Acting
Niels Arestrup
Born 1949-02-08
Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Department: Acting
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
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War Horse
2011
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A Prophet
2009
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At Eternity's Gate
2018
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See You Up There
2017
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
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Sarah's Key
2010
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By the Sea
2015
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The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005
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The French Minister
2013
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Champs-Elysées
1982
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (80 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 | Niels Arestrup | Movie | 2024 |
 | Divertimento | Sergiu Celibidache | Movie | 2023 |
 | Black Butterflies | Albert Desiderio | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Villa Caprice | Luc Germon | Movie | 2021 |
 | Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur | Self - Interviewee | Movie | 2021 |
 | At Eternity's Gate | Madman | Movie | 2018 |
 | See You Up There | Marcel Péricourt | Movie | 2017 |
 | Return to Montauk | Walter | Movie | 2017 |
 | Baron Noir | Francis Laugier | TV Series | 2016 |
 | By the Sea | Michel | Movie | 2015 |
 | Capitaine Marleau | Hervé Gerfaut | TV Series | 2015 |
 | So Long Africa | Jacques | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Dune | Ruben | Movie | 2014 |
 | 96 heures | Victor Kancel | Movie | 2014 |
 | Diplomacy | General Dietrich von Choltitz | Movie | 2014 |
 | The French Minister | Claude Maupas | Movie | 2013 |
 | Our Children | André Pinget | Movie | 2012 |
 | War Horse | Grandfather | Movie | 2011 |
 | You Will Be My Son | Paul de Marseul | Movie | 2011 |
 | Small World | Thomas Senn | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Big Picture | Bartholomé | Movie | 2010 |
 | Sarah's Key | Jules Dufaure | Movie | 2010 |
| Behind Bars | Self | Movie | 2010 | |
 | Farewell | Vallier | Movie | 2009 |
 | A Prophet | César Luciani | Movie | 2009 |
 | Le Temps des cerises | Theatre Play | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Roussin | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Candidate | Georges | Movie | 2007 |
| The Candidate | Director | Movie | 2007 |
| The Candidate | Writer | Movie | 2007 |
 | Fragments of Antonin | le professeur Lantier | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Robert Seyr | Movie | 2005 |
 | Speak to Me of Love | Richard | Movie | 2002 |
 | A Private Affair | Le père de Rachel | Movie | 2002 |
 | Brook by Brook | Self | Movie | 2002 |
 | Lulu Kreutz's Picnic | Jascha Steg | Movie | 2000 |
 | Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre | Fernando Krapp | Movie | 2000 |
 | Rewind | Fabrice Rivail | Movie | 1998 |
 | Les Derniers Jours de la victime | Mendizábal | Movie | 1995 |
 | Délit mineur | Claude | Movie | 1994 |
 | Albert Savarus | Albert Savarus | Movie | 1993 |
 | La Femme abandonnée | Oskar de Wilno | Movie | 1992 |
 | Meeting Venus | Zoltan Szanto | Movie | 1991 |
 | Manon Roland | Danton | Movie | 1989 |
 | Barbablù, Barbablù | Gastone | Movie | 1989 |
 | La Ruelle au clair de lune | Professeur Hans Klemm | Movie | 1988 |
 | Ville étrangère | Gregor Keuschnig | Movie | 1988 |
 | Doux amer | Jean | Movie | 1987 |
 | Charlie Dingo | William | Movie | 1987 |
 | Lorfou | Angelo | Movie | 1987 |
 | La Rumba | Detaix | Movie | 1987 |
 | Among Wolves | Mike | Movie | 1985 |
 | Diesel | Nelson | Movie | 1985 |
 | Sincerely Charlotte | Mathieu | Movie | 1985 |
 | The Future Is Woman | Gordon | Movie | 1984 |
 | One Man's War | Narrator | Movie | 1982 |
 | The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan | Rastignac | Movie | 1982 |
 | La Cerisaie | Lopakhine | Movie | 1982 |
 | Champs-Elysées | Self | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff | Stan Pilgrim | Movie | 1982 |
 | La danse de mort | Kurt | Movie | 1982 |
 | Alone | Jean | Movie | 1981 |
| Bruges la Morte | Hugues Viane | Movie | 1980 | |
 | La Femme flic | Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC | Movie | 1980 |
 | Memoirs of a French Whore | André | Movie | 1979 |
 | Le Tourbillon des jours | Germain | TV Series | 1979 |
 | The Song of Roland | Le commerçant / Oton | Movie | 1978 |
| Tauwetter | Jean-Luc | Movie | 1977 | |
| The Sorceror's Apprentice | Danton | Movie | 1977 | |
 | Plus ça va, moins ça va | Vincent | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Big Night | Léon | Movie | 1976 |
 | A Second Chance | Henri Lanot | Movie | 1976 |
 | Tomorrow's Children | Philippe | Movie | 1976 |
 | Lumière | Nano | Movie | 1976 |
 | Je Tu Il Elle | Truck Driver | Movie | 1974 |
 | Stavisky... | Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski | Movie | 1974 |
 | Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men | Yves | Movie | 1974 |
| La dernière carte | Wilhelm Kasda | Movie | 1974 | |
 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self | TV Series | 1972 |
| Tiens ferme ta couronne | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |