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Niels Arestrup

Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter | * 02/08/1949 (75) | Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis] (France)
Niels Arestrup (French pronunciation: [nils aʁestʁyp]; born 8 February 1949) is a French-Danish actor, film director and screenwriter. He has won three César Awards. ()

Niels Arestrup is 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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. ...

A Prophet

FSK: 16+ years

2009 | 3.8/5 | 2h 35min
Crime, Drama
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On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, an ...

War Horse

FSK: 12+ years

2011 | 3.6/5 | 2h 26min
War, Drama, Action
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The night of August 24, 1944. The fate of Paris is in the hands of General von Choltitz, governor of Grand Paris, who is preparing, on Hitler’s orders, to blow up the French capital. The descendent ...

Diplomacy

FSK: 6+ years

2014 | 3.5/5 | 1h 24min
Drama
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The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, ...

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

FSK: 12+ years

2007 | 3.8/5 | 1h 52min
Drama, History
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Awards & Nominations for Niels Arestrup

Officer of The National Order of Merit Molière Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Niels Arestrup as Actor(61)

as Sergiu Celibidache2023 Divertimento
as Self - Interviewee2021 Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
as Luc Germon2021 Villa Caprice
as Madman2018 At Eternity's Gate
as Marcel Péricourt2017 See You Up There
as Walter2017 Return to Montauk
as Michel2015 By the Sea
as Jacques2015 So Long Africa
as Ruben2014 The Dune
as Victor Kancel2014 96 heures
as General Dietrich von Choltitz2014 Diplomacy
as Claude Maupas2013 The French Minister
as André Pinget2012 Our Children
as Grandfather2011 War Horse
as Paul de Marseul2011 You Will Be My Son
as Thomas2010 Small World
as Jules Dufaure2010 Sarah's Key
as Bartholomé2010 The Big Picture
as César Luciani2009 A Prophet
as Vallier2009 Farewell
as Roussin2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Georges2007 The Candidate
as le professeur Lantier2006 Fragments of Antonin
as Robert Seyr2005 The Beat That My Heart Skipped
as Le père de Rachel2002 A Private Affair
as Richard2002 Parlez-moi d'amour
as Jascha Steg2000 Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
as Fabrice Rivail1998 Rewind
as Mendizábal1995 Les Derniers Jours de la victime
as Claude1994 Délit mineur
as Albert Savarus1993 Albert Savarus
as Oskar de Wilno1992 La femme abandonnée
as Zoltan Szanto1991 Meeting Venus
1989 Doux amer
as Professeur Hans Klemm1988 La ruelle au clair de lune
1988 Ville étrangère
as Detaix1987 La Rumba
as Angelo1987 Lorfou
as William1987 Charlie Dingo
as Nelson1985 Diesel
as Mathieu1985 Sincerely Charlotte
as Mike1985 Among Wolves
as Gordon1984 The Future Is Woman
as Lopakhine1982 La Cerisaie
as Rastignac1982 Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan
as Narrator1982 One Man's War
as Stan Pilgrim1982 Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff
as Jean1981 Seuls
as Hugues Viane1980 Bruges la Morte
as André1979 Memoirs of a French Whore
as Le commerçant / Oton1978 The Song of Roland
as Vincent1977 Plus ça va, moins ça va
as Jean-Luc1977 Tauwetter
as Danton1977 The Sorceror's Apprentice
as Philippe1976 Tomorrow's Children
as Nano1976 Lumière
as Henri Lanot1976 A Second Chance
as Léon1976 Le grand soir
as Truck-driver1976 I, You, He, She
as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski1974 Stavisky...
as Yves1974 Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men

TV Shows/Series with Niels Arestrup as Actor(6)

as Albert Desiderio2022 Black Butterflies
as Francis Laugier2016 Baron Noir
as Gérard2009 Suite noire
as himself1982 Champs-Elysées
as Germain1979 Le Tourbillon des jours
as himself1972 Le Grand Échiquier

Movies with Niels Arestrup as Crew(1)

Directing/Director2007 The Candidate

Full Name: Niels Arestrup
Citizenships: France, Denmark
Born: Tuesday, 02/08 1949 (February) in Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis] (France) (current age: 75 years + 71 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: French (FR)
Niels Arestrup frequently works together with these people:
Daniel Duval (5x, Actor)
Julian Schnabel (5x, Actor)
Jacques Audiard (5x, Crew)
Tino Rossi (5x, Actor)
Angelina Jolie (4x, Actress)
Chantal Akerman (4x, Crew)
Anne Consigny (4x, Actress)
Jeanne Cordelier (4x, Crew)
Volker Schlöndorff (4x, Crew)
Michel Legrand (4x, Crew)
Edgardo Cozarinsky (4x, Crew)
Juliette Welfling (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:13696, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024