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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
