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Director
Niels Arestrup
Acting
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 17498
IMDb ID: nm0034390
Known for: Acting
Born: February 8, 1949
Died: December 1, 2024
Age: 75
Place of birth: Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1972 - 2023
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.37
Wikidata: Q1974920
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Director (1)Theatre Play (1)
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Niels Arestrup.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Niels Arestrup.
7.8
See You Up There
as Marcel Péricourt
2017 Movie
7.6
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Roussin
2007 Movie
7.6
A Prophet
as César Luciani
2009 Movie
7.3
War Horse
as Grandfather
2011 Movie
7.3
Sarah's Key
as Jules Dufaure
2010 Movie
7.0
Diplomacy
as General Dietrich von Choltitz
2014 Movie
7.0
At Eternity's Gate
as Madman
2018 Movie
6.9
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
as Robert Seyr
2005 Movie
6.6
Je Tu Il Elle
as Truck Driver
1974 Movie
6.5
Farewell
as Vallier
2009 Movie
6.3
The Big Picture
as Bartholomé
2010 Movie
6.0
The French Minister
as Claude Maupas
2013 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Niels Arestrup.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Niels Arestrup.
7.3
War Horse
as Grandfather
2011 Movie
5.4
96 heures
as Victor Kancel
2014 Movie
5.9
Stavisky...
as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
1974 Movie
7.6
A Prophet
as César Luciani
2009 Movie
7.0
Diplomacy
as General Dietrich von Choltitz
2014 Movie
7.0
At Eternity's Gate
as Madman
2018 Movie
3.1
Sincerely Charlotte
as Mathieu
1985 Movie
7.8
See You Up There
as Marcel Péricourt
2017 Movie
7.3
Sarah's Key
as Jules Dufaure
2010 Movie
7.6
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Roussin
2007 Movie
6.9
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
as Robert Seyr
2005 Movie
Doux amer
as Jean
1987 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Niels Arestrup.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Niels Arestrup.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Niels Arestrup.
7.0
Divertimento
as Sergiu Celibidache
2023 Movie
5.5
Villa Caprice
as Luc Germon
2021 Movie
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
as Self - Interviewee
2021 Movie
7.0
At Eternity's Gate
as Madman
2018 Movie
7.8
See You Up There
as Marcel Péricourt
2017 Movie
5.6
Return to Montauk
as Walter
2017 Movie
5.5
By the Sea
as Michel
2015 Movie
5.5
So Long Africa
as Jacques
2015 Movie
5.5
The Dune
as Ruben
2014 Movie
5.4
96 heures
as Victor Kancel
2014 Movie
7.0
Diplomacy
as General Dietrich von Choltitz
2014 Movie
6.0
The French Minister
as Claude Maupas
2013 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Niels Arestrup.
6.8
Black Butterflies
as Albert Desiderio • 6 eps
2022 Series
7.6
Baron Noir
as Francis Laugier • 8 eps
2016 Series
6.0
Capitaine Marleau
as Hervé Gerfaut • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self • 1 eps
1982 Series
10.0
Le Tourbillon des jours
as Germain • 6 eps
1979 Series
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self • 1 eps
1972 Series