Niels Arestrup is 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
War Horse
(2011)
Grandfather
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
(2007)
Roussin
By the Sea
(2015)
Michel
A Prophet
(2009)
César Luciani
At Eternity's Gate
(2018)
Madman
Sarah's Key
(2010)
Jules Dufaure
See You Up There
(2017)
Marcel Péricourt
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
(2005)
Robert Seyr
Diplomacy
(2014)
General Dietrich von Choltitz
The Big Picture
(2010)
Bartholomé
The Dune
(2014)
Ruben
Stavisky...
(1974)
Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
Villa Caprice
(2021)
Luc Germon
Memoirs of a French Whore
(1979)
André
The French Minister
(2013)
Claude Maupas
Farewell
(2009)
Vallier
Full Filmography
Acting
Je Tu Il Elle
(1974)
Truck-driver
Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men
(1974)
Yves
Stavisky...
(1974)
Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
Lumière
(1976)
Nano
Tomorrow's Children
(1976)
Philippe
A Second Chance
(1976)
Henri Lanot
The Big Night
(1976)
Léon
Plus ça va, moins ça va
(1977)
Vincent
The Sorceror's Apprentice
(1977)
Danton
Tauwetter
(1977)
Jean-Luc
The Song of Roland
(1978)
Le commerçant / Oton
Memoirs of a French Whore
(1979)
André
Bruges la Morte
(1980)
Hugues Viane
Alone
(1981)
Jean
One Man's War
(1982)
Narrator
Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff
(1982)
Stan Pilgrim
La Cerisaie
(1982)
Lopakhine
Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan
(1982)
Rastignac
The Future Is Woman
(1984)
Gordon
Diesel
(1985)
Nelson
Sincerely Charlotte
(1985)
Mathieu
Among Wolves
(1985)
Mike
La Rumba
(1987)
Detaix
Charlie Dingo
(1987)
William
Lorfou
(1987)
Angelo
Doux amer
(1987)
Jean
Ville étrangère
(1988)
La Ruelle au clair de lune
(1988)
Professeur Hans Klemm
Meeting Venus
(1991)
Zoltan Szanto
La Femme abandonnée
(1992)
Oskar de Wilno
Albert Savarus
(1993)
Albert Savarus
Délit mineur
(1994)
Claude
Les Derniers Jours de la victime
(1995)
Mendizábal
Rewind
(1998)
Fabrice Rivail
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
(2000)
Jascha Steg
A Private Affair
(2002)
Le père de Rachel
Parlez-moi d'amour
(2002)
Richard
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
(2005)
Robert Seyr
Fragments of Antonin
(2006)
le professeur Lantier
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
(2007)
Roussin
The Candidate
(2007)
Georges
A Prophet
(2009)
César Luciani
Farewell
(2009)
Vallier
The Big Picture
(2010)
Bartholomé
Sarah's Key
(2010)
Jules Dufaure
Small World
(2010)
Thomas Senn
Behind Bars
(2010)
Self
You Will Be My Son
(2011)
Paul de Marseul
War Horse
(2011)
Grandfather
Our Children
(2012)
André Pinget
The French Minister
(2013)
Claude Maupas
Diplomacy
(2014)
General Dietrich von Choltitz
96 heures
(2014)
Victor Kancel
The Dune
(2014)
Ruben
So Long Africa
(2015)
Jacques
By the Sea
(2015)
Michel
Return to Montauk
(2017)
Walter
See You Up There
(2017)
Marcel Péricourt
At Eternity's Gate
(2018)
Madman
Villa Caprice
(2021)
Luc Germon
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
(2021)
Self - Interviewee
Divertimento
(2023)
Sergiu Celibidache
Directing
Writing