Niels Arestrup

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Niels Arestrup

Acting February 8, 1949

Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France

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 ba…

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War Horse

War Horse

7.3 2011 Movie
A Prophet

A Prophet

7.6 2009 Movie
At Eternity's Gate

At Eternity's Gate

7.0 2018 Movie
See You Up There

See You Up There

7.8 2017 Movie
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

7.6 2007 Movie
Sarah's Key

Sarah's Key

7.3 2010 Movie
By the Sea

By the Sea

5.5 2015 Movie
The Beat That My Heart Skipped

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

6.9 2005 Movie
Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

6.8 1982 TV Show
The French Minister

The French Minister

6.0 2013 Movie
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

7.0 2014 Movie
Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

8.0 1972 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024

    Movie Niels Arestrup

  2. 2023
    Divertimento

    Movie Sergiu Celibidache

  3. 2022
    Black Butterflies

    TV show Albert Desiderio

  4. 2021
    Villa Caprice

    Movie Luc Germon

  5. 2021
    Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur

    Movie Self - Interviewee

  6. 2018
    At Eternity's Gate

    Movie Madman

  7. 2017
    See You Up There

    Movie Marcel Péricourt

  8. 2017
    Return to Montauk

    Movie Walter

  9. 2016
    Baron Noir

    TV show Francis Laugier

  10. 2015
    By the Sea

    Movie Michel

  11. 2015
    Capitaine Marleau

    TV show Hervé Gerfaut

  12. 2015
    So Long Africa

    Movie Jacques

  13. 2014
    The Dune

    Movie Ruben

  14. 2014
    96 heures

    Movie Victor Kancel

  15. 2014
    Diplomacy

    Movie General Dietrich von Choltitz

  16. 2013
    The French Minister

    Movie Claude Maupas

More credits
  1. 2012
    Our Children

    Movie André Pinget

  2. 2011
    War Horse

    Movie Grandfather

  3. 2011
    You Will Be My Son

    Movie Paul de Marseul

  4. 2010
    Small World

    Movie Thomas Senn

  5. 2010
    The Big Picture

    Movie Bartholomé

  6. 2010
    Sarah's Key

    Movie Jules Dufaure

  7. 2010
    Behind Bars

    Movie Self

  8. 2009
    Farewell

    Movie Vallier

  9. 2009
    A Prophet

    Movie César Luciani

  10. 2008
    Le Temps des cerises

    Movie Theatre Play

  11. 2007
    The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

    Movie Roussin

  12. 2007
    The Candidate

    Movie Georges

  13. 2006
    Fragments of Antonin

    Movie le professeur Lantier

  14. 2005
    The Beat That My Heart Skipped

    Movie Robert Seyr

  15. 2002
    Speak to Me of Love

    Movie Richard

  16. 2002
    A Private Affair

    Movie Le père de Rachel

  17. 2002
    Brook by Brook

    Movie Self

  18. 2000
    Lulu Kreutz's Picnic

    Movie Jascha Steg

  19. 2000
    Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre

    Movie Fernando Krapp

  20. 1998
    Rewind

    Movie Fabrice Rivail

  21. 1995
    Les Derniers Jours de la victime

    Movie Mendizábal

  22. 1994
    Délit mineur

    Movie Claude

  23. 1993
    Albert Savarus

    Movie Albert Savarus

  24. 1992
    La Femme abandonnée

    Movie Oskar de Wilno