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Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

Acting1949Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France

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.

Acting History

2023
Divertimento
as Sergiu Celibidache
2022
Black Butterflies
TVas Albert Desiderio
2021
Villa Caprice
as Luc Germon
2018
2017
See You Up There
as Marcel Péricourt
Capitaine Marleau
TVas Hervé Gerfaut1 eps
2016
Baron Noir
TVas Francis Laugier8 eps
2015
By the Sea
as Michel
So Long Africa
as Jacques
2014
96 heures
as Victor Kancel
Diplomacy
as General Dietrich von Choltitz
The Dune
as Ruben
2013
The French Minister
as Claude Maupas
2012
Our Children
as André Pinget
2011
You Will Be My Son
as Paul de Marseul
War Horse
as Grandfather
2010
The Big Picture
as Bartholomé
Sarah's Key
as Jules Dufaure
Small World
as Thomas Senn
2009
A Prophet
as César Luciani
Farewell
as Vallier
2008
2006
Fragments of Antonin
as le professeur Lantier
2002
A Private Affair
as Le père de Rachel
1998
Rewind
as Fabrice Rivail
1994
Délit mineur
as Claude
1993
Albert Savarus
as Albert Savarus
1992
La Femme abandonnée
as Oskar de Wilno
1991
Meeting Venus
as Zoltan Szanto
1989
1988
Ville étrangère
as Gregor Keuschnig
La Ruelle au clair de lune
as Professeur Hans Klemm
1987
La Rumba
as Detaix
Doux amer
as Jean
Charlie Dingo
as William
Lorfou
as Angelo
1985
Diesel
as Nelson
1984
1983
Le Grand Échiquier
TVas Self1 eps
1981
Alone
as Jean
1980
La Femme flic
as Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
Bruges la Morte
as Hugues Viane
1978
The Song of Roland
as Le commerçant / Oton
1976
A Second Chance
as Henri Lanot
Lumière
as Nano
1974
La dernière carte
as Wilhelm Kasda
Je Tu Il Elle
as Truck Driver
Stavisky...
as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/8/1949
Day of Death
12/1/2024
Place of Birth
Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France