Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1949-02-08
- Day of Death2024-12-01 (75 years)
- Place of BirthMontreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
- Also Known As-
Niels Arestrup
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.
Acting Career
- 2023
Divertimento
As: Sergiu Celibidache
- 2022
Black Butterflies
As: Albert Desiderio
- 2021
Villa Caprice
As: Luc Germon
- 2018
At Eternity's Gate
As: Madman
- 2017
See You Up There
As: Marcel Péricourt
- 2017
Return to Montauk
As: Walter
- 2016
Baron Noir
As: Francis Laugier
- 2015
By the Sea
As: Michel
2015Capitaine Marleau
As: Hervé Gerfaut
2015So Long Africa
As: Jacques
2014The Dune
As: Ruben
201496 heures
As: Victor Kancel
2014Diplomacy
As: General Dietrich von Choltitz
2013The French Minister
As: Claude Maupas
2012Our Children
As: André Pinget
- 2011
War Horse
As: Grandfather
2011You Will Be My Son
As: Paul de Marseul
2010Small World
As: Thomas Senn
2010The Big Picture
As: Bartholomé
2010Sarah's Key
As: Jules Dufaure
2009Farewell
As: Vallier
- 2009
A Prophet
As: César Luciani
- 2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
As: Roussin
2007The Candidate
As: Georges
2006Fragments of Antonin
As: le professeur Lantier
2005The Beat That My Heart Skipped
As: Robert Seyr
2002Parlez-moi d'amour
As: Richard
2002A Private Affair
As: Le père de Rachel
2000Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
As: Jascha Steg
2000Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre
As: Fernando Krapp
1998Rewind
As: Fabrice Rivail
1995Les Derniers Jours de la victime
As: Mendizábal
1994Délit mineur
As: Claude
1993Albert Savarus
As: Albert Savarus
1992La Femme abandonnée
As: Oskar de Wilno
1991Meeting Venus
As: Zoltan Szanto
1989Manon Roland
As: Danton
1989Barbablù, Barbablù
As: Gastone
1988Ville étrangère
As: Gregor Keuschnig
1987Doux amer
As: Jean
1987Charlie Dingo
As: William
1987Lorfou
As: Angelo
1987La Rumba
As: Detaix
1985Among Wolves
As: Mike
1985Diesel
As: Nelson
1985Sincerely Charlotte
As: Mathieu
1984The Future Is Woman
As: Gordon
1982One Man's War
As: Narrator
1982The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
As: Rastignac
1982La Cerisaie
As: Lopakhine
1982Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff
As: Stan Pilgrim
1982La danse de mort
As: Kurt
1981Alone
As: Jean
1980La Femme flic
As: Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
1979Memoirs of a French Whore
As: André
1979Le Tourbillon des jours
As: Germain
1978The Song of Roland
As: Le commerçant / Oton
1977Plus ça va, moins ça va
As: Vincent
1976The Big Night
As: Léon
1976A Second Chance
As: Henri Lanot
1976Tomorrow's Children
As: Philippe
1976Lumière
As: Nano
1974Je Tu Il Elle
As: Truck Driver
1974Stavisky...
As: Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
1974Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men
As: Yves