Niels Arestrup
Born
February 8, 1949
Died
December 1, 2024 (75 years old)
Known For
Acting
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.
Known For

Divertimento
Sergiu Celibidache
2023

The Dune
Ruben
2014

96 heures
Victor Kancel
2014

Diplomacy
General Dietrich von Choltitz
2014

The French Minister
Claude Maupas
2013

Our Children
André Pinget
2012

You Will Be My Son
Paul de Marseul
2011

Small World
Thomas Senn
2010

The Big Picture
Bartholomé
2010

Sarah's Key
Jules Dufaure
2010

Farewell
Vallier
2009

A Prophet
César Luciani
2009

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roussin
2007

The Candidate
Georges
2007

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Robert Seyr
2005

Parlez-moi d'amour
Richard
2002

A Private Affair
Le père de Rachel
2002

Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
Jascha Steg
2000

Rewind
Fabrice Rivail
1998

Meeting Venus
Zoltan Szanto
1991

Doux amer
Jean
1987

Lorfou
Angelo
1987

La Rumba
Detaix
1987

Among Wolves
Mike
1985

Diesel
Nelson
1985

Sincerely Charlotte
Mathieu
1985

The Future Is Woman
Gordon
1984

One Man's War
Narrator
1982

The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
Rastignac
1982

La Cerisaie
Lopakhine
1982

Memoirs of a French Whore
André
1979

Plus ça va, moins ça va
Vincent
1977

The Big Night
Léon
1976

Tomorrow's Children
Philippe
1976

Lumière
Nano
1976

Je Tu Il Elle
Truck Driver
1974
Tiens ferme ta couronne

Black Butterflies
Albert Desiderio · (6 episodes)
2022

Villa Caprice
Luc Germon
2021

Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
Self - Interviewee
2021

At Eternity's Gate
Madman
2018

See You Up There
Marcel Péricourt
2017

Return to Montauk
Walter
2017

Baron Noir
Francis Laugier · (8 episodes)
2016

By the Sea
Michel
2015

Capitaine Marleau
Hervé Gerfaut · (1 episode)
2015

So Long Africa
Jacques
2015

War Horse
Grandfather
2011
Behind Bars
Self
2010

Fragments of Antonin
le professeur Lantier
2006

Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre
Fernando Krapp
2000

Les Derniers Jours de la victime
Mendizábal
1995

Délit mineur
Claude
1994

Albert Savarus
Albert Savarus
1993

La Femme abandonnée
Oskar de Wilno
1992

Manon Roland
Danton
1989

Barbablù, Barbablù
Gastone
1989
La Ruelle au clair de lune
Professeur Hans Klemm
1988

Ville étrangère
Gregor Keuschnig
1988

Charlie Dingo
William
1987

Champs-Elysées
Self · (1 episode)
1982

Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff
Stan Pilgrim
1982

La danse de mort
Kurt
1982

Alone
Jean
1981
Bruges la Morte
Hugues Viane
1980

La Femme flic
Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
1980

Le Tourbillon des jours
Germain · (6 episodes)
1979

The Song of Roland
Le commerçant / Oton
1978
Tauwetter
Jean-Luc
1977
The Sorceror's Apprentice
Danton
1977

A Second Chance
Henri Lanot
1976

Stavisky...
Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
1974

Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men
Yves
1974

Le Grand Échiquier
Self · (1 episode)
1972