Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

Acting
Born Feb 08, 1949
From Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Died Dec 01, 2024

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

Filmography — Acting

War Horse
7.3
2011

War Horse

Grandfather

A Prophet
7.6
2009

A Prophet

César Luciani

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
7.6
2007

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Roussin

At Eternity's Gate
7.0
2018

At Eternity's Gate

Madman

By the Sea
5.5
2015

By the Sea

Michel

See You Up There
7.8
2017

See You Up There

Marcel Péricourt

Sarah's Key
7.3
2010

Sarah's Key

Jules Dufaure

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
6.9
2005

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Robert Seyr

Memoirs of a French Whore
6.1
1979

Memoirs of a French Whore

André

96 heures
5.4
2014

96 heures

Victor Kancel

Farewell
6.5
2009

Farewell

Vallier

Stavisky...
5.9
1974

Stavisky...

Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski

A Private Affair
5.5
2002

A Private Affair

Le père de Rachel

The French Minister
6.0
2013

The French Minister

Claude Maupas

Small World
6.3
2010

Small World

Thomas Senn

You Will Be My Son
6.2
2011

You Will Be My Son

Paul de Marseul

The Dune
5.5
2014

The Dune

Ruben

La Femme flic
5.8
1980

La Femme flic

Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC

Our Children
6.7
2012

Our Children

André Pinget

Je Tu Il Elle
6.5
1974

Je Tu Il Elle

Truck Driver

Divertimento
7.0
2023

Divertimento

Sergiu Celibidache

Diplomacy
7.0
2014

Diplomacy

General Dietrich von Choltitz

The Song of Roland
4.9
1978

The Song of Roland

Le commerçant / Oton

La Rumba
4.6
1987

La Rumba

Detaix

The Future Is Woman
5.3
1984

The Future Is Woman

Gordon

Meeting Venus
5.7
1991

Meeting Venus

Zoltan Szanto

Speak to Me of Love
6.1
2002

Speak to Me of Love

Richard

Return to Montauk
5.6
2017

Return to Montauk

Walter

Fragments of Antonin
6.4
2006

Fragments of Antonin

le professeur Lantier

The Candidate
5.4
2007

The Candidate

Georges

Lumière
6.8
1976

Lumière

Nano

Among Wolves
4.1
1985

Among Wolves

Mike

Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
2021

Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur

Self - Interviewee

Villa Caprice
5.5
2021

Villa Caprice

Luc Germon

Tomorrow's Children
5.0
1976

Tomorrow's Children

Philippe

Alone
5.5
1981

Alone

Jean

The Big Picture
6.3
2010

The Big Picture

Bartholomé

Charlie Dingo
6.0
1987

Charlie Dingo

William

The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
1982

The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan

Rastignac

Tiens ferme ta couronne

La Cerisaie
1982

La Cerisaie

Lopakhine

6.0
1977

The Sorceror's Apprentice

Danton

A Second Chance
6.1
1976

A Second Chance

Henri Lanot

Plus ça va, moins ça va
3.9
1977

Plus ça va, moins ça va

Vincent

Diesel
4.4
1985

Diesel

Nelson

Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
1.0
2000

Lulu Kreutz's Picnic

Jascha Steg

Albert Savarus
6.0
1993

Albert Savarus

Albert Savarus

Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men
1.0
1974

Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men

Yves

Les Derniers Jours de la victime
1995

Les Derniers Jours de la victime

Mendizábal

Sincerely Charlotte
3.1
1985

Sincerely Charlotte

Mathieu

Manon Roland
1989

Manon Roland

Danton

Rewind
2.5
1998

Rewind

Fabrice Rivail

2010

Behind Bars

Self

1977

Tauwetter

Jean-Luc

Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff
1982

Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff

Stan Pilgrim

Barbablù, Barbablù
1989

Barbablù, Barbablù

Gastone

La danse de mort
1982

La danse de mort

Kurt

La Femme abandonnée
1.0
1992

La Femme abandonnée

Oskar de Wilno

Ville étrangère
1988

Ville étrangère

Gregor Keuschnig

Doux amer
1987

Doux amer

Jean

Lorfou
1987

Lorfou

Angelo

The Big Night
5.2
1976

The Big Night

Léon

7.0
1988

La Ruelle au clair de lune

Professeur Hans Klemm

Délit mineur
1994

Délit mineur

Claude

So Long Africa
5.5
2015

So Long Africa

Jacques

1980

Bruges la Morte

Hugues Viane

1974

La dernière carte

Wilhelm Kasda

Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre
2000

Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre

Fernando Krapp

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024
2024

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024

Niels Arestrup

One Man's War
6.0
1982

One Man's War

Narrator

Filmography — Crew