Niels Schneider
Known for ActingBorn 1987-06-18Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Niels Schneider (born 18 June 1987) is a Franco-Canadian actor. He gained early recognition for his roles in Xavier Dolan's acclaimed films I Killed My Mother (2009) and Heartbeats (2010), which earned him the Trophée Chopard for Male Revelation of the Year at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2013, he starred in Yann Gonzalez's provocative surreal film You and the Night.
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Schneider's performance in Dark Inclusion (2016) earned him the César Award for Most Promising Actor in 2017.
He also starred in Of Money and Blood (2023) and appeared in Woody Allen's Coup de Chance (2023).
Known for
De Gaulle: Liberté
2026 · as Général Leclerc
De Gaulle: Résistance
2026 · as Général Leclerc
Curiosa
2019 · as Pierre Louÿs
Agent Zero
2025 · as Alex
Sibyl
2019 · as Gabriel
Quantum Love
2014 · as Hugo
Bad Poems
2018 · as Henri
Back Home
2020 · as Thomas
Chaos
2012 · as Thibaut
The Howling: Reborn
2011 · as Roland
Gemma Bovery
2014 · as Hervé de Bressigny
Dalida
2017 · as Jean Sobieski
Coup de chance
2023 · as Alain Aubert
Icarus
2022 · as Thésée (voice)
Métamorphoses
2014 · as The Disenchanted / The Monster
Haunted Minds
2025 · as Skender
Sleeping Beauty
2017 · as Le prince Egon de Létonia
I Killed My Mother
2009 · as Eric