Niels Arestrup
Niels Arestrup
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
77
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-02-08 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Acting

2023

Divertimento as Sergiu Celibidache

2022

Black Butterflies as Albert Desiderio

2021

Villa Caprice as Luc Germon

2021

Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur as Self - Interviewee

2018

At Eternity's Gate as Madman

2017

See You Up There as Marcel Péricourt

2017

Return to Montauk as Walter

2016

Baron Noir as Francis Laugier

2015

Capitaine Marleau as Hervé Gerfaut

2015

By the Sea as Michel

2015

So Long Africa as Jacques

2014

Diplomacy as General Dietrich von Choltitz

2014

96 heures as Victor Kancel

2014

The Dune as Ruben

2013

The French Minister as Claude Maupas

2012

Our Children as André Pinget

2011

War Horse as Grandfather

2011

You Will Be My Son as Paul de Marseul

2010

Sarah's Key as Jules Dufaure

2010

The Big Picture as Bartholomé

2010

Small World as Thomas Senn

2010

Behind Bars as Self

2009

A Prophet as César Luciani

2009

Farewell as Vallier

2007

The Candidate as Georges

2006

Fragments of Antonin as le professeur Lantier

2005

The Beat That My Heart Skipped as Robert Seyr

2002

A Private Affair as Le père de Rachel

2002

Parlez-moi d'amour as Richard

2000

Lulu Kreutz's Picnic as Jascha Steg

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

Barbablù, Barbablù as Gastone

1989

Manon Roland as Danton

1988

La Ruelle au clair de lune as Professeur Hans Klemm

1988

Ville étrangère as Gregor Keuschnig

1987

Charlie Dingo as William

1987

La Rumba as Detaix

1987

Doux amer as Jean

1987

Lorfou as Angelo

1985

Sincerely Charlotte as Mathieu

1985

Diesel as Nelson

1985

Among Wolves as Mike

1984

The Future Is Woman as Gordon

1982

Champs-Elysées as Self

1982

La Cerisaie as Lopakhine

1982

Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff as Stan Pilgrim

1982

One Man's War as Narrator

1982

La danse de mort as Kurt

1981

Alone as Jean

1980

La Femme flic as Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC

1980

Bruges la Morte as Hugues Viane

1979

Le Tourbillon des jours as Germain

1978

The Song of Roland as Le commerçant / Oton

1977

Tauwetter as Jean-Luc

1976

Tomorrow's Children as Philippe

1976

A Second Chance as Henri Lanot

1976

Lumière as Nano

1974

Je Tu Il Elle as Truck Driver

1974

Stavisky... as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski

NaN

Tiens ferme ta couronne as Not available

1976

The Big Night as Léon

1972

Le Grand Échiquier as Self
Crew

2008

Le Temps des cerises Theatre Play

2007

The Candidate Director

2007

The Candidate Writer