Niels Arestrup
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1949-02-08 · Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
- Died
- 2024-12-01
Known for
- War Horse (2011) — Grandfather
- A Prophet (2009) — César Luciani
- At Eternity's Gate (2018) — Madman
- See You Up There (2017) — Marcel Péricourt
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) — Roussin
- Sarah's Key (2010) — Jules Dufaure
- By the Sea (2015) — Michel
- The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) — Robert Seyr
- The French Minister (2013) — Claude Maupas
- Diplomacy (2014) — General Dietrich von Choltitz
- The Big Picture (2010) — Bartholomé
- Farewell (2009) — Vallier
- Stavisky... (1974) — Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
- Je Tu Il Elle (1974) — Truck Driver
- Black Butterflies (2022) — Albert Desiderio
- Our Children (2012) — André Pinget