Niels Arestrup
ActingFebruary 8, 1949— December 1, 2024 (age 75)
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.
Movies
(70 total)
War Horse
20117.3
as Grandfather
A Prophet
20097.6
as César Luciani
At Eternity's Gate
20187.0
as Madman
See You Up There
20177.8
as Marcel Péricourt
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
20077.6
as Roussin
Sarah's Key
20107.3
as Jules Dufaure
By the Sea
20155.5
as Michel
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
20056.9
as Robert Seyr
The French Minister
20136.0
as Claude Maupas
Diplomacy
20147.0
as General Dietrich von Choltitz
The Big Picture
20106.3
as Bartholomé
Farewell
20096.5
as Vallier
Stavisky...
19745.9
as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
Je Tu Il Elle
19746.5
as Truck Driver
Our Children
20126.7
as André Pinget
96 heures
20145.4
as Victor Kancel
Divertimento
20237.0
as Sergiu Celibidache
Villa Caprice
20215.5
as Luc Germon
A Private Affair
20025.5
as Le père de Rachel
You Will Be My Son
20116.2
as Paul de Marseul
TV Shows
(6 total)
Black Butterflies
20226.8
as Albert Desiderio
Baron Noir
20167.6
as Francis Laugier
Capitaine Marleau
20156.0
as Hervé Gerfaut
Champs-Elysées
19826.3
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
19728.0
as Self
Le Tourbillon des jours
197910.0
as Germain