Denis Sylvain
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as Inspector
Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Prefect of police
In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the French police before creating this story, taken in part from real events of the 1980s.
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Louise, who has just written a novel, comes to Paris to meet with a potential publisher. While in the city, she stays with her older sister, Martine, who in many ways is the exact opposite of Louise: she lives in a fashionable neighborhood, is cold to others, and has snobby friends, while Louise lives in a small town and is thoroughly unpretentious. Louise's apparent happiness -- and similarities to their mother -- gradually gets on Martine's nerves.
Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • as Jeannot
A young Jewish girl, Sara, is looking to escape the clutches of the Third Reich after seeing her parents and sister brutally slain by a smuggler who betrayed them while attempting to escape to England. Terrified, she is sheltered by her childhood friend Jean, a homosexual in a clandestine relationship with his lover Philippe.
Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • as Le juge Chouquet
A misanthropic Parisian street punk learns some difficult lessons after being captured for assaulting and robbing a man in this interesting French drama. This has not been the first time young Denis Lavant has been in trouble, and this time the judge sentences him to the Coral, an experimental open community founded in 1975 by Claude Sigala, in the wilderness of the Camargue. There he encounters a group of inmates just as neurotic and messed up as he is.
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Gérard
A notorious French ex-felon becomes an informant and infiltrates a Mexican drug cartel.
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Pierre De Beaujeu
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.