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Niels Arestrup

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Niels Arestrup

Feb 8, 1949 – Dec 1, 202477 titles 71 movies · 6 TV
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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.

Born

Feb 8, 1949 – Dec 1, 2024

Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France

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Roles across career

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76

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Directing

2

Writing

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1972 1 title(s)

1974 4 title(s)

1976 4 title(s)

1977 3 title(s)

1978 1 title(s)

1979 2 title(s)

1980 2 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

1982 6 title(s)

1984 1 title(s)

1985 3 title(s)

1987 4 title(s)

1988 2 title(s)

1989 2 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1994 1 title(s)

1995 1 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

2000 2 title(s)

2002 2 title(s)

2005 1 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2007 2 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2009 2 title(s)

2010 4 title(s)

2011 2 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)

2014 3 title(s)

2015 3 title(s)

2016 1 title(s)

2017 2 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

2021 2 title(s)

2022 1 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)

Undated 1 title(s)