Niels Arestrup

1949-02-08 – 2024-12-01 (age 75) Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France

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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.

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Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

Known For

War Horse

War Horse

2011

as Grandfather

At Eternity's Gate

At Eternity's Gate

2018

as Madman

A Prophet

A Prophet

2009

as César Luciani

By the Sea

By the Sea

2015

as Michel

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2007

as Roussin

See You Up There

See You Up There

2017

as Marcel Péricourt

Sarah's Key

Sarah's Key

2010

as Jules Dufaure

So Long Africa

So Long Africa

2015

as Jacques

Diplomacy

Diplomacy

2014

as General Dietrich von Choltitz

Brook by Brook

Brook by Brook

2002

as Self

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

2005

as Robert Seyr

Stavisky...

Stavisky...

1974

as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski

Farewell

Farewell

2009

as Vallier

Memoirs of a French Whore

Memoirs of a French Whore

1979

as André

Return to Montauk

Return to Montauk

2017

as Walter

Je Tu Il Elle

Je Tu Il Elle

1974

as Truck Driver

Small World

Small World

2010

as Thomas Senn

Sincerely Charlotte

Sincerely Charlotte

1985

as Mathieu

The French Minister

The French Minister

2013

as Claude Maupas

96 heures

96 heures

2014

as Victor Kancel