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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. War Horse (2011) — Grandfather
2. A Prophet (2009) — César Luciani
3. At Eternity's Gate (2018) — Madman
4. See You Up There (2017) — Marcel Péricourt
5. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) — Roussin
6. Sarah's Key (2010) — Jules Dufaure
7. By the Sea (2015) — Michel
8. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) — Robert Seyr
9. The French Minister (2013) — Claude Maupas
10. Diplomacy (2014) — General Dietrich von Choltitz
11. The Big Picture (2010) — Bartholomé
12. Farewell (2009) — Vallier
13. Stavisky... (1974) — Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
14. Je Tu Il Elle (1974) — Truck Driver
15. Black Butterflies (2022) — Albert Desiderio
16. Our Children (2012) — André Pinget
17. 96 heures (2014) — Victor Kancel
18. Divertimento (2023) — Sergiu Celibidache
19. Baron Noir (2016) — Francis Laugier
20. A Private Affair (2002) — Le père de Rachel
21. Villa Caprice (2021) — Luc Germon
22. You Will Be My Son (2011) — Paul de Marseul
23. Return to Montauk (2017) — Walter
24. La Femme flic (1980) — Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
25. Small World (2010) — Thomas Senn
26. Capitaine Marleau (2015) — Hervé Gerfaut
27. Memoirs of a French Whore (1979) — André
28. The Candidate (2007) — Georges
29. A Second Chance (1976) — Henri Lanot
30. The Future Is Woman (1984) — Gordon
31. Meeting Venus (1991) — Zoltan Szanto
32. The Dune (2014) — Ruben
33. Fragments of Antonin (2006) — le professeur Lantier
34. Lumière (1976) — Nano
35. Plus ça va, moins ça va (1977) — Vincent
36. Among Wolves (1985) — Mike
37. Diesel (1985) — Nelson
38. One Man's War (1982) — Narrator
39. The Song of Roland (1978) — Le commerçant / Oton
40. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self

Directed

1. The Candidate (2007) — Director