Niels Arestrup

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Niels Arestrup
2014 César Awards
Born (1949-02-08) 8 February 1949 (age 75)
, France
Occupation(s)Actor, film director, screenwriter
Years active1970–present
Children2

Niels Arestrup (French pronunciation: [nils aʁestʁyp]; born 8 February 1949) is a French-Danish actor, film director and screenwriter. He has won three César Awards.

Biography

Arestrup was born in

Danish and his mother was Breton
.

Arestrup has won three

Quai d'Orsay. The two first films were directed by Jacques Audiard
. He is the most awarded in this category.

In 2017, he won the

Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor in a Play for his work on Acting and in 2019, he won the Molière Award for Best Actor for his work on Red. He was previously nominated in this same category in 2000 for Copenhagen, in 2006 for Letters to a Young Poet
and in 2012 for Diplomacy.

Personal life

Niels Arestrup was ten years old when his father was transferred to Corbeil-Essonnes. The family then moved into a public housing project in Évry, Yonne. Arestrup was a solitary child and begins to skip school. He failed his baccalaureate in 1968 and took on odd jobs. At the same time, he enrolled in a course with Tania Balachova, whom he discovered on television. He began a career in the theater, which he continued while appearing more and more on the small and big screens.

In 2012, after ten years together, Niels Arestrup married the actress, screenwriter and author Isabelle Le Nouvel. The same year, they had twins, a boy and a girl.[1]

Theatre

Year Title Author Director
1970 Life Is a Dream Pedro Calderón de la Barca Jean Gillibert
1970-71 The Misanthrope Molière Jean Gillibert
The Game of Love and Chance Pierre de Marivaux Michel-H Dufresne
1972-73 Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
André Barsacq
1973-74 La Famille Lodewijk de Boer Derek Goldby
1975 The Hot l Baltimore Lanford Wilson Alexandre Arcady
1976 Gilles de Rais Roger Planchon Roger Planchon
1978 Deathwatch Jean Genet Claude Mathieu
1979 Platonov Anton Chekhov Gabriel Garran
1981-82 The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov Peter Brook
1982 The Lover Harold Pinter Philippe Ferran
La Dernière Nuit de l'été Aleksei Arbuzov Yves Bureau
1983 Miss Julie August Strindberg Christian Benedetti
& Andreas Voutsinas
1984 Dom Juan Molière Maurice Bénichou
1985 Fool for Love Sam Shepard Andreas Voutsinas
1986 B29 Alain Page Derek Goldby
1987 2050, le radeau de la mort Harald Müller Hans-Peter Cloos
1988 Three Sisters
Anton Tchekhov
Maurice Bénichou
1989 The Seagull
Anton Tchekhov
Andrei Konchalovsky
Sade, concert d'enfers Enzo Cormann Philippe Adrien
1989-90 The Misanthrope Molière Pierre Pradinas
1990 Tout contre un petit bois Jean-Michel Ribes Jean-Michel Ribes
1991 Ecrit sur l'Eau Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Niels Arestrup
1993 Letters to a Young Poet Rainer Maria Rilke Niels Arestrup
1995 La Musica deuxième Marguerite Duras Bernard Murat
1996 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee John Berry
1997-98 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee Jean-Luc Revol
1999 Étoiles Pierre Laville Maurice Bénichou
1999-2000 Copenhagen Michael Frayn Michael Blakemore
2000 Fernando Krapp m’a écrit cette lettre Tankred Dorst Bernard Murat
2001 Inserts John Byrum Niels Arestrup
2002 Phèdre Jean Racine Jacques Weber
Une nuit arabe Roland Schimmelpfennig Frédéric Bélier-Garcia
2003 Each In His Own Way Luigi Pirandello Bernard Murat
2004 Quartet Heiner Müller Hans-Peter Cloos
L'Homme, la bête et la vertu Luigi Pirandello Jean-Claude Idée
2005-06 Letters to a Young Poet Rainer Maria Rilke Niels Arestrup
2007 Eva Nicolas Bedos Daniel Colas
2008 Beyrouth Hôtel Rémi de Vos Niels Arestrup
2011-12 Diplomacy Cyril Gely Stéphan Meldegg
2014-16 Le Souper Jean-Claude Brisville Daniel Benoin
2016-18 Acting Xavier Durringer Xavier Durringer
2018-19 Skorpios au loin Isabelle le Nouvel Jean-Louis Benoît
2019-20 Red John Logan Jérémie Lippmann
2021-23 88 fois l'infini Isabelle le Nouvel Jérémie Lippmann

Filmography

Cinema

Year Title Role Director Notes
1974 Stavisky Rudolph Alain Resnais
Miss O'Gynie et les hommes fleurs Yves Samy Pavel [fr]
1976 Lumière Nano Jeanne Moreau
The Big Night Léon Francis Reusser
I, you, he, she
The driver Chantal Akerman
Demain les mômes Philippe Jean Pourtalé [fr]
If I Had to Do It All Over Again
Henri Lanot Claude Lelouch
1977 The Apprentice Sorcerers Danton Edgardo Cozarinsky
The More It Goes, the Less It Goes Vincent Michel Vianey [fr]
1978 The Song of Roland Oton Frank Cassenti
1979 Memoirs of a French Whore André Daniel Duval
La passion d'une femme sans coeur Karl Moïse Maatouk [fr] Short
1980 The Woman Cop Dominique Allier Yves Boisset
1981 Seuls Jean Francis Reusser
Du blues dans la tête Dan Hervé Palud [fr]
1982 One Man's War Narrator Edgardo Cozarinsky Documentary
1984 The Future Is Woman Gordon Marco Ferreri
1985 Diesel Nelson Robert Kramer
Among Wolves Mike José Giovanni
Sincerely Charlotte Mathieu Caroline Huppert
1986 Le goûter chez Niels Niels Didier Martiny [fr] Short
1987 La rumba Commissioner Detaix Roger Hanin
Charlie Dingo William Gilles Béhat
Barbablù, Barbablù Gastone Fabio Carpi
1988 Ville étrangère Gregor Keuschnig Didier Goldschmidt [fr]
1989 Doux amer Jean Franck Apprederis [fr]
1991 Meeting Venus Zoltan Szanto István Szabó
1994 Délit mineur Claude Francis Girod
1998 Rewind Fabrice Rivail Sergio Gobbi
2000 Le pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz Jascha Steg Didier Martiny
2002 A Private Affair Monsieur Siprien Guillaume Nicloux
Speak to Me of Love Richard Sophie Marceau
2005 The Beat That My Heart Skipped Robert Seyr Jacques Audiard
2006 Les fragments d'Antonin Professor Lantier Gabriel Le Bomin [fr]
2007 Le candidat Georges Niels Arestrup
La part animale Henri Chaumier Sébastien Jaudeau [fr]
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Roussin Julian Schnabel
2009 A Prophet César Luciani Jacques Audiard
L'affaire Farewell
Vallier Christian Carion
2010 Sarah's Key Jules Dufaure Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Small World Thomas Senn Bruno Chiche [fr]
The Big Picture Bartholomé Éric Lartigau
2011 War Horse Grandfather Steven Spielberg
You Will Be My Son Paul de Marseul Gilles Legrand [fr]
2012 Our Children André Pinget Joachim Lafosse
2013 The French Minister Claude Maupas Bertrand Tavernier
2014
96 hours
Victor Kancel Frédéric Schoendoerffer
The Dune Reuven Yossi Aviram [fr]
Diplomacy Général von Choltitz Volker Schlöndorff
2015 By the Sea Michel Angelina Jolie
Papa lumière Jacques Ada Loueilh [fr]
2017 Return to Montauk Walter Volker Schlöndorff
See You Up There
President Marcel Péricourt Albert Dupontel
2018 At Eternity's Gate Madman Julian Schnabel
2020 Villa Caprice Luc Germon Bernard Stora
2023 Divertimento Sergiu Celibidache Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar

Television

Year Title Role Director Notes
1974 La dernière carte Wilhem Kasda Marcel Cravenne [fr] TV movie
Messieurs les jurés Jean-Roger Pasquier André Michel TV series (1 episode)
1977 Thaw [de] Jean-Luc Markus Imhoof TV movie
Cinéma 16 Brandy Bernard Dubois TV series (1 episode)
1978 Lulu Schwarz Marcel Bluwal TV movie
1979 Le tourbillon des jours Germain Jacques Doniol-Valcroze TV mini-series
1980 Bruges la morte Hugues Viane Alain Dhénaut [fr] TV movie
Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 The client Jacques Audoir [fr] TV series (1 episode)
1981 Les héritiers Serge Bruno Gantillon TV series (1 episode)
Mon meilleur Noël The father Gabriel Axel TV series (1 episode)
1982 La cerisaie Lopakhine Peter Brook TV movie
La danse de mort Kurt Claude Chabrol TV movie
Le retour d'Elisabeth Wolff Stan Pilgrim Josée Dayan TV movie
Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan
Rastignac
Jacques Deray TV movie
1983 Les poneys sauvages Ben Robert Mazoyer [fr] TV mini-series
1984 Mademoiselle Julie Jean Yves-André Hubert TV movie
1987 Série noire Angelo Daniel Duval TV series (1 episode)
1988 La ruelle au clair de lune Professor Hans Klemm Édouard Molinaro TV movie
1989 Manon Roland Danton Édouard Molinaro TV movie
The Post Office Girl Ferdinand Farner Édouard Molinaro TV mini-series
1991 La grande dune Keiser Bernard Stora TV movie
1992 La femme abandonnée Oskar de Wilno Édouard Molinaro TV movie
1993 Albert Savarus Albert Savarus Alexandre Astruc TV movie
1995 Les derniers jours de la victime Mendizabal Bruno Gantillon TV movie
2000 La part de l'ombre Charles Oberlé Philippe Venault TV movie
Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre Fernando Krapp Yves di Tullio & Bernard Murat TV movie
2002 Les enquêtes d'Éloïse Rome Van Rooten Didier Le Pêcheur [fr] TV series (1 episode)
2006 Le Rainbow Warrior The Duke Pierre Boutron TV movie
2009 Suite noire Gérard Emmanuelle Bercot TV series (1 episode)
2016
Republican Gangsters
Francis Laugier Ziad Doueiri TV series (8 episodes)
2017 Capitaine Marleau Hervé Gerfaut Josée Dayan TV series (1 episode)
2019 Calls Adam Timothée Hochet TV series (1 episode)
2022
Black Butterflies
Albert Desiderio Olivier Abbou TV series (6 episodes)

As director/writer

Niels Arestrup in 2010 to the 35th César Awards
Year Title Notes
1981 Du blues dans la tête Writer
2007 The Candidate Director and writer

Box-office

Movies starring Niels Arestrup with more than a million of entries in France.

Films Director Year France (entries)
1 Memoirs of a French Whore Daniel Duval 1979 2,764,084
2
See You Up There
Albert Dupontel 2017 2,055,669
3 The Woman Cop Yves Boisset 1980 1,807,761
4
If I Had to Do It All Over Again
Claude Lelouch 1976 1,312,267
5 A Prophet Jacques Audiard 2009 1,309,269
6 The Beat That My Heart Skipped Jacques Audiard 2005 1,231,156
7 The Big Picture Éric Lartigau 2010 1,196,015
8 Among Wolves José Giovanni 1985 1,047,597
9 Stavisky Alain Resnais 1974 1,017,182

Accolades

Year Award Category Film Result
1999 Prix du Syndicat de la critique Best Actor Copenhagen Won
Molière Award Best Actor Nominated
2005 Molière Award Best Actor Letters to a Young Poet Nominated
2006 César Award Best Supporting Actor The Beat That My Heart Skipped Won
2010 César Award Best Supporting Actor A Prophet Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actor Won
International Cinephile Society Best Supporting Actor Won
International Online Cinema Award Best Supporting Actor Nominated
Italian Online Movie Award Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2011 Molière Award Best Actor Diplomacy Nominated
César Award Best Supporting Actor The Big Picture Nominated
2013 Seattle International Film Festival Best Actor You Will Be My Son Nominated
2014 César Award Best Supporting Actor The French Minister Won
Globe de Cristal Awards Best Actor Nominated
2015 César Award Best Actor Diplomacy Nominated
Valladolid International Film Festival Best Actor Won
2016 L'Association des Critiques de Séries Best Actor Baron Noir Nominated
2017 ACS Awards Best Actor
Republican Gangsters
Nominated
Globe de Cristal Awards Best Actor in a Play Acting Won
2018 César Award Best Supporting Actor
See You Up There
Nominated
2020 Molière Award Best Actor Red Won
2023 ACS Awards Best Supporting Role in a
TV Series : 40 minutes
Black Butterflies
Nominated

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