
Niels Arestrup
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1949-02-08
- Died
- 2024-12-01
- 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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (70)

War Horse
2011
as Grandfather

A Prophet
2009
as César Luciani

At Eternity's Gate
2018
as Madman

By the Sea
2015
as Michel

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
as Roussin

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005
as Robert Seyr

Sarah's Key
2010
as Jules Dufaure

See You Up There
2017
as Marcel Péricourt

Memoirs of a French Whore
1979
as André

A Private Affair
2002
as Le père de Rachel

Farewell
2009
as Vallier

Stavisky...
1974
as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski

Diplomacy
2014
as General Dietrich von Choltitz

Manon Roland
1989
as Danton

Villa Caprice
2021
as Luc Germon

Small World
2010
as Thomas Senn

Je Tu Il Elle
1974
as Truck Driver

The Big Picture
2010
as Bartholomé

Return to Montauk
2017
as Walter

La Rumba
1987
as Detaix

The French Minister
2013
as Claude Maupas

The Future Is Woman
1984
as Gordon

Lumière
1976
as Nano

Divertimento
2023
as Sergiu Celibidache

You Will Be My Son
2011
as Paul de Marseul

Meeting Venus
1991
as Zoltan Szanto

Our Children
2012
as André Pinget

Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
2021
as Self - Interviewee

La Femme flic
1980
as Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC

Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
2000
as Jascha Steg

Diesel
1985
as Nelson

The Dune
2014
as Ruben

Speak to Me of Love
2002
as Richard

La Femme abandonnée
1992
as Oskar de Wilno

The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
1982
as Rastignac

Sincerely Charlotte
1985
as Mathieu

The Song of Roland
1978
as Le commerçant / Oton

A Second Chance
1976
as Henri Lanot

Rewind
1998
as Fabrice Rivail

Among Wolves
1985
as Mike

La Cerisaie
1982
as Lopakhine

Tomorrow's Children
1976
as Philippe
Tiens ferme ta couronne

Plus ça va, moins ça va
1977
as Vincent

96 heures
2014
as Victor Kancel
The Sorceror's Apprentice
1977
as Danton

Albert Savarus
1993
as Albert Savarus

Fragments of Antonin
2006
as le professeur Lantier

Délit mineur
1994
as Claude
Tauwetter
1977
as Jean-Luc

Charlie Dingo
1987
as William

Alone
1981
as Jean
Behind Bars
2010
as Self

One Man's War
1982
as Narrator

Doux amer
1987
as Jean

Les Derniers Jours de la victime
1995
as Mendizábal

Barbablù, Barbablù
1989
as Gastone
La Ruelle au clair de lune
1988
as Professeur Hans Klemm

Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff
1982
as Stan Pilgrim

Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men
1974
as Yves

The Candidate
2007
as Georges

La danse de mort
1982
as Kurt

Lorfou
1987
as Angelo
La dernière carte
1974
as Wilhelm Kasda

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024
2024
as Niels Arestrup

Ville étrangère
1988
as Gregor Keuschnig

The Big Night
1976
as Léon

So Long Africa
2015
as Jacques
Bruges la Morte
1980
as Hugues Viane

Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre
2000
as Fernando Krapp
About Niels Arestrup
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. With 76 credits spanning from 1972 to 2024, Niels Arestrup has appeared in 70 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Niels Arestrup Movies
- War Horse (2011) — as Grandfather
- A Prophet (2009) — as César Luciani
- At Eternity's Gate (2018) — as Madman
- By the Sea (2015) — as Michel
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) — as Roussin
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