Acting
Niels Arestrup
Feb 8, 1949 (died Dec 1, 2024, aged 75) Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
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
7.3
War Horse
Grandfather
7.8
See You Up There
Marcel Péricourt
7.0
At Eternity's Gate
Madman
7.5
A Prophet
César Luciani
7.6
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roussin
5.5
By the Sea
Michel
7.3
Sarah's Key
Jules Dufaure
6.9
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Robert Seyr
7.0
Diplomacy
General Dietrich von Choltitz
6.0
The French Minister
Claude Maupas
6.1
Capitaine Marleau
Hervé Gerfaut
6.8
Black Butterflies
Albert Desiderio
7.6
Baron Noir
Francis Laugier
6.5
Farewell
Vallier
6.3
The Big Picture
Bartholomé
Filmography
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024
2024 · Niels Arestrup
7.0
Divertimento
2023 · Sergiu Celibidache
6.8
Black Butterflies
2022 · Albert Desiderio
5.4
Villa Caprice
2021 · Luc Germon
5.0
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
2021 · Self - Interviewee
7.0
At Eternity's Gate
2018 · Madman
7.8
See You Up There
2017 · Marcel Péricourt
5.6
Return to Montauk
2017 · Walter
7.6
Baron Noir
2016 · Francis Laugier
5.5
By the Sea
2015 · Michel
6.1
Capitaine Marleau
2015 · Hervé Gerfaut
5.5
So Long Africa
2015 · Jacques
7.0
Diplomacy
2014 · General Dietrich von Choltitz
5.4
96 heures
2014 · Victor Kancel
5.5
The Dune
2014 · Ruben
6.0
The French Minister
2013 · Claude Maupas
6.8
Our Children
2012 · André Pinget
7.3
War Horse
2011 · Grandfather
6.3
You Will Be My Son
2011 · Paul de Marseul
7.3
Sarah's Key
2010 · Jules Dufaure
6.3
The Big Picture
2010 · Bartholomé
6.4
Small World
2010 · Thomas Senn
7.5
A Prophet
2009 · César Luciani
6.5
Farewell
2009 · Vallier
7.0
Le Temps des cerises
2008 · Theatre Play
7.6
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007 · Roussin
5.4
The Candidate
2007 · Georges
6.5
Fragments of Antonin
2006 · le professeur Lantier
6.9
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005 · Robert Seyr
5.8
A Private Affair
2002 · Le père de Rachel