Cast & creator
Niels Arestrup
Best known for Champs-Elysées, Le Grand Échiquier, Capitaine Marleau
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.
74
film credits
6
television credits
77
1972–2024 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (80)
Showing 80 of 80 credits
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Capitaine Marleau
Hervé Gerfaut
2015
War Horse
Grandfather
2011
At Eternity's Gate
Madman
2018
See You Up There
Marcel Péricourt
2017
Baron Noir
Francis Laugier
2016
By the Sea
Michel
2015
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roussin
2007
A Prophet
César Luciani
2009
Sarah's Key
Jules Dufaure
2010
Black Butterflies
Albert Desiderio
2022
Diplomacy
General Dietrich von Choltitz
2014
A Private Affair
Le père de Rachel
2002
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Robert Seyr
2005
The Future Is Woman
Gordon
1984
Stavisky...
Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
1974
Je Tu Il Elle
Truck Driver
1974
Return to Montauk
Walter
2017
The Big Picture
Bartholomé
2010
96 heures
Victor Kancel
2014
Farewell
Vallier
2009
The French Minister
Claude Maupas
2013
Speak to Me of Love
Richard
2002
Sincerely Charlotte
Mathieu
1985
Small World
Thomas Senn
2010
La danse de mort
Kurt
1982
Memoirs of a French Whore
André
1979
Our Children
André Pinget
2012
Le Tourbillon des jours
Germain
1979
You Will Be My Son
Paul de Marseul
2011
A Second Chance
Henri Lanot
1976
Doux amer
Jean
1987
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024
Niels Arestrup
2024
Diesel
Nelson
1985
Plus ça va, moins ça va
Vincent
1977
Villa Caprice
Luc Germon
2021
Lumière
Nano
1976
The Song of Roland
Le commerçant / Oton
1978
Meeting Venus
Zoltan Szanto
1991
Divertimento
Sergiu Celibidache
2023
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
Self - Interviewee
2021
Fragments of Antonin
le professeur Lantier
2006
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
Jascha Steg
2000
Barbablù, Barbablù
Gastone
1989
The Candidate
Georges
2007The Candidate
Director
2007The Candidate
Writer
2007
La Femme flic
Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
1980
Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre
Fernando Krapp
2000
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
Rastignac
1982
Among Wolves
Mike
1985
Brook by Brook
Self
2002Tiens ferme ta couronne
Lorfou
Angelo
1987
La Ruelle au clair de lune
Professeur Hans Klemm
1988
La Femme abandonnée
Oskar de Wilno
1992
Le Temps des cerises
Theatre Play
2008
Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff
Stan Pilgrim
1982
Les Derniers Jours de la victime
Mendizábal
1995
So Long Africa
Jacques
2015
Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men
Yves
1974
The Big Night
Léon
1976
La Rumba
Detaix
1987
The Dune
Ruben
2014
Alone
Jean
1981
Ville étrangère
Gregor Keuschnig
1988
La Cerisaie
Lopakhine
1982
One Man's War
Narrator
1982
Délit mineur
Claude
1994The Sorceror's Apprentice
Danton
1977Behind Bars
Self
2010La dernière carte
Wilhelm Kasda
1974
Rewind
Fabrice Rivail
1998
Albert Savarus
Albert Savarus
1993
Manon Roland
Danton
1989
Charlie Dingo
William
1987
Tomorrow's Children
Philippe
1976Bruges la Morte
Hugues Viane
1980Tauwetter
Jean-Luc
1977