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Niels Arestrup
Acting
Born: February 8, 1949
Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
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

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Roussin

By the Sea
as Michel

Sarah's Key
as Jules Dufaure

Memoirs of a French Whore
as André

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
as Robert Seyr

The French Minister
as Claude Maupas

Diplomacy
as General Dietrich von Choltitz