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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-02-08 (76 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

Acting

2023

Divertimento as Sergiu Celibidache

2022

Black Butterflies as Albert Desiderio

2021

Villa Caprice as Luc Germon

2018

2017

See You Up There as Marcel Péricourt

2016

Baron Noir as Francis Laugier

2015

By the Sea as Michel
So Long Africa as Jacques
Capitaine Marleau as Hervé Gerfaut

2014

Diplomacy as General Dietrich von Choltitz
96 heures as Victor Kancel
The Dune as Ruben

2013

The French Minister as Claude Maupas

2012

Our Children as André Pinget

2011

You Will Be My Son as Paul de Marseul
War Horse as Grandfather

2010

The Big Picture as Bartholomé
Sarah's Key as Jules Dufaure
Small World as Thomas Senn
Behind Bars as Self

2009

A Prophet as César Luciani
Farewell as Vallier

2007

The Candidate as Georges

2006

Fragments of Antonin as le professeur Lantier

2005

2002

A Private Affair as Le père de Rachel

2000

Lulu Kreutz's Picnic as Jascha Steg

1998

Rewind as Fabrice Rivail

1995

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

Ville étrangère as Gregor Keuschnig
La Ruelle au clair de lune as Professeur Hans Klemm

1987

La Rumba as Detaix
Lorfou as Angelo
Doux amer as Jean
Charlie Dingo as William

1985

Diesel as Nelson
Among Wolves as Mike

1984

1982

One Man's War as Narrator
La Cerisaie as Lopakhine

1981

Alone as Jean

1980

Bruges la Morte as Hugues Viane
La Femme flic as Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC

1979

1978

The Song of Roland as Le commerçant / Oton

1977

Tauwetter as Jean-Luc

1976

The Big Night as Léon
Lumière as Nano
A Second Chance as Henri Lanot

1974

Je Tu Il Elle as Truck Driver
Stavisky... as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski

1972

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Directing

2007

The Candidate as Director

Writing

2008

Le Temps des cerises as Theatre Play

2007

The Candidate as Writer