Niels Schneider

Niels Schneider

Known for
Acting
Born
June 18, 1987 (age 39)
Birthplace
Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Biography

Niels Schneider (born June 18, 1987) is a French-Canadian actor. He had his breakthrough role in Xavier Dolan's film I Killed My Mother (2009), and gained international recognition in Dolan's Heartbeats (2010). In 2011, he won the Trophée Chopard Award for Male Revelation of the Year at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2017, he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in Dark Inclusion (2016). In 2019, he was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. He has been living and working based in Paris for most of his career.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Perfect Boyfriend

The Perfect Boyfriend

Movie

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Au nom du père

Au nom du père

Movie

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Spiritual World

Spiritual World

Movie

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TV · as Gabriel Roche · 1 ep

2026
De Gaulle: Résistance poster

De Gaulle: Résistance

Movie · as Général Leclerc

2026
De Gaulle: Liberté poster

De Gaulle: Liberté

Movie · as Général Leclerc

2026
The Unknown poster

The Unknown

Movie · as David Zimmerman / Malia

2026
Think Good poster

Think Good

Movie · as Jacques

2026
Tout simplement fan poster

Tout simplement fan

TV · as Niels Schneider · 2 eps

2025
Haunted Minds poster

Haunted Minds

Movie · as Skender

2025
Agent Zero poster

Agent Zero

Movie · as Alex

2024
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 poster

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024

Movie · as Niels Schneider

2024
The World Doesn’t Exist poster

The World Doesn’t Exist

TV · as Adam · 4 eps

2023
Before We Collapse poster

Before We Collapse

Movie · as Tristan

2023
Apaches: Gang of Paris poster

Apaches: Gang of Paris

Movie · as Jésus

2023
Spirit of Ecstasy poster

Spirit of Ecstasy

Movie · as Augustin

2023
Coup de chance poster

Coup de chance

Movie · as Alain Aubert

2023
Beau geste poster

Beau geste

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2023
Of Money and Blood poster

Of Money and Blood

TV · as Jérôme Attias · 12 eps

2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma poster

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
South Sentinel poster

South Sentinel

Movie · as Christian Lafayette

2022
Icarus poster

Icarus

Movie · as Thésée (voice)

2022
Totems poster

Totems

TV · as Francis Mareuil · 8 eps

2021
Futura poster

Futura

Movie · as Louis

2021
Suzanna Andler poster

Suzanna Andler

Movie · as Michel

2021
Altered Innocence Vol. 1 poster

Altered Innocence Vol. 1

Movie · as The Cheating Boyfriend

2021
O Livro Negro do Padre Dinis poster

O Livro Negro do Padre Dinis

TV · as Marquis Lusault · 4 eps

2020
Back Home poster

Back Home

Movie · as Thomas

2020
Love Affair(s) poster

Love Affair(s)

Movie · as Maxime

2020
We're Live poster

We're Live

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Curiosa poster

Curiosa

Movie · as Pierre Louÿs

2019
Sibyl poster

Sibyl

Movie · as Gabriel

2019
A Brother’s Love poster

A Brother’s Love

Movie · as Alex

2019
Sympathy for the Devil poster

Sympathy for the Devil

Movie · as Paul

2018
An Impossible Love poster

An Impossible Love

Movie · as Philippe

2018
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World poster

The Most Assassinated Woman in the World

Movie · as Jean

2018
One Nation, One King poster

One Nation, One King

Movie · as Saint-Just

2018
The Black Book poster

The Black Book

Movie · as Marquis Lusault

2018
Bad Poems poster

Bad Poems

Movie · as Henri

2018
Phratry poster

Phratry

Movie

2018
Ad Vitam poster

Ad Vitam

TV · as Virgil Berti - Alias Caron · 6 eps

2017
Dalida poster

Dalida

Movie · as Jean Sobieski

2017
Sleeping Beauty poster

Sleeping Beauty

Movie · as Le prince Egon de Létonia

2017
Paris etc. poster

Paris etc.

TV · as Léo · 12 eps

2017
Dans les médias poster

Dans les médias

TV · 1 ep

2016
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible poster

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

Movie · as Self

2016
Dark Diamond poster

Dark Diamond

Movie · as Pier Ulmann

2016
Kokoro poster

Kokoro

Movie · as Nathan

2016
Polina poster

Polina

Movie · as Adrien

2016
Quotidien poster

Quotidien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
The Art Dealer poster

The Art Dealer

Movie · as Klaus

2014
Collisions poster

Collisions

Movie · as Henri

2014
Gemma Bovery poster

Gemma Bovery

Movie · as Hervé de Bressigny

2014
Voice Over poster

Voice Over

Movie · as Antoine

2014
Quantum Love poster

Quantum Love

Movie · as Hugo

2014
Métamorphoses poster

Métamorphoses

Movie · as The Disenchanted / The Monster

2013
You and the Night poster

You and the Night

Movie · as Matthias

2013
Opium poster

Opium

Movie · as Maurice Sachs

2013
Odysseus poster

Odysseus

TV · as Telemaco · 12 eps

2012
Atomic Age poster

Atomic Age

Movie · as Theo

2012
Chaos poster

Chaos

Movie · as Thibaut

2012
Miao Shan and the Minotaur poster

Miao Shan and the Minotaur

Movie · as Magician

2012
The Raptures poster

The Raptures

Movie · as Etienne

2012
Clash poster

Clash

TV · as Raphaël · 6 eps

2011
Another World poster

Another World

Movie · as Louis

2011
The Howling: Reborn poster

The Howling: Reborn

Movie · as Roland

2011
Val d'or poster

Val d'or

Movie · as Théo

2010
Heartbeats poster

Heartbeats

Movie · as Nicolas

2010
2 Frogs in the West poster

2 Frogs in the West

Movie · as Max

2010
Fatal poster

Fatal

Movie · as Lawyer in the car

2009
I Killed My Mother poster

I Killed My Mother

Movie · as Eric

2009
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees poster

Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees

Movie · as Sacha (soldat)

2009
Taking the Plunge 2 poster

Taking the Plunge 2

Movie · as Anna's Brother

2009
C à vous poster

C à vous

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Everything Is Fine poster

Everything Is Fine

Movie · as Sacha

2007
The Taste of Nothingness poster

The Taste of Nothingness

Movie · as Ami de Julien

2006
Le petit oiseau va sortir poster

Le petit oiseau va sortir

Movie · as Soldier

1994
The Man from Snowy River poster

The Man from Snowy River

TV · as Delivery Man · 1 ep