Tonio Descanvelle

Acting

Tonio Descanvelle is a French actor whose exact birthday and birthplace are not publicly confirmed in major sources. He has been active since 1992, making his earliest credit as Alex Lemercier in the TV series Commissaire Moulin, and has since accumulated over 40 film and television credits. He is particularly noted for his frequent collaboration with director Luc Besson, appearing in The Transporter (2002, as Thug 1, with Jason Statham), Transporter 3 (2008, as Crewman #1), Arthur and the Invisibles (2006, also as body capture model), Lucy (2014, as Cop Sergeant, with Scarlett Johansson), and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017, as DA / Doghan-Dagui, with Danica McKellar and Cara Delevingne). His other notable film credits include Sarzac Policeman #1 in The Crimson Rivers (2000, with Jean Reno), Xaintrailles in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999, with Milla Jovovich), Caboulet in Captain Conan (1996, with Philippe Torreton), Bank Guard in The Da Vinci Code (2006, with Tom Hanks), Bertrand in The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010, with Léa Seydoux), Client Angela 2 in Angel-A (2005, with Jamie Bell), Miller's Assistant in Anna (2019, with Hugh Jackman and Lucy Liu), and Plumber in The Family (2013, with Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer). On television he appeared as Bearded Server in Lupin (2021, Netflix, 1 episode), with earlier credits in Ladies of the Law (2000, 2003), Police Commissioner Moulin (2003, 1 episode), and Groupe Flag (2002).