Person
Niels Arestrup
Acting · 1949–2024 · 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
Champs-Elysées
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Capitaine Marleau
Hervé Gerfaut
Baron Noir
Francis Laugier
War Horse
Grandfather
Black Butterflies
Albert Desiderio
At Eternity's Gate
Madman
A Prophet
César Luciani
Sarah's Key
Jules Dufaure
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roussin
Filmography
- 2024Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024Niels Arestrup
- 2023DivertimentoSergiu Celibidache
- 2022Black ButterfliesAlbert Desiderio
- 2021Villa CapriceLuc Germon
- 2021Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœurSelf - Interviewee
- 2018At Eternity's GateMadman
- 2017See You Up ThereMarcel Péricourt
- 2017Return to MontaukWalter
- 2016Baron NoirFrancis Laugier
- 2015By the SeaMichel
- 2015Capitaine MarleauHervé Gerfaut
- 2015So Long AfricaJacques
- 2014The DuneRuben
- 201496 heuresVictor Kancel
- 2014DiplomacyGeneral Dietrich von Choltitz
- 2013The French MinisterClaude Maupas
- 2012Our ChildrenAndré Pinget
- 2011War HorseGrandfather
- 2011You Will Be My SonPaul de Marseul
- 2010Small WorldThomas Senn
- 2010The Big PictureBartholomé
- 2010Sarah's KeyJules Dufaure
- 2010Behind BarsSelf
- 2009FarewellVallier
- 2009A ProphetCésar Luciani
- 2008Le Temps des cerisesTheatre Play
- 2007The Diving Bell and the ButterflyRoussin
- 2007The CandidateGeorges
- 2006Fragments of Antoninle professeur Lantier
- 2005The Beat That My Heart SkippedRobert Seyr
- 2002Speak to Me of LoveRichard
- 2002A Private AffairLe père de Rachel
- 2000Lulu Kreutz's PicnicJascha Steg
- 2000Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettreFernando Krapp
- 1998RewindFabrice Rivail
- 1995Les Derniers Jours de la victimeMendizábal
- 1994Délit mineurClaude
- 1993Albert SavarusAlbert Savarus
- 1992La Femme abandonnéeOskar de Wilno
- 1991Meeting VenusZoltan Szanto
- 1989Manon RolandDanton
- 1989Barbablù, BarbablùGastone
- 1988La Ruelle au clair de luneProfesseur Hans Klemm
- 1988Ville étrangèreGregor Keuschnig
- 1987Doux amerJean
- 1987Charlie DingoWilliam
- 1987LorfouAngelo
- 1987La RumbaDetaix
- 1985Among WolvesMike
- 1985DieselNelson
- 1985Sincerely CharlotteMathieu
- 1984The Future Is WomanGordon
- 1982One Man's WarNarrator
- 1982The Secrets of the Princesse de CadignanRastignac
- 1982La CerisaieLopakhine
- 1982Champs-ElyséesSelf
- 1982Le Retour d'Elisabeth WolffStan Pilgrim
- 1982La danse de mortKurt
- 1981AloneJean
- 1980Bruges la MorteHugues Viane
- 1980La Femme flicDominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
- 1979Memoirs of a French WhoreAndré
- 1979Le Tourbillon des joursGermain
- 1978The Song of RolandLe commerçant / Oton
- 1977TauwetterJean-Luc
- 1977The Sorceror's ApprenticeDanton
- 1977Plus ça va, moins ça vaVincent
- 1976The Big NightLéon
- 1976A Second ChanceHenri Lanot
- 1976Tomorrow's ChildrenPhilippe
- 1976LumièreNano
- 1974Je Tu Il ElleTruck Driver
- 1974Stavisky...Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
- 1974Miss O'Gynie and the Flower MenYves
- 1974La dernière carteWilhelm Kasda
- 1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf
- —Tiens ferme ta couronne
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