Niels Arestrup

Actor

Born: February 8, 1949 (75 years old)

Died: December 1, 2024

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.

Filmography (42)

• The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005, ★ 6.9)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007, ★ 7.6)
• A Prophet (2009, ★ 7.6)
• See You Up There (2017, ★ 7.8)
• Farewell (2009, ★ 6.5)
• Sarah's Key (2010, ★ 7.3)
• Baron Noir (2016, ★ 7.6)
• You Will Be My Son (2011, ★ 6.2)
• The Big Picture (2010, ★ 6.3)
• Memoirs of a French Whore (1979, ★ 6.1)
• Je Tu Il Elle (1974, ★ 6.5)
• A Private Affair (2002, ★ 5.5)
• Small World (2010, ★ 6.3)
• The Future Is Woman (1984, ★ 5.3)
• Speak to Me of Love (2002, ★ 6.1)
• Our Children (2012, ★ 6.7)
• Divertimento (2023, ★ 7)
• Lumière (1976, ★ 6.8)
• Diplomacy (2014, ★ 7)
• At Eternity's Gate (2018, ★ 7)
• War Horse (2011, ★ 7.3)
• The Big Night (1976, ★ 5.2)
• The Candidate (2007, ★ 5.4)
• One Man's War (1982, ★ 6)
• Meeting Venus (1991, ★ 5.7)
• The French Minister (2013, ★ 6)
• The Dune (2014, ★ 5.5)
• Fragments of Antonin (2006, ★ 6.4)
• 96 heures (2014, ★ 5.4)
• A Second Chance (1976, ★ 6.1)