Niels Arestrup
Known for acting · Born 8 February 1949 · Died 1 December 2024 · aged 75 · Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
79 credits
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
A Prophet
2009
Sarah's Key
2010
War Horse
2011
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005
See You Up There
2017
The French Minister
2013
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
Diplomacy
2014
By the Sea
2015
The Big Picture
2010
Je Tu Il Elle
1974
Our Children
2012
Acting (77)
2024Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024Niels ArestrupFilm
2023DivertimentoSergiu CelibidacheFilm
2022Black ButterfliesAlbert Desiderio · 6 episodesSeries
2021Villa CapriceLuc GermonFilm
2021Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœurSelf - IntervieweeFilm
2018At Eternity's GateMadmanFilm
2017See You Up ThereMarcel PéricourtFilm
2017Return to MontaukWalterFilm
2016Baron NoirFrancis Laugier · 8 episodesSeries
2015By the SeaMichelFilm
2015Capitaine MarleauHervé GerfautSeries
2015So Long AfricaJacquesFilm
2014DiplomacyGeneral Dietrich von CholtitzFilm
201496 heuresVictor KancelFilm
2014The DuneRubenFilm
2013The French MinisterClaude MaupasFilm
2012Our ChildrenAndré PingetFilm
2011War HorseGrandfatherFilm
2011You Will Be My SonPaul de MarseulFilm
2010Sarah's KeyJules DufaureFilm
2010The Big PictureBartholoméFilm
2010Small WorldThomas SennFilm
2010Behind BarsSelfFilm
2009A ProphetCésar LucianiFilm
2009FarewellVallierFilm
2007The Diving Bell and the ButterflyRoussinFilm
2007The CandidateGeorgesFilm
2006Fragments of Antoninle professeur LantierFilm
2005The Beat That My Heart SkippedRobert SeyrFilm
2002A Private AffairLe père de RachelFilm
2002Speak to Me of LoveRichardFilm
2002Brook by BrookSelfFilm
2000Lulu Kreutz's PicnicJascha StegFilm
2000Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettreFernando KrappFilm
1998RewindFabrice RivailFilm
1995Les Derniers Jours de la victimeMendizábalFilm
1994Délit mineurClaudeFilm
1993Albert SavarusAlbert SavarusFilm
1992La Femme abandonnéeOskar de WilnoFilm
1991Meeting VenusZoltan SzantoFilm
1989Manon RolandDantonFilm
1989Barbablù, BarbablùGastoneFilm
1988La Ruelle au clair de luneProfesseur Hans KlemmFilm
1988Ville étrangèreGregor KeuschnigFilm
1987La RumbaDetaixFilm
1987Charlie DingoWilliamFilm
1987LorfouAngeloFilm
1987Doux amerJeanFilm
1985Among WolvesMikeFilm
1985DieselNelsonFilm
1985Sincerely CharlotteMathieuFilm
1984The Future Is WomanGordonFilm
1982Champs-ElyséesSelfSeries
1982One Man's WarNarratorFilm
1982La CerisaieLopakhineFilm
1982La danse de mortKurtFilm
1982The Secrets of the Princesse de CadignanRastignacFilm
1982Le Retour d'Elisabeth WolffStan PilgrimFilm
1981AloneJeanFilm
1980La Femme flicDominique Allier, le photographe de la MJCFilm
1980Bruges la MorteHugues VianeFilm
1979Memoirs of a French WhoreAndréFilm
1979Le Tourbillon des joursGermain · 6 episodesSeries
1978The Song of RolandLe commerçant / OtonFilm
1977Plus ça va, moins ça vaVincentFilm
1977The Sorceror's ApprenticeDantonFilm
1977TauwetterJean-LucFilm
1976A Second ChanceHenri LanotFilm
1976LumièreNanoFilm
1976The Big NightLéonFilm
1976Tomorrow's ChildrenPhilippeFilm
1974Stavisky...Rudolph, le secrétaire de TrotskiFilm
1974Je Tu Il ElleTruck DriverFilm
1974Miss O'Gynie and the Flower MenYvesFilm
1974La dernière carteWilhelm KasdaFilm
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelfSeries
—Tiens ferme ta couronneFilm
Directing (1)
2007The CandidateDirector, WriterFilm
Writing (1)
2008Le Temps des cerisesTheatre PlayFilm