Born
1949-02-08 (age 77)
Birthplace
Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Known For
Acting
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.
Movie Appearances
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
as Robert Seyr
2005
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Roussin
2007
A Prophet
as César Luciani
2009
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
as Rastignac
1982
The Big Night
as Léon
1976
Farewell
as Vallier
2009
The Candidate
as Georges
2007
A Private Affair
as Le père de Rachel
2002
You Will Be My Son
as Paul de Marseul
2011
The Future Is Woman
as Gordon
1984
The Big Picture
as Bartholomé
2010
La Rumba
as Detaix
1987
Sarah's Key
as Jules Dufaure
2010
Memoirs of a French Whore
as André
1979
Je Tu Il Elle
as Truck Driver
1974
Small World
as Thomas Senn
2010
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
as Jascha Steg
2000
Speak to Me of Love
as Richard
2002
Lorfou
as Angelo
1987
Our Children
as André Pinget
2012
