Niels Arestrup

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

February 8, 1949

died

December 1, 2024

place of birth

Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France

total credits

50 movies

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

50 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

War Horse
7.3

War Horse

2011as Grandfather
At Eternity's Gate
7.0

At Eternity's Gate

2018as Madman
A Prophet
7.6

A Prophet

2009as César Luciani
By the Sea
5.5

By the Sea

2015as Michel
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
7.6

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2007as Roussin
Sarah's Key
7.3

Sarah's Key

2010as Jules Dufaure
See You Up There
7.8

See You Up There

2017as Marcel Péricourt
Memoirs of a French Whore
6.2

Memoirs of a French Whore

1979as André
The Dune
5.5

The Dune

2014as Ruben
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
6.9

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

2005as Robert Seyr
Farewell
6.5

Farewell

2009as Vallier
Return to Montauk
5.6

Return to Montauk

2017as Walter
Stavisky...
5.9

Stavisky...

1974as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
The French Minister
6.0

The French Minister

2013as Claude Maupas
A Private Affair
5.6

A Private Affair

2002as Le père de Rachel
Je Tu Il Elle
6.5

Je Tu Il Elle

1974as Truck Driver
Divertimento
7.0

Divertimento

2023as Sergiu Celibidache
Meeting Venus
5.9

Meeting Venus

1991as Zoltan Szanto
The Song of Roland
5.5

The Song of Roland

1978as Le commerçant / Oton
Diplomacy
7.0

Diplomacy

2014as General Dietrich von Choltitz
La Rumba
5.3

La Rumba

1987as Detaix
A Second Chance
6.3

A Second Chance

1976as Henri Lanot
Fragments of Antonin
6.6

Fragments of Antonin

2006as le professeur Lantier
The Future Is Woman
5.6

The Future Is Woman

1984as Gordon
The Candidate
5.4

The Candidate

2007as Georges
Lumière
6.8

Lumière

1976as Nano
The Big Picture
6.3

The Big Picture

2010as Bartholomé
You Will Be My Son
6.2

You Will Be My Son

2011as Paul de Marseul
La Femme flic
5.9

La Femme flic

1980as Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
Villa Caprice
5.5

Villa Caprice

2021as Luc Germon
Our Children
6.8

Our Children

2012as André Pinget
Sincerely Charlotte
3.8

Sincerely Charlotte

1985as Mathieu
Speak to Me of Love
6.5

Speak to Me of Love

2002as Richard
96 heures
5.4

96 heures

2014as Victor Kancel
Small World
6.3

Small World

2010as Thomas Senn
Tomorrow's Children
6.0

Tomorrow's Children

1976as Philippe
Among Wolves
4.4

Among Wolves

1985as Mike
Albert Savarus
7.0

Albert Savarus

1993as Albert Savarus
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
9.0

The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan

1982as Rastignac
Doux amer
9.0

Doux amer

1987as Jean
Manon Roland
7.0

Manon Roland

1989as Danton
So Long Africa
5.5

So Long Africa

2015as Jacques
Rewind
4.0

Rewind

1998as Fabrice Rivail
La Femme abandonnée
5.5

La Femme abandonnée

1992as Oskar de Wilno
Diesel
5.1

Diesel

1985as Nelson
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur

Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur

2021as Self - Interviewee
La Cerisaie
4.7

La Cerisaie

1982as Lopakhine
Charlie Dingo
7.5

Charlie Dingo

1987as William
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
4.5

Lulu Kreutz's Picnic

2000as Jascha Steg
Barbablù, Barbablù
8.0

Barbablù, Barbablù

1989as Gastone