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
A Prophet
(2009)
César Luciani
At Eternity's Gate
(2018)
Madman
By the Sea
(2015)
Michel
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
(2007)
Roussin
See You Up There
(2017)
Marcel Péricourt
Sarah's Key
(2010)
Jules Dufaure
Stavisky...
(1974)
Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
Farewell
(2009)
Vallier
The Dune
(2014)
Ruben
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
(2005)
Robert Seyr
Diplomacy
(2014)
General Dietrich von Choltitz
The Big Picture
(2010)
Bartholomé
Villa Caprice
(2021)
Luc Germon
Full Filmography
Acting
Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men
(1974)
Yves
Stavisky...
(1974)
Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
Je Tu Il Elle
(1974)
Truck-driver
Tomorrow's Children
(1976)
Philippe
Lumière
(1976)
Nano
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
La Femme flic
(1980)
Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
Bruges la Morte
(1980)
Hugues Viane
Alone
(1981)
Jean
Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff
(1982)
Stan Pilgrim
Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan
(1982)
Rastignac
La Cerisaie
(1982)
Lopakhine
One Man's War
(1982)
Narrator
The Future Is Woman
(1984)
Gordon
Among Wolves
(1985)
Mike
Diesel
(1985)
Nelson
Sincerely Charlotte
(1985)
Mathieu
La Rumba
(1987)
Detaix
Charlie Dingo
(1987)
William
Lorfou
(1987)
Angelo
Doux amer
(1987)
Jean
La Ruelle au clair de lune
(1988)
Professeur Hans Klemm
Ville étrangère
(1988)
Gregor Keuschnig
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
Parlez-moi d'amour
(2002)
Richard
A Private Affair
(2002)
Le père de Rachel
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
Farewell
(2009)
Vallier
A Prophet
(2009)
César Luciani
Sarah's Key
(2010)
Jules Dufaure
Small World
(2010)
Thomas Senn
The Big Picture
(2010)
Bartholomé
Behind Bars
(2010)
Self
War Horse
(2011)
Grandfather
You Will Be My Son
(2011)
Paul de Marseul
Our Children
(2012)
André Pinget
The French Minister
(2013)
Claude Maupas
The Dune
(2014)
Ruben
Diplomacy
(2014)
General Dietrich von Choltitz
96 heures
(2014)
Victor Kancel
By the Sea
(2015)
Michel
So Long Africa
(2015)
Jacques
Return to Montauk
(2017)
Walter
See You Up There
(2017)
Marcel Péricourt
At Eternity's Gate
(2018)
Madman
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
(2021)
Self - Interviewee
Villa Caprice
(2021)
Luc Germon
Divertimento
(2023)
Sergiu Celibidache
Directing
Writing