Niels Arestrup
Known for Acting
Born February 8, 1949
Died December 1, 2024
Place of Birth 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 battre mon cœur s'est arrêté and Un prophète, both films where he was directed by Jacques Audiard.
Filmography
War Horse
2011
as Grandfather
At Eternity's Gate
2018
as Madman
A Prophet
2009
as César Luciani
By the Sea
2015
as Michel
See You Up There
2017
as Marcel Péricourt
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
as Roussin
Stavisky...
1974
as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
Farewell
2009
as Vallier
Sarah's Key
2010
as Jules Dufaure
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005
as Robert Seyr
Memoirs of a French Whore
1979
as André
The French Minister
2013
as Claude Maupas
You Will Be My Son
2011
as Paul de Marseul
96 heures
2014
as Victor Kancel
Je Tu Il Elle
1974
as Truck Driver
Diplomacy
2014
as General Dietrich von Choltitz
Villa Caprice
2021
as Luc Germon
Divertimento
2023
as Sergiu Celibidache
The Dune
2014
as Ruben
Meeting Venus
1991
as Zoltan Szanto
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