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 Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Roussin
• A Prophet as César Luciani
• Sarah's Key as Jules Dufaure
• Diplomacy as General Dietrich von Choltitz
• See You Up There as Marcel Péricourt
• At Eternity's Gate as Madman
• War Horse as Grandfather
• The Beat That My Heart Skipped as Robert Seyr
• The Big Night as Léon
• Farewell as Vallier

TV

• Baron Noir as Francis Laugier
• Le Tourbillon des jours as Germain
• Black Butterflies as Albert Desiderio
• Le Grand Échiquier as Self
• Champs-Elysées as Self
• Capitaine Marleau as Hervé Gerfaut