Niels Arestrup
Acting
Born 1949-02-08
Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Biography
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
Popular credits
War Horse
Grandfather
A Prophet
César Luciani
At Eternity's Gate
Madman
See You Up There
Marcel Péricourt
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roussin
Sarah's Key
Jules Dufaure
By the Sea
Michel
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Robert Seyr
The French Minister
Claude Maupas
Diplomacy
General Dietrich von Choltitz
The Big Picture
Bartholomé
Farewell
Vallier
Stavisky...
Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
Je Tu Il Elle
Truck Driver
Black Butterflies
Albert Desiderio
Our Children
André Pinget
96 heures
Victor Kancel
Divertimento
Sergiu Celibidache
Baron Noir
Francis Laugier
Villa Caprice
Luc Germon