Niels Arestrup
Actor · Director · Theatre Play · Writer
Born Feb 8, 1949 · Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Active 1974–2024 · Awards: Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the National Order of Merit, Molière Award for Best Actor, César Award for Best Supporting Actor, César Award for Best Supporting Actor, César Award for Best Supporting Actor
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…
Filmography
War Horse (2011) — GrandfatherSee You Up There (2017) — Marcel PéricourtA Prophet (2009) — César LucianiThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) — RoussinAt Eternity's Gate (2018) — MadmanSarah's Key (2010) — Jules DufaureThe Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) — Robert SeyrDiplomacy (2014) — General Dietrich von CholtitzBy the Sea (2015) — MichelThe French Minister (2013) — Claude MaupasThe Big Picture (2010) — BartholoméFarewell (2009) — VallierBaron Noir (2016) — Francis LaugierJe Tu Il Elle (1974) — Truck DriverBlack Butterflies (2022) — Albert DesiderioDivertimento (2023) — Sergiu CelibidacheOur Children (2012) — André PingetStavisky... (1974) — Rudolph, le secrétaire de TrotskiYou Will Be My Son (2011) — Paul de MarseulSmall World (2010) — Thomas SennBruges la Morte (1980) — Hugues VianeVille étrangère (1988) — Gregor KeuschnigLes Derniers Jours de la victime (1995) — MendizábalTauwetter (1977) — Jean-Luc