ACTOR
Niels Arestrup
Known for War Horse · Je Tu Il Elle · Capitaine Marleau
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.
Snapshot 2026-10-16
- Born
- Feb 8, 1949
- Died
- Dec 1, 2024
- Birthplace
- Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
- Known For
- Acting
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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Known For
Filmography
Movies
Je Tu Il ElleTruck Driver
1974LD
La dernière carteWilhelm Kasda
1974
Miss O'Gynie and the Flower MenYves
1974
Stavisky...Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
1974
A Second ChanceHenri Lanot
1976
LumièreNano
1976
The Big NightLéon
1976
Tomorrow's ChildrenPhilippe
1976
Plus ça va, moins ça vaVincent
1977T
TauwetterJean-Luc
1977TS
The Sorceror's ApprenticeDanton
1977
The Song of RolandLe commerçant / Oton
1978
Memoirs of a French WhoreAndré
1979BL
Bruges la MorteHugues Viane
1980
La Femme flicDominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
1980
AloneJean
1981
La CerisaieLopakhine
1982
La Danse de mortKurt
1982
Le Retour d'Elisabeth WolffStan Pilgrim
1982
One Man's WarNarrator
1982
The Secrets of the Princesse de CadignanRastignac
1982
The Future Is WomanGordon
1984
Among WolvesMike
1985
DieselNelson
1985
Sincerely CharlotteMathieu
1985
Charlie DingoWilliam
1987
Doux amerJean
1987
La RumbaDetaix
1987
LorfouAngelo
1987LR
La Ruelle au clair de luneProfesseur Hans Klemm
1988
Ville étrangèreGregor Keuschnig
1988
Barbablù, BarbablùGastone
1989
Manon RolandDanton
1989
Meeting VenusZoltan Szanto
1991
La Femme abandonnéeOskar de Wilno
1992
Albert SavarusAlbert Savarus
1993
Délit mineurClaude
1994
Les Derniers Jours de la victimeMendizábal
1995
RewindFabrice Rivail
1998
Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettreFernando Krapp
2000
Lulu Kreutz's PicnicJascha Steg
2000
A Private AffairLe père de Rachel
2002
Brook by BrookSelf
2002
Speak to Me of LoveRichard
2002
The Beat That My Heart SkippedRobert Seyr
2005
Fragments of Antoninle professeur Lantier
2006
The CandidateGeorges
2007The CandidateDirector
2007The CandidateWriter
2007
The Diving Bell and the ButterflyRoussin
2007
Le Temps des cerisesTheatre Play
2008
A ProphetCésar Luciani
2009
FarewellVallier
2009BB
Behind BarsSelf
2010
Sarah's KeyJules Dufaure
2010
Small WorldThomas Senn
2010
The Big PictureBartholomé
2010
War HorseGrandfather
2011
You Will Be My SonPaul de Marseul
2011
Our ChildrenAndré Pinget
2012
The French MinisterClaude Maupas
2013
96 heuresVictor Kancel
2014
DiplomacyGeneral Dietrich von Choltitz
2014
The DuneRuben
2014
By the SeaMichel
2015
So Long AfricaJacques
2015
Return to MontaukWalter
2017
See You Up ThereMarcel Péricourt
2017
At Eternity's GateMadman
2018
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœurSelf - Interviewee
2021
Villa CapriceLuc Germon
2021
DivertimentoSergiu Celibidache
2023
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024Niels Arestrup
2024TF
Tiens ferme ta couronne
Television
Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf · 1 eps
1972
Le Tourbillon des joursGermain · 6 eps
1979
Champs-ElyséesSelf · 1 eps
1982
Capitaine MarleauHervé Gerfaut · 1 eps
2015
Baron NoirFrancis Laugier · 8 eps
2016
Black ButterfliesAlbert Desiderio · 6 eps
2022Photos
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