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.
Known For
Acting History
2023
Divertimento
as Sergiu Celibidache
2018
At Eternity's Gate
as Madman
2017
See You Up There
as Marcel Péricourt
Return to Montauk
as Walter
Capitaine Marleau
TVas Hervé Gerfaut• 1 eps
2016
Baron Noir
TVas Francis Laugier• 8 eps
2015
By the Sea
as Michel
2013
The French Minister
as Claude Maupas
2012
Our Children
as André Pinget
2011
War Horse
as Grandfather
You Will Be My Son
as Paul de Marseul
2010
The Big Picture
as Bartholomé
Sarah's Key
as Jules Dufaure
2009
A Prophet
as César Luciani
2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Roussin
The Candidate
as Georges
The Candidate
Director
The Candidate
Writer
2006
Fragments of Antonin
as le professeur Lantier
2005
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
as Robert Seyr
1998
Rewind
as Fabrice Rivail
1994
Délit mineur
as Claude
1993
Albert Savarus
as Albert Savarus
1991
Meeting Venus
as Zoltan Szanto
1983
Le Grand Échiquier
TVas Self• 1 eps
1982
1979
Memoirs of a French Whore
as André
1978
The Song of Roland
as Le commerçant / Oton
1977
Tauwetter
as Jean-Luc
The Sorceror's Apprentice
as Danton
1976
1974
Je Tu Il Elle
as Truck Driver
Stavisky...
as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski