Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 8, 1949
Place of Birth:
Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
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Niels Arestrup
Biography
Niels Arestrup was 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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Divertimento | Sergiu Celibidache |
| 2021 | Villa Caprice | Luc Germon |
| 2021 | Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur | Self - Interviewee |
| 2018 | At Eternity's Gate | Madman |
| 2017 | Return to Montauk | Walter |
| 2017 | See You Up There | Marcel Péricourt |
| 2015 | By the Sea | Michel |
| 2015 | So Long Africa | Jacques |
| 2014 | Diplomacy | General Dietrich von Choltitz |
| 2014 | 96 heures | Victor Kancel |
| 2014 | The Dune | Ruben |
| 2013 | The French Minister | Claude Maupas |
| 2012 | Our Children | André Pinget |
| 2011 | You Will Be My Son | Paul de Marseul |
| 2011 | War Horse | Grandfather |
| 2010 | The Big Picture | Bartholomé |
| 2010 | Sarah's Key | Jules Dufaure |
| 2010 | Small World | Thomas Senn |
| 2010 | Behind Bars | Self |
| 2009 | A Prophet | César Luciani |
| 2009 | Farewell | Vallier |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Roussin |
| 2007 | The Candidate | Georges |
| 2006 | Fragments of Antonin | le professeur Lantier |
| 2005 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Robert Seyr |
| 2002 | A Private Affair | Le père de Rachel |
| 2002 | Parlez-moi d'amour | Richard |
| 2000 | Lulu Kreutz's Picnic | Jascha Steg |
| 2000 | Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre | Fernando Krapp |
| 1998 | Rewind | Fabrice Rivail |
| 1995 | Les Derniers Jours de la victime | Mendizábal |
| 1994 | Délit mineur | Claude |
| 1993 | Albert Savarus | Albert Savarus |
| 1992 | La Femme abandonnée | Oskar de Wilno |
| 1991 | Meeting Venus | Zoltan Szanto |
| 1989 | Manon Roland | Danton |
| 1989 | Barbablù, Barbablù | Gastone |
| 1988 | Ville étrangère | Gregor Keuschnig |
| 1988 | La Ruelle au clair de lune | Professeur Hans Klemm |
| 1987 | La Rumba | Detaix |
| 1987 | Lorfou | Angelo |
| 1987 | Doux amer | Jean |
| 1987 | Charlie Dingo | William |
| 1985 | Diesel | Nelson |
| 1985 | Sincerely Charlotte | Mathieu |
| 1985 | Among Wolves | Mike |
| 1984 | The Future Is Woman | Gordon |
| 1982 | The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan | Rastignac |
| 1982 | One Man's War | Narrator |
| 1982 | La Cerisaie | Lopakhine |
| 1982 | Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff | Stan Pilgrim |
| 1982 | La danse de mort | Kurt |
| 1981 | Alone | Jean |
| 1980 | Bruges la Morte | Hugues Viane |
| 1980 | La Femme flic | Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC |
| 1979 | Memoirs of a French Whore | André |
| 1978 | The Song of Roland | Le commerçant / Oton |
| 1977 | Plus ça va, moins ça va | Vincent |
| 1977 | The Sorceror's Apprentice | Danton |
| 1977 | Tauwetter | Jean-Luc |
| 1976 | The Big Night | Léon |
| 1976 | Lumière | Nano |
| 1976 | Tomorrow's Children | Philippe |
| 1976 | A Second Chance | Henri Lanot |
| 1974 | Je Tu Il Elle | Truck Driver |
| 1974 | Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men | Yves |
| 1974 | Stavisky... | Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski |
| Tiens ferme ta couronne |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Black Butterflies | Albert Desiderio |
| 2016 | Baron Noir | Francis Laugier |
| 2015 | Capitaine Marleau | Hervé Gerfaut |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1979 | Le Tourbillon des jours | Germain |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |