Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

Known for
Acting
Born
February 8, 1949
Died
December 1, 2024 (aged 75)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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Tiens ferme ta couronne

Tiens ferme ta couronne

Movie

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

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024

Movie · as Niels Arestrup

2023
Divertimento poster

Divertimento

Movie · as Sergiu Celibidache

2022
Black Butterflies poster

Black Butterflies

TV · as Albert Desiderio · 6 eps

2021
Villa Caprice poster

Villa Caprice

Movie · as Luc Germon

2021
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur poster

Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2018
At Eternity's Gate poster

At Eternity's Gate

Movie · as Madman

2017
Return to Montauk poster

Return to Montauk

Movie · as Walter

2017
See You Up There poster

See You Up There

Movie · as Marcel Péricourt

2016
Baron Noir poster

Baron Noir

TV · as Francis Laugier · 8 eps

2015
By the Sea poster

By the Sea

Movie · as Michel

2015
So Long Africa poster

So Long Africa

Movie · as Jacques

2015
Capitaine Marleau poster

Capitaine Marleau

TV · as Hervé Gerfaut · 1 ep

2014
Diplomacy poster

Diplomacy

Movie · as General Dietrich von Choltitz

2014
96 heures poster

96 heures

Movie · as Victor Kancel

2014
The Dune poster

The Dune

Movie · as Ruben

2013
The French Minister poster

The French Minister

Movie · as Claude Maupas

2012
Our Children poster

Our Children

Movie · as André Pinget

2011
You Will Be My Son poster

You Will Be My Son

Movie · as Paul de Marseul

2011
War Horse poster

War Horse

Movie · as Grandfather

2010
The Big Picture poster

The Big Picture

Movie · as Bartholomé

2010
Sarah's Key poster

Sarah's Key

Movie · as Jules Dufaure

2010
Small World poster

Small World

Movie · as Thomas Senn

2010
Behind Bars

Behind Bars

Movie · as Self

2009
A Prophet poster

A Prophet

Movie · as César Luciani

2009
Farewell poster

Farewell

Movie · as Vallier

2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly poster

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Movie · as Roussin

2007
The Candidate poster

The Candidate

Movie · as Georges

2006
Fragments of Antonin poster

Fragments of Antonin

Movie · as le professeur Lantier

2005
The Beat That My Heart Skipped poster

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Movie · as Robert Seyr

2002
A Private Affair poster

A Private Affair

Movie · as Le père de Rachel

2002
Speak to Me of Love poster

Speak to Me of Love

Movie · as Richard

2002
Brook by Brook poster

Brook by Brook

Movie · as Self

2000
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic poster

Lulu Kreutz's Picnic

Movie · as Jascha Steg

2000
Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre poster

Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre

Movie · as Fernando Krapp

1998
Rewind poster

Rewind

Movie · as Fabrice Rivail

1995
Les Derniers Jours de la victime poster

Les Derniers Jours de la victime

Movie · as Mendizábal

1994
Délit mineur poster

Délit mineur

Movie · as Claude

1993
Albert Savarus poster

Albert Savarus

Movie · as Albert Savarus

1992
La Femme abandonnée poster

La Femme abandonnée

Movie · as Oskar de Wilno

1991
Meeting Venus poster

Meeting Venus

Movie · as Zoltan Szanto

1989
Manon Roland poster

Manon Roland

Movie · as Danton

1989
Barbablù, Barbablù poster

Barbablù, Barbablù

Movie · as Gastone

1988
Ville étrangère poster

Ville étrangère

Movie · as Gregor Keuschnig

1988
La Ruelle au clair de lune

La Ruelle au clair de lune

Movie · as Professeur Hans Klemm

1987
La Rumba poster

La Rumba

Movie · as Detaix

1987
Lorfou poster

Lorfou

Movie · as Angelo

1987
Doux amer poster

Doux amer

Movie · as Jean

1987
Charlie Dingo poster

Charlie Dingo

Movie · as William

1985
Diesel poster

Diesel

Movie · as Nelson

1985
Sincerely Charlotte poster

Sincerely Charlotte

Movie · as Mathieu

1985
Among Wolves poster

Among Wolves

Movie · as Mike

1984
The Future Is Woman poster

The Future Is Woman

Movie · as Gordon

1982
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan poster

The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan

Movie · as Rastignac

1982
One Man's War poster

One Man's War

Movie · as Narrator

1982
La Cerisaie poster

La Cerisaie

Movie · as Lopakhine

1982
Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff poster

Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff

Movie · as Stan Pilgrim

1982
La Danse de mort poster

La Danse de mort

Movie · as Kurt

1982
Champs-Elysées poster

Champs-Elysées

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Alone poster

Alone

Movie · as Jean

1980
Bruges la Morte

Bruges la Morte

Movie · as Hugues Viane

1980
La Femme flic poster

La Femme flic

Movie · as Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC

1979
Memoirs of a French Whore poster

Memoirs of a French Whore

Movie · as André

1979
Le Tourbillon des jours poster

Le Tourbillon des jours

TV · as Germain · 6 eps

1978
The Song of Roland poster

The Song of Roland

Movie · as Le commerçant / Oton

1978
lulu poster

lulu

Movie · as Schwarz

1977
Plus ça va, moins ça va poster

Plus ça va, moins ça va

Movie · as Vincent

1977
The Sorceror's Apprentice

The Sorceror's Apprentice

Movie · as Danton

1977
Tauwetter

Tauwetter

Movie · as Jean-Luc

1976
The Big Night poster

The Big Night

Movie · as Léon

1976
Lumière poster

Lumière

Movie · as Nano

1976
Tomorrow's Children poster

Tomorrow's Children

Movie · as Philippe

1976
A Second Chance poster

A Second Chance

Movie · as Henri Lanot

1974
Je Tu Il Elle poster

Je Tu Il Elle

Movie · as Truck Driver

1974
Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men poster

Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men

Movie · as Yves

1974
Stavisky... poster

Stavisky...

Movie · as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski

1974
La dernière carte

La dernière carte

Movie · as Wilhelm Kasda

1972
Le Grand Échiquier poster

Le Grand Échiquier

TV · as Self · 1 ep