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Niels Arestrup

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Niels Arestrup

Born February 8, 1949 in Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], FranceDied December 1, 202466 films

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.

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See You Up There posterFirst watchSee You Up There20177.8as Marcel PéricourtIn November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two…View film

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War Horse poster7.3War Horse2011A Prophet poster7.6A Prophet2009The Diving Bell and the Butterfly poster7.6The Diving Bell and the Butterfly2007At Eternity's Gate poster7.0At Eternity's Gate2018Sarah's Key poster7.3Sarah's Key2010The Beat That My Heart Skipped poster6.9The Beat That My Heart Skipped2005Diplomacy poster7.0Diplomacy2014By the Sea poster5.5By the Sea2015

Filmography

66 films as actor
  1. TBATiens ferme ta couronne
  2. 2023DivertimentoSergiu Celibidache
  3. 2021Villa CapriceLuc Germon
  4. 2018At Eternity's GateMadman
  5. 2017See You Up ThereMarcel Péricourt
  6. 2017Return to MontaukWalter
  7. 2015By the SeaMichel
  8. 2015So Long AfricaJacques
  9. 2014The DuneRuben
  10. 201496 heuresVictor Kancel
  11. 2014DiplomacyGeneral Dietrich von Choltitz
  12. 2013The French MinisterClaude Maupas
  13. 2012Our ChildrenAndré Pinget
  14. 2011War HorseGrandfather
  15. 2011You Will Be My SonPaul de Marseul
  16. 2010Small WorldThomas Senn
  17. 2010The Big PictureBartholomé
  18. 2010Sarah's KeyJules Dufaure
  19. 2009FarewellVallier
  20. 2009A ProphetCésar Luciani
  21. 2007The Diving Bell and the ButterflyRoussin
  22. 2007The CandidateGeorges
  23. 2006Fragments of Antoninle professeur Lantier
  24. 2005The Beat That My Heart SkippedRobert Seyr
  25. 2002Speak to Me of LoveRichard
  26. 2002A Private AffairLe père de Rachel
  27. 2000Lulu Kreutz's PicnicJascha Steg
  28. 2000Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettreFernando Krapp
  29. 1998RewindFabrice Rivail
  30. 1995Les Derniers Jours de la victimeMendizábal
  31. 1994Délit mineurClaude
  32. 1993Albert SavarusAlbert Savarus
  33. 1992La Femme abandonnéeOskar de Wilno
  34. 1991Meeting VenusZoltan Szanto
  35. 1989Manon RolandDanton
  36. 1989Barbablù, BarbablùGastone
  37. 1988La Ruelle au clair de luneProfesseur Hans Klemm
  38. 1988Ville étrangèreGregor Keuschnig
  39. 1987Doux amerJean
  40. 1987Charlie DingoWilliam
  41. 1987LorfouAngelo
  42. 1987La RumbaDetaix
  43. 1985Among WolvesMike
  44. 1985DieselNelson
  45. 1985Sincerely CharlotteMathieu
  46. 1984The Future Is WomanGordon
  47. 1982The Secrets of the Princesse de CadignanRastignac
  48. 1982La CerisaieLopakhine
  49. 1982Le Retour d'Elisabeth WolffStan Pilgrim
  50. 1982La danse de mortKurt
  51. 1981AloneJean
  52. 1980Bruges la MorteHugues Viane
  53. 1980La Femme flicDominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
  54. 1979Memoirs of a French WhoreAndré
  55. 1978The Song of RolandLe commerçant / Oton
  56. 1977TauwetterJean-Luc
  57. 1977The Sorceror's ApprenticeDanton
  58. 1977Plus ça va, moins ça vaVincent
  59. 1976The Big NightLéon
  60. 1976A Second ChanceHenri Lanot
  61. 1976Tomorrow's ChildrenPhilippe
  62. 1976LumièreNano
  63. 1974Je Tu Il ElleTruck Driver
  64. 1974Stavisky...Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
  65. 1974Miss O'Gynie and the Flower MenYves
  66. 1974La dernière carteWilhelm Kasda