Niels Arestrup
Known for
Acting
Life
1949 – 2024 (aged 75)
Born in
Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Credits
View on IMDb72 acting credits
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
War Horse
25 Dec 2011
A Prophet
26 Aug 2009
At Eternity's Gate
15 Nov 2018
See You Up There
25 Oct 2017
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
23 May 2007
Sarah's Key
16 Sep 2010
By the Sea
12 Nov 2015
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
16 Mar 2005
Photos
Filmography
2024
- Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024as Niels Arestrup
2023
- Divertimentoas Sergiu Celibidache
2022
- Black Butterfliesas Albert Desiderio6 episodes
2021
- Villa Capriceas Luc Germon
2018
- At Eternity's Gateas Madman
2017
- See You Up Thereas Marcel Péricourt
- Return to Montaukas Walter
2016
- Baron Noiras Francis Laugier8 episodes
2015
- By the Seaas Michel
- Capitaine Marleauas Hervé Gerfaut1 episode
- So Long Africaas Jacques
2013
- The French Ministeras Claude Maupas
2012
- Our Childrenas André Pinget
2011
- War Horseas Grandfather
- You Will Be My Sonas Paul de Marseul
2010
- Small Worldas Thomas Senn
- The Big Pictureas Bartholomé
- Sarah's Keyas Jules Dufaure
2007
- The Diving Bell and the Butterflyas Roussin
- The Candidateas Georges
2006
- Fragments of Antoninas le professeur Lantier
2005
- The Beat That My Heart Skippedas Robert Seyr
2002
- Speak to Me of Loveas Richard
- A Private Affairas Le père de Rachel
2000
- Lulu Kreutz's Picnicas Jascha Steg
- Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettreas Fernando Krapp
1998
- Rewindas Fabrice Rivail
1995
- Les Derniers Jours de la victimeas Mendizábal
1994
- Délit mineuras Claude
1993
- Albert Savarusas Albert Savarus
1992
- La Femme abandonnéeas Oskar de Wilno
1991
- Meeting Venusas Zoltan Szanto
1989
- Manon Rolandas Danton
- Barbablù, Barbablùas Gastone
1988
- La Ruelle au clair de luneas Professeur Hans Klemm
- Ville étrangèreas Gregor Keuschnig
1987
- Doux ameras Jean
- Charlie Dingoas William
- Lorfouas Angelo
- La Rumbaas Detaix
1985
- Among Wolvesas Mike
- Dieselas Nelson
- Sincerely Charlotteas Mathieu
1984
- The Future Is Womanas Gordon
1982
- One Man's Waras Narrator
- The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignanas Rastignac
- La Cerisaieas Lopakhine
- Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolffas Stan Pilgrim
- La danse de mortas Kurt
1981
- Aloneas Jean
1980
- Bruges la Morteas Hugues Viane
- La Femme flicas Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
1979
- Memoirs of a French Whoreas André
- Le Tourbillon des joursas Germain6 episodes
1978
- The Song of Rolandas Le commerçant
1977
- Tauwetteras Jean-Luc
- The Sorceror's Apprenticeas Danton
- Plus ça va, moins ça vaas Vincent
1976
- The Big Nightas Léon
- A Second Chanceas Henri Lanot
- Tomorrow's Childrenas Philippe
- Lumièreas Nano
1974
- Je Tu Il Elleas Truck Driver
- Stavisky...as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
- Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Menas Yves
- La dernière carteas Wilhelm Kasda