Niels Arestrup
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 8, 1949 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Montreuil, 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
| 2024 | Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024Niels Arestrup | |
| 2023 | DivertimentoSergiu Celibidache | |
| 2022 | Black ButterfliesAlbert Desiderio | |
| 2021 | Villa CapriceLuc Germon | |
| 2021 | Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœurSelf - Interviewee | |
| 2018 | At Eternity's GateMadman | |
| 2017 | Return to MontaukWalter | |
| 2017 | See You Up ThereMarcel Péricourt | |
| 2016 | Baron NoirFrancis Laugier | |
| 2015 | By the SeaMichel | |
| 2015 | So Long AfricaJacques | |
| 2015 | Capitaine MarleauHervé Gerfaut | |
| 2014 | DiplomacyGeneral Dietrich von Choltitz | |
| 2014 | 96 heuresVictor Kancel | |
| 2014 | The DuneRuben | |
| 2013 | The French MinisterClaude Maupas | |
| 2012 | Our ChildrenAndré Pinget | |
| 2011 | You Will Be My SonPaul de Marseul | |
| 2011 | War HorseGrandfather | |
| 2010 | The Big PictureBartholomé | |
| 2010 | Sarah's KeyJules Dufaure | |
| 2010 | Small WorldThomas Senn | |
| 2010 | Behind BarsSelf | |
| 2009 | A ProphetCésar Luciani | |
| 2009 | FarewellVallier | |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the ButterflyRoussin | |
| 2007 | The CandidateGeorges | |
| 2006 | Fragments of Antoninle professeur Lantier | |
| 2005 | The Beat That My Heart SkippedRobert Seyr | |
| 2002 | A Private AffairLe père de Rachel | |
| 2002 | Speak to Me of LoveRichard | |
| 2000 | Lulu Kreutz's PicnicJascha Steg | |
| 2000 | Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettreFernando Krapp | |
| 1998 | RewindFabrice Rivail | |
| 1995 | Les Derniers Jours de la victimeMendizábal | |
| 1994 | Délit mineurClaude | |
| 1993 | Albert SavarusAlbert Savarus | |
| 1992 | La Femme abandonnéeOskar de Wilno | |
| 1991 | Meeting VenusZoltan Szanto | |
| 1989 | Manon RolandDanton | |
| 1989 | Barbablù, BarbablùGastone | |
| 1988 | Ville étrangèreGregor Keuschnig | |
| 1988 | La Ruelle au clair de luneProfesseur Hans Klemm | |
| 1987 | La RumbaDetaix | |
| 1987 | LorfouAngelo | |
| 1987 | Doux amerJean | |
| 1987 | Charlie DingoWilliam | |
| 1985 | DieselNelson | |
| 1985 | Sincerely CharlotteMathieu | |
| 1985 | Among WolvesMike | |
| 1984 | The Future Is WomanGordon | |
| 1982 | The Secrets of the Princesse de CadignanRastignac | |
| 1982 | One Man's WarNarrator | |
| 1982 | La CerisaieLopakhine | |
| 1982 | Le Retour d'Elisabeth WolffStan Pilgrim | |
| 1982 | La danse de mortKurt | |
| 1982 | Champs-ElyséesSelf | |
| 1981 | AloneJean | |
| 1980 | Bruges la MorteHugues Viane | |
| 1980 | La Femme flicDominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC | |
| 1979 | Memoirs of a French WhoreAndré | |
| 1979 | Le Tourbillon des joursGermain | |
| 1978 | The Song of RolandLe commerçant / Oton | |
| 1977 | Plus ça va, moins ça vaVincent | |
| 1977 | The Sorceror's ApprenticeDanton | |
| 1977 | TauwetterJean-Luc | |
| 1976 | The Big NightLéon | |
| 1976 | LumièreNano | |
| 1976 | Tomorrow's ChildrenPhilippe | |
| 1976 | A Second ChanceHenri Lanot | |
| 1974 | Je Tu Il ElleTruck Driver | |
| 1974 | Miss O'Gynie and the Flower MenYves | |
| 1974 | Stavisky...Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski | |
| 1974 | La dernière carteWilhelm Kasda | |
| 1972 | Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf | |
| - | Tiens ferme ta couronne |
| 2007 | The CandidateDirector |
| 2008 | Le Temps des cerisesTheatre Play | |
| 2007 | The CandidateWriter |














