Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

08/02/1949

Day of Death

01/12/2024
(75) years old

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.

Filmography

Cast

2023

Divertimento

as Sergiu Celibidache

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

2015

By the Sea

as Michel

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 Candidate

as Georges

2006

Fragments of Antonin

as le professeur Lantier

2002

Parlez-moi d'amour

as Richard

2002

A Private Affair

as Le père de Rachel

2000

Lulu Kreutz's Picnic

as Jascha Steg

1998

Rewind

as Fabrice Rivail

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

1988

La Ruelle au clair de lune

as Professeur Hans Klemm

1988

Ville étrangère

as Gregor Keuschnig

1987

Charlie Dingo

as William

1985

Among Wolves

as Mike

1989

Barbablù, Barbablù

as Gastone

1987

Doux amer

as Jean

1987

Lorfou

as Angelo

1987

La Rumba

as Detaix

1985

Diesel

as Nelson

1985

Sincerely Charlotte

as Mathieu

1984

The Future Is Woman

as Gordon

1982

One Man's War

as Narrator

1982

La Cerisaie

as Lopakhine

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 M...

1978

The Song of Roland

as Le commerçant / Oton

1977

Tauwetter

as Jean-Luc

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

Crew

2008

Le Temps des cerises

as Theatre Play

2007

The Candidate

as Director

2007

The Candidate

as Writer