Niels Arestrup

Acting · Born 1949-02-08 in 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.

Filmography

• The Beat That My Heart Skipped as Robert Seyr
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Roussin
• A Prophet as César Luciani
• The Big Night as Léon
• Farewell as Vallier
• The Candidate as Georges
• A Private Affair as Le père de Rachel
• You Will Be My Son as Paul de Marseul
• The Future Is Woman as Gordon
• The Big Picture as Bartholomé