Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

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

Cast Credits

Divertimento

as Sergiu Celibidache

Villa Caprice

as Luc Germon

See You Up There

as Marcel Péricourt

By the Sea

as Michel

So Long Africa

as Jacques

The Dune

as Ruben

96 heures

as Victor Kancel

Diplomacy

as General Dietrich von Choltitz

The French Minister

as Claude Maupas

Our Children

as André Pinget

War Horse

as Grandfather

You Will Be My Son

as Paul de Marseul

Small World

as Thomas Senn

The Big Picture

as Bartholomé

Sarah's Key

as Jules Dufaure

Farewell

as Vallier

A Prophet

as César Luciani

The Candidate

as Georges

Fragments of Antonin

as le professeur Lantier

A Private Affair

as Le père de Rachel

Lulu Kreutz's Picnic

as Jascha Steg

Rewind

as Fabrice Rivail

Délit mineur

as Claude

Crew Credits