Niels Arestrup
Acting

Niels Arestrup

Born 8 February 1949 · Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France · Died 1 December 2024

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

War Horse
A Prophet
At Eternity's Gate
See You Up There
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Sarah's Key
By the Sea
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The French Minister
Diplomacy
The Big Picture
Farewell
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024
Divertimento
Villa Caprice
At Eternity's Gate
Return to Montauk
See You Up There
By the Sea
So Long Africa
Diplomacy
96 heures
The Dune
The French Minister
Our Children
You Will Be My Son
War Horse
The Big Picture
Sarah's Key
Small World
A Prophet
Farewell
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Candidate
Fragments of Antonin
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
A Private Affair
Speak to Me of Love
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre
Rewind
Les Derniers Jours de la victime
Délit mineur
Albert Savarus
La Femme abandonnée
Meeting Venus
Manon Roland
Barbablù, Barbablù
Ville étrangère
La Rumba
Lorfou
Doux amer
Charlie Dingo
Diesel
Sincerely Charlotte
Among Wolves
The Future Is Woman
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
One Man's War
La Cerisaie
Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff
La Danse de mort
Alone
La Femme flic
Memoirs of a French Whore
The Song of Roland
lulu
Plus ça va, moins ça va
The Big Night
Lumière
Tomorrow's Children
A Second Chance
Je Tu Il Elle
Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men
Stavisky...
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