Niels Schneider (born 18 June 1987) is a Franco-Canadian actor. He gained early recognition for his roles in Xavier Dolan's acclaimed films I Killed My Mother (2009) and Heartbeats (2010), which earned him the Trophée Chopard for Male Revelation of the Year at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2013, he starred in Yann Gonzalez's provocative surreal film You and the Night.
Schneider's performance in Dark Inclusion (2016) earned him the César Award for Most Promising Actor in 2017.
He also starred in Of Money and Blood (2023) and appeared in Woody Allen's Coup de Chance (2023).
Spirit of Ecstasy
Augustin
2023
Coup de Chance
Alain Aubert
2023
Before We Collapse
Tristan
2023
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Jésus
2023
South Sentinel
Christian Lafayette
2022
Icarus
Thésée
2022
Dalida
Jean Sobieski
2017
Polina
Adrien
2016
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Self
2016
Dark Diamond
Pier
2016
Kokoro
Nathan
2016
The Art Dealer
Klaus
2015
Gemma Bovery
Hervé de Bressigny
2014
Voice Over
Antoine
2014
Quantum Love
Hugo
2014
Collisions
Henri
2014
Métamorphoses
The Disenchanted / The Monster
2014
Opium
Maurice Sachs
2013
You and the Night
Matthias
2013
Chaos
Thibaut
2012
Atomic Age
Theo
2012
Another World
Louis
2011
Heartbeats
Nicolas
2010
I Killed My Mother
Eric
2009
Everything Is Fine
Sacha
2008
De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre
Général Leclerc
De Gaulle – Partie 2
Général Leclerc
Cœur de Pirate: Adieu
Cardiocleptomania
Miao Shan and the Minotaur
Magician
2012
2 Frogs in the West
Max
2010
Fatal
Lawyer in the car
2010
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
Sacha (soldat)
2009
Le petit oiseau va sortir
Soldier
2006
The Perfect Boyfriend
Haunted Minds
Skender
2025
Badh
2025
The World Doesn’t Exist
Adam · (4 episodes)
2024
Of Money and Blood
Jérôme Attias · (12 episodes)
2023
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2023
Beau geste
Self · (2 episodes)
2023
Totems
Francis Mareuil · (8 episodes)
2022
Futura
Louis
2021
Suzanna Andler
Michel
2021
Altered Innocence Vol. 1
The Cheating Boyfriend
2021
We're Live
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Love Affair(s)
Maxime
2020
Back Home
Thomas
2020
Sympathy for the Devil
Paul
2019
A Brother’s Love
Alex
2019
Sibyl
Gabriel
2019
Curiosa
Pierre Louÿs
2019
Bad Poems
Henri
2018
Ad Vitam
Virgil Berti - Alias Caron · (6 episodes)
2018
An Impossible Love
Philippe
2018
The Black Book
Marquis Lusault
2018
One Nation, One King
Saint-Just
2018
Phratry
2018
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
Jean
2018
Paris etc.
Léo · (12 episodes)
2017
Sleeping Beauty
Le prince Egon de Létonia
2017
Les vacances continuent
2015
Odysseus
Telemaco · (12 episodes)
2013
The Raptures
Etienne
2012
Clash
Raphaël · (6 episodes)
2012
Val d'or
Théo
2011
The Howling: Reborn
Roland
2011
Taking the Plunge 2
Anna's Brother
2009
The Taste of Nothingness
Ami de Julien
2007
The Unknown
Si tu penses bien
The Man from Snowy River
Delivery Man · (1 episode)
1994