
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.

War Horse
2011 · as Grandfather

At Eternity's Gate
2018 · as Madman

A Prophet
2009 · as César Luciani

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007 · as Roussin

Sarah's Key
2010 · as Jules Dufaure

Diplomacy
2014 · as General Dietrich von Choltitz

By the Sea
2015 · as Michel

See You Up There
2017 · as Marcel Péricourt

Stavisky...
1974 · as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski

Je Tu Il Elle
1974 · as Truck Driver

So Long Africa
2015 · as Jacques

Sincerely Charlotte
1985 · as Mathieu

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005 · as Robert Seyr

Doux amer
1987 · as Jean

Diesel
1985 · as Nelson

Farewell
2009 · as Vallier

96 heures
2014 · as Victor Kancel

Memoirs of a French Whore
1979 · as André