Niels Arestrup
Known For
Acting
Born
1949-02-08 in Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Died
2024-12-01
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.
Most Known For
Champs-Elysées
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
Capitaine Marleau
as Hervé Gerfaut
War Horse
as Grandfather
Baron Noir
as Francis Laugier
96 heures
as Victor Kancel
Stavisky...
as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
Diplomacy
as General Dietrich von Choltitz
A Prophet
as César Luciani
At Eternity's Gate
as Madman
Sincerely Charlotte
as Mathieu
Black Butterflies
as Albert Desiderio
See You Up There
as Marcel Péricourt
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Roussin
Sarah's Key
as Jules Dufaure
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
as Robert Seyr
By the Sea
as Michel
Diesel
as Nelson
Doux amer
as Jean
Divertimento
as Sergiu Celibidache