Niels Arestrup
February 8, 1949 (77 years old) in Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
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
Credits
- 2023 · Divertimento as Sergiu Celibidache
- 2022 · Black Butterflies as Albert Desiderio
- 2021 · Villa Caprice as Luc Germon
- 2018 · At Eternity's Gate as Madman
- 2017 · See You Up There as Marcel Péricourt
- 2017 · Return to Montauk as Walter
- 2016 · Baron Noir as Francis Laugier
- 2015 · By the Sea as Michel
- 2015 · Capitaine Marleau as Hervé Gerfaut
- 2014 · The Dune as Ruben
- 2014 · 96 heures as Victor Kancel
- 2014 · Diplomacy as General Dietrich von Choltitz
- 2013 · The French Minister as Claude Maupas
- 2012 · Our Children as André Pinget
- 2011 · War Horse as Grandfather
- 2010 · Small World as Thomas Senn
- 2010 · Sarah's Key as Jules Dufaure
- 2009 · Farewell as Vallier
- 2009 · A Prophet as César Luciani
- 2007 · The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Roussin
- 2007 · The Candidate as Georges
- 2005 · The Beat That My Heart Skipped as Robert Seyr
- 2002 · A Private Affair as Le père de Rachel
- 1998 · Rewind as Fabrice Rivail
- 1994 · Délit mineur as Claude
- 1992 · La Femme abandonnée as Oskar de Wilno
- 1991 · Meeting Venus as Zoltan Szanto
- 1989 · Manon Roland as Danton
- 1988 · Ville étrangère as Gregor Keuschnig
- 1987 · La Rumba as Detaix
- 1985 · Diesel as Nelson
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1981 · Alone as Jean
- 1979 · Memoirs of a French Whore as André
- 1979 · Le Tourbillon des jours as Germain
- 1977 · Plus ça va, moins ça va as Vincent
- 1974 · Je Tu Il Elle as Truck Driver
- 1974 · Stavisky... as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
- Future · Tiens ferme ta couronne as
- 2024 · Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 as Niels Arestrup
- 2021 · Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur as Self - Interviewee
- 2015 · So Long Africa as Jacques
- 2011 · You Will Be My Son as Paul de Marseul
- 2010 · The Big Picture as Bartholomé
- 2010 · Behind Bars as Self
- 2006 · Fragments of Antonin as le professeur Lantier
- 2002 · Speak to Me of Love as Richard
- 2000 · Lulu Kreutz's Picnic as Jascha Steg
- 2000 · Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre as Fernando Krapp
- 1995 · Les Derniers Jours de la victime as Mendizábal
- 1993 · Albert Savarus as Albert Savarus
- 1989 · Barbablù, Barbablù as Gastone
- 1988 · La Ruelle au clair de lune as Professeur Hans Klemm
- 1987 · Doux amer as Jean
- 1987 · Charlie Dingo as William
- 1987 · Lorfou as Angelo
- 1985 · Among Wolves as Mike
- 1985 · Sincerely Charlotte as Mathieu
- 1984 · The Future Is Woman as Gordon
- 1982 · One Man's War as Narrator
- 1982 · The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan as Rastignac
- 1982 · La Cerisaie as Lopakhine
- 1982 · La danse de mort as Kurt
- 1982 · Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff as Stan Pilgrim
- 1980 · Bruges la Morte as Hugues Viane
- 1980 · La Femme flic as Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
- 1978 · The Song of Roland as Le commerçant / Oton
- 1977 · Tauwetter as Jean-Luc
- 1977 · The Sorceror's Apprentice as Danton
- 1976 · The Big Night as Léon
- 1976 · A Second Chance as Henri Lanot
- 1976 · Tomorrow's Children as Philippe
- 1976 · Lumière as Nano
- 1974 · Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men as Yves
- 1974 · La dernière carte as Wilhelm Kasda
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self