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Niels Arestrup

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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

Acting
2024Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024Niels Arestrup
2023DivertimentoSergiu Celibidache
2022Black ButterfliesAlbert Desiderio
2021Villa CapriceLuc Germon
2021Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœurSelf - Interviewee
2018At Eternity's GateMadman
2017Return to MontaukWalter
2017See You Up ThereMarcel Péricourt
2016Baron NoirFrancis Laugier
2015By the SeaMichel
2015So Long AfricaJacques
2015Capitaine MarleauHervé Gerfaut
2014DiplomacyGeneral Dietrich von Choltitz
201496 heuresVictor Kancel
2014The DuneRuben
2013The French MinisterClaude Maupas
2012Our ChildrenAndré Pinget
2011You Will Be My SonPaul de Marseul
2011War HorseGrandfather
2010The Big PictureBartholomé
2010Sarah's KeyJules Dufaure
2010Small WorldThomas Senn
2010Behind BarsSelf
2009A ProphetCésar Luciani
2009FarewellVallier
2007The Diving Bell and the ButterflyRoussin
2007The CandidateGeorges
2006Fragments of Antoninle professeur Lantier
2005The Beat That My Heart SkippedRobert Seyr
2002A Private AffairLe père de Rachel
2002Speak to Me of LoveRichard
2000Lulu Kreutz's PicnicJascha Steg
2000Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettreFernando Krapp
1998RewindFabrice Rivail
1995Les Derniers Jours de la victimeMendizábal
1994Délit mineurClaude
1993Albert SavarusAlbert Savarus
1992La Femme abandonnéeOskar de Wilno
1991Meeting VenusZoltan Szanto
1989Manon RolandDanton
1989Barbablù, BarbablùGastone
1988Ville étrangèreGregor Keuschnig
1988La Ruelle au clair de luneProfesseur Hans Klemm
1987La RumbaDetaix
1987LorfouAngelo
1987Doux amerJean
1987Charlie DingoWilliam
1985DieselNelson
1985Sincerely CharlotteMathieu
1985Among WolvesMike
1984The Future Is WomanGordon
1982The Secrets of the Princesse de CadignanRastignac
1982One Man's WarNarrator
1982La CerisaieLopakhine
1982Le Retour d'Elisabeth WolffStan Pilgrim
1982La danse de mortKurt
1982Champs-ElyséesSelf
1981AloneJean
1980Bruges la MorteHugues Viane
1980La Femme flicDominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
1979Memoirs of a French WhoreAndré
1979Le Tourbillon des joursGermain
1978The Song of RolandLe commerçant / Oton
1977Plus ça va, moins ça vaVincent
1977The Sorceror's ApprenticeDanton
1977TauwetterJean-Luc
1976The Big NightLéon
1976LumièreNano
1976Tomorrow's ChildrenPhilippe
1976A Second ChanceHenri Lanot
1974Je Tu Il ElleTruck Driver
1974Miss O'Gynie and the Flower MenYves
1974Stavisky...Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
1974La dernière carteWilhelm Kasda
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf
-Tiens ferme ta couronne
Directing
2007The CandidateDirector
Writing
2008Le Temps des cerisesTheatre Play
2007The CandidateWriter