Niels Arestrup
Known for

Acting

Credits

74

Gender

Man

Birthday

8 Feb 1949 (75)

Place of birth

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

Also known as

Niels Arestrup

Biography

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.

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2023DivertimentoSergiu Celibidache
2022Black ButterfliesAlbert Desiderio
2021Villa CapriceLuc Germon
2021Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœurSelf - Interviewee
Tiens ferme ta couronne
2018At Eternity's GateMadman
2017See You Up ThereMarcel Péricourt
2017Return to MontaukWalter
2016Baron NoirFrancis Laugier
2015By the SeaMichel
2015Capitaine MarleauHervé Gerfaut
2015So Long AfricaJacques
2014DiplomacyGeneral Dietrich von Choltitz
201496 heuresVictor Kancel
2014The DuneRuben
2013The French MinisterClaude Maupas
2012Our ChildrenAndré Pinget
2011War HorseGrandfather
2011You Will Be My SonPaul de Marseul
2010Sarah's KeyJules Dufaure
2010The Big PictureBartholomé
2010Small WorldThomas Senn
2010Behind BarsSelf
2009A ProphetCésar Luciani
2009FarewellVallier
2009Suite noireGérard
2007The Diving Bell and the ButterflyRoussin
2007The CandidateGeorges
2006Fragments of Antoninle professeur Lantier
2005The Beat That My Heart SkippedRobert Seyr
2002A Private AffairLe père de Rachel
2002Parlez-moi d'amourRichard
2000Lulu Kreutz's PicnicJascha Steg
2000Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettreFernando Krapp
1998RewindFabrice Rivail
1995Les Derniers Jours de la victimeMendizábal
1994Délit mineurClaude
1993Albert SavarusAlbert Savarus
1992La Femme abandonnéeOskar de Wilno
1991Meeting VenusZoltan Szanto
1988La Ruelle au clair de luneProfesseur Hans Klemm
1988Ville étrangèreGregor Keuschnig
1987La RumbaDetaix
1987Charlie DingoWilliam
1987LorfouAngelo
1987Doux amerJean
1985Among WolvesMike
1985DieselNelson
1985Sincerely CharlotteMathieu
1984The Future Is WomanGordon
1982One Man's WarNarrator
1982Champs-ElyséesSelf
1982Les Secrets de la princesse de CadignanRastignac
1982La CerisaieLopakhine
1982Le Retour d'Elisabeth WolffStan Pilgrim
1981AloneJean
1980La Femme flicDominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
1980Bruges la MorteHugues Viane
1979Memoirs of a French WhoreAndré
1979Le Tourbillon des joursGermain
1978The Song of RolandLe commerçant / Oton
1977Plus ça va, moins ça vaVincent
1977The Sorceror's ApprenticeDanton
1977TauwetterJean-Luc
1976A Second ChanceHenri Lanot
1976LumièreNano
1976The Big NightLéon
1976Tomorrow's ChildrenPhilippe
1974Stavisky...Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
1974Je Tu Il ElleTruck-driver
1974Miss O'Gynie and the Flower MenYves
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2008Le Temps des cerisesTheatre Play
2007The CandidateDirector