Niels Arestrup

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

74

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-02-08

Deathday

2024-12-01 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France

Niels Arestrup

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
7.3%

War Horse

Dec 25, 2011

A Prophet
7.6%

A Prophet

Aug 26, 2009

At Eternity's Gate
7.0%

At Eternity's Gate

Nov 15, 2018

See You Up There
7.8%

See You Up There

Oct 25, 2017

Sarah's Key
7.3%

Sarah's Key

Sep 16, 2010

By the Sea
5.5%

By the Sea

Nov 12, 2015

The French Minister
6.0%

The French Minister

Nov 6, 2013

Diplomacy
7.0%

Diplomacy

Mar 5, 2014

The Big Picture
6.3%

The Big Picture

Nov 3, 2010

Farewell
6.5%

Farewell

Sep 23, 2009

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Acting

Tiens ferme ta couronne
2023
Divertimento as Sergiu Celibidache
2022
Black Butterflies as Albert Desiderio
2021
Villa Caprice as Luc Germon
2021
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur as Self - Interviewee
2018
At Eternity's Gate as Madman
2017
See You Up There as Marcel Péricourt
2017
Return to Montauk as Walter
2016
Baron Noir as Francis Laugier
2015
By the Sea as Michel
2015
Capitaine Marleau as Hervé Gerfaut
2015
So Long Africa as Jacques
2014
The Dune as Ruben
2014
96 heures as Victor Kancel
2014
Diplomacy as General Dietrich von Choltitz
2013
The French Minister as Claude Maupas
2012
Our Children as André Pinget
2011
War Horse as Grandfather
2011
You Will Be My Son as Paul de Marseul
2010
Small World as Thomas Senn
2010
The Big Picture as Bartholomé
2010
Sarah's Key as Jules Dufaure
2010
Behind Bars as Self
2009
Farewell as Vallier
2009
A Prophet as César Luciani
2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Roussin
2007
The Candidate as Georges
2006
Fragments of Antonin as le professeur Lantier
2005
The Beat That My Heart Skipped as Robert Seyr
2002
Parlez-moi d'amour as Richard
2002
A Private Affair as Le père de Rachel
2000
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic as Jascha Steg
2000
Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre as Fernando Krapp
1998
Rewind as Fabrice Rivail
1995
Les Derniers Jours de la victime as Mendizábal
1994
Délit mineur as Claude
1993
Albert Savarus as Albert Savarus
1992
La Femme abandonnée as Oskar de Wilno
1991
Meeting Venus as Zoltan Szanto
1989
Manon Roland as Danton
1989
Barbablù, Barbablù as Gastone
1988
La Ruelle au clair de lune as Professeur Hans Klemm
1988
Ville étrangère as Gregor Keuschnig
1987
Doux amer as Jean
1987
Charlie Dingo as William
1987
Lorfou as Angelo
1987
La Rumba as Detaix
1985
Among Wolves as Mike
1985
Diesel as Nelson
1985
Sincerely Charlotte as Mathieu
1984
The Future Is Woman as Gordon
1982
One Man's War as Narrator
1982
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan as Rastignac
1982
La Cerisaie as Lopakhine
1982
Champs-Elysées as Self
1982
Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff as Stan Pilgrim
1982
La danse de mort as Kurt
1981
Alone as Jean
1980
Bruges la Morte as Hugues Viane
1980
La Femme flic as Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
1979
Memoirs of a French Whore as André
1979
Le Tourbillon des jours as Germain
1978
The Song of Roland as Le commerçant / Oton
1977
Tauwetter as Jean-Luc
1977
The Sorceror's Apprentice as Danton
1977
Plus ça va, moins ça va as Vincent
1976
The Big Night as Léon
1976
A Second Chance as Henri Lanot
1976
Tomorrow's Children as Philippe
1976
Lumière as Nano
1974
Je Tu Il Elle as Truck Driver
1974
Stavisky... as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
1974
Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men as Yves
1972
Le Grand Échiquier as Self

Directing

2007
The Candidate as Director

Writing

2008
Le Temps des cerises as Theatre Play
2007
The Candidate as Writer
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