
Niels Arestrup
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1949-02-08 – 2024-12-01
Place of birth: Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
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.
Known for

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005Robert Seyr
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007Roussin
A Prophet
2009César Luciani
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
1982Rastignac
The Big Night
1976Léon
Farewell
2009Vallier
The Candidate
2007Georges
A Private Affair
2002Le père de Rachel
You Will Be My Son
2011Paul de Marseul
The Future Is Woman
1984Gordon
The Big Picture
2010Bartholomé
La Rumba
1987Detaix
Sarah's Key
2010Jules Dufaure
Memoirs of a French Whore
1979André
Je Tu Il Elle
1974Truck Driver
Small World
2010Thomas Senn
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
2000Jascha Steg
Speak to Me of Love
2002Richard
Lorfou
1987Angelo