Niels Arestrup
Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France

Niels Arestrup is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His father was Danish and his mother was French. He has won two César Awards for Best Supporting Actor for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté and Un prophète, both films where he was directed by Jacques Audiard.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

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Divertimento (2023)
Sergiu Celibidache
Villa Caprice (2021)
Luc Germon
At Eternity's Gate (2018)
Madman
See You Up There (2017)
Marcel Péricourt
Return to Montauk (2017)
Walter
By the Sea (2015)
Michel
So Long Africa (2015)
Jacques
The Dune (2014)
Ruben
96 heures (2014)
Victor Kancel
Diplomacy (2014)
General Dietrich von Choltitz
The French Minister (2013)
Claude Maupas
Our Children (2012)
André Pinget
War Horse (2011)
Grandfather
You Will Be My Son (2011)
Paul de Marseul
Small World (2010)
Thomas
The Big Picture (2010)
Bartholomé
Sarah's Key (2010)
Jules Dufaure
Farewell (2009)
Vallier
A Prophet (2009)
César Luciani
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Roussin
The Candidate (2007)
Georges
Fragments of Antonin (2006)
le professeur Lantier
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
Robert Seyr
Parlez-moi d'amour (2002)
Richard
A Private Affair (2002)
Le père de Rachel
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic (2000)
Jascha Steg
Rewind (1998)
Fabrice Rivail
Les Derniers Jours de la victime (1995)
Mendizábal
Délit mineur (1994)
Claude
Albert Savarus (1993)
Albert Savarus
La Femme abandonnée (1992)
Oskar de Wilno
Meeting Venus (1991)
Zoltan Szanto
La Ruelle au clair de lune (1988)
Professeur Hans Klemm
Ville étrangère (1988)
Doux amer (1987)
Jean
Charlie Dingo (1987)
William
Lorfou (1987)
Angelo
La Rumba (1987)
Detaix
Among Wolves (1985)
Mike
Diesel (1985)
Nelson
Sincerely Charlotte (1985)
Mathieu
The Future Is Woman (1984)
Gordon
Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (1982)
Rastignac
La Cerisaie (1982)
Lopakhine
Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff (1982)
Stan Pilgrim
Alone (1981)
Jean
Bruges la Morte (1980)
Hugues Viane
Memoirs of a French Whore (1979)
André
The Song of Roland (1978)
Le commerçant / Oton
Tauwetter (1977)
Jean-Luc
The Sorceror's Apprentice (1977)
Danton
Plus ça va, moins ça va (1977)
Vincent
The Big Night (1976)
Léon
A Second Chance (1976)
Henri Lanot
Tomorrow's Children (1976)
Philippe
Lumière (1976)
Nano
Je Tu Il Elle (1974)
Truck-driver
Stavisky... (1974)
Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men (1974)
Yves

Crew

Le Temps des cerises (2008)
Author
The Candidate (2007)
Director