Niels Arestrup

Biography

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

War Horse

as Grandfather

A Prophet

as César Luciani

At Eternity's Gate

as Madman

See You Up There

as Marcel Péricourt

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

as Roussin

Sarah's Key

as Jules Dufaure

By the Sea

as Michel

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

as Robert Seyr

The French Minister

as Claude Maupas

Diplomacy

as General Dietrich von Choltitz