
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