

Waster

as Waster

The Countess of Monte Cristo

TV show

La nuit du vivant, voyage au cœur de la pourriture

as Narrateur

7 jours 4000 ans

as (Voix)

Dante's Divine Comedy

as Narrator / Virgil / Dante

2020s

31 titles · average score 62

Redoubt

as Karl-Göran Persson

The End

74

as (voice)

Erratics

as Lucien Le Saint

The Stranger

75

as Salamano

In the Name of Blood

60

as Jacques

In the Land of Arto

as Rob

It's Not Me

65

as Monsieur Merde

The Boy Who Owns the World

as Kasimir

Hood Witch

36

as Jules

Human Flowers of Flesh

54

as Galoup

Night of the Kings

74

as Silence

Gagarine

76

as Gérard

2010s

42 titles · average score 61

The Bra

69

as Kamal

The Night Eats the World

63

as Alfred

The Emperor of Paris

62

as Maillard

Midnight Sun

72

TV show · as Pierre Carnot

Eva Doesn't Sleep

50

as Koenig

Me and Kaminski

64

as Karl-Ludwig

Journey to the West

66

as Dragon

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

52

as The Theologist

Holy Motors

80

as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer

Morning Star

as Elliot

My Little Princess

60

as Ernst

Hop-o'-My-Thumb

as The ogre

2000s

19 titles · average score 61

The Temptation of St. Tony

72

as Count Korzybski

Les Cowboys n'ont pas peur de mourir

as (voice)

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

75

TV show · as André Custe

Tokyo!

69

as Merde' (segment "Merde")

Mister Lonely

56

as Charlie Chaplin

Captain Ahab

51

as Capitaine Achab

Wild Camp

44

as Blaise

Luminal

as Ryu

Language Does Not Lie

as Narrator (voice)

Beau Travail

82

as Galoup

Deep in the Woods

35

as Stephane

La Squale

57

as Le joker

1990s

10 titles · average score 62

Tuvalu

66

as Anton

Le monde à l'envers

as Yann Kerebel

Don Juan

46

as Pierrot

Melody for a Hustler

as L'auto-stoppeur

Wild Animals

59

as Emil

Visiblement je vous aime

as Denis

The Chess Game

55

as Max

De force avec d'autres

as Denis

The Lovers on the Bridge

83

as Alex

Mona and I

as Pierre

1980s

10 titles · average score 75

Once Around the Park

as Berville

Mauvais Sang

77

as Alex

Going and Coming Back

64

as Simon Lerner's patient

Boy Meets Girl

84

as Alex

Long Live Life

62

as Caviar delivery man

The Wounded Man

79

as Wanderer

Entre Nous

87

as Un militaire

After Midnight

as (voice)

Paris Ficelle

as Joe

Les Misérables

71

as Montparnasse