Ivan Desny (born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitsky; Russian: Иван Николаевич Десницкий, 28 December 1922 – 13 April 2002) was a French[1][2] actor of Russian Chinese origin.

He had a lengthy career in French and German cinema, appearing in over 200 film and television roles over 50 years, and was a two-time German Film Award winner.

[3] Desny was born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitsky (Russian: Иван Николаевич Десницкий) in Beijing, China.

Bilingual in French and German, he acted in more than 150 films, both in Germany and France.

In 1980, Desny received an honorary German Film Award for "his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years."