Niels Arestrup

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

Niels Arestrup
Arestrup at the 2014 César Awards
Born (1949-02-08) 8 February 1949
Paris, France
OccupationActor, film director, screenwriter
Years active1973present
Children2

Biography

Arestrup was born in Paris into a family of modest means; his father was Danish and his mother was Breton.

Arestrup has won three César Awards for Best Supporting Actor for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and A Prophet, then Quai d'Orsay. The two first films were directed by Jacques Audiard. He is the most awarded in this category.

Theater

Year Title Author Director Notes
1973 La Famille Lodewijk De Boer Derek Goldby
Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky André Barsacq
1975 Deathwatch Jean Genet Claude Mathieu
1976-77 Gilles de Rais Roger Planchon Roger Planchon
1979 Platonov Anton Chekhov Gabriel Garran
1981 The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov Peter Brook
1982 La Dernière Nuit de l'été Aleksei Arbuzov Yves Bureau
The Lover Harold Pinter Philippe Ferran
1983 The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov Peter Brook
Miss Julie August Strindberg 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
1990 Tout contre un petit bois Jean-Michel Ribes Jean-Michel Ribes
Sade, concert d'enfers Enzo Cormann Philippe Adrien
The Misanthrope Molière Pierre Pradinas
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
1999 Étoiles Pierre Laville Maurice Bénichou
Copenhagen Michael Frayn Michael Blakemore Prix du Syndicat de la critique - Best Actor
Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
2000 Fernando Krapp m’a écrit cette lettre Tankred Dorst Bernard Murat
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 L'Homme, la bête et la vertu Luigi Pirandello Jean-Claude Idée
Quartett Heiner Müller Hans-Peter Cloos
2005 Letters to a Young Poet Rainer Maria Rilke Niels Arestrup Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
2007 Eva Nicolas Bedos Daniel Colas
2008 Beyrouth Hôtel Rémi de Vos Niels Arestrup
2011-12 Diplomacy Cyril Gély Stéphan Meldegg Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
2015 Le Souper Jean-Claude Brisville Daniel Benoin
2016-18 Acting Xavier Durringer Xavier Durringer Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor in a Play
2018 Skorpios au loin Isabelle le Nouvel Jean-Louis Benoît
2019 Red John Logan Jérémie Lippmann Molière Award for Best Actor

Filmography

As actor

Year Title Role Director Notes
1974 Stavisky Rudolph Alain Resnais
Miss O'Gynie et les hommes fleurs Yves Samy Pavel
La dernière carte Wilhem Kasda Marcel Cravenne TV Movie
Messieurs les jurés Jean-Roger Pasquier André Michel TV Series (1 Episode)
1976 Lumière Nano Jeanne Moreau
If I Had to Do It All Over Again Henri Lanot Claude Lelouch
The Big Night Léon Francis Reusser
I, you, he, she The driver Chantal Akerman
Demain les mômes Philippe Jean Pourtalé
1977 The More It Goes, the Less It Goes Vincent Michel Vianey
The Apprentice Sorcerers Danton Edgardo Cozarinsky
Tauwetter Jean-Luc Markus Imhoof TV Movie
Cinéma 16 Brandy Bernard Dubois TV Series (1 Episode)
1978 The Song of Roland Oton Frank Cassenti
Lulu Schwarz Marcel Bluwal TV Movie
1979 Memoirs of a French Whore André Daniel Duval
La passion d'une femme sans coeur Karl Moïse Maatouk Short
Le tourbillon des jours Germain Jacques Doniol-Valcroze TV Mini-Series
1980 The Woman Cop Dominique Allier Yves Boisset
Bruges la morte Hugues Viane Alain Dhénaut TV Movie
Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 The client Jacques Audoir TV Series (1 Episode)
1981 Seuls Jean Francis Reusser
Du blues dans la tête Dan Hervé Palud
Les héritiers Serge Bruno Gantillon TV Series (1 Episode)
Mon meilleur Noël The father Gabriel Axel TV Series (1 Episode)
1982 Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan Rastignac Jacques Deray TV Movie
La cerisaie Lopakhine Peter Brook TV Movie
Le retour d'Elisabeth Wolff Stan Pilgrim Josée Dayan TV Movie
La danse de mort Kurt Claude Chabrol TV Movie
One Man's War Narrator Edgardo Cozarinsky Documentary
1983 Les poneys sauvages Ben Robert Mazoyer TV Mini-Series
1984 The Future Is Woman Gordon Marco Ferreri
Mademoiselle Julie Jean Yves-André Hubert TV Movie
1985 Sincerely Charlotte Mathieu Caroline Huppert
Among Wolves Mike José Giovanni
Diesel Nelson Robert Kramer
1986 Le goûter chez Niels Didier Martiny Short
1987 La rumba Commissioner Detaix Roger Hanin
Barbablù, Barbablù Gastone Fabio Carpi
Charlie Dingo William Gilles Béhat
Série noire Angelo Daniel Duval TV Series (1 Episode)
1988 Ville étrangère Gregor Keuschnig Didier Goldschmidt
La ruelle au clair de lune Professor Hans Klemm Édouard Molinaro TV Movie
1989 Doux amer Jean Franck Apprederis
Manon Roland Danton Édouard Molinaro TV Movie
Rausch der Verwandlung Ferdinand Farner Édouard Molinaro TV Mini-Series
1991 Meeting Venus Zoltan Szanto István Szabó
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
1994 Délit mineur Claude Francis Girod
1995 Les derniers jours de la victime Mendizabal Bruno Gantillon TV Movie
1998 Rewind Fabrice Rivail Sergio Gobbi
2000 Le pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz Jascha Steg Didier Martiny
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 Speak to Me of Love Richard Sophie Marceau
A Private Affair Monsieur Siprien Guillaume Nicloux
Les enquêtes d'Éloïse Rome Van Rooten Didier Le Pêcheur TV Series (1 Episode)
2005 The Beat That My Heart Skipped Robert Seyr Jacques Audiard César Award for Best Supporting Actor
2006 Les fragments d'Antonin Professor Lantier Gabriel Le Bomin
Le Rainbow Warrior The Duke Pierre Boutron TV Movie
2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Roussin Julian Schnabel
Le candidat Georges Niels Arestrup
La part animale Henri Chaumier Sébastien Jaudeau
2009 A Prophet[1] César Luciani Jacques Audiard César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
International Cinephile Society Awards - Best Supporting Actor
L'affaire Farewell Vallier Christian Carion
Suite noire Gérard Emmanuelle Bercot TV Series (1 Episode)
2010 The Big Picture Bartholomé Éric Lartigau Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Sarah's Key Jules Dufaure Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Small World Thomas Senn Bruno Chiche
2011 War Horse Grandfather Steven Spielberg
You Will Be My Son[2] Paul de Marseul Gilles Legrand Nominated - Seattle International Film Festival - Best Actor
2012 Our Children André Pinget Joachim Lafosse
2013 The French Minister[3] Claude Maupas Bertrand Tavernier César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated - Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor
2014 Diplomacy Général von Choltitz Volker Schlöndorff Valladolid International Film Festival - Best Actor
Nominated - César Award for Best Actor
The Dune Reuven Yossi Aviram
96 hours Victor Kancel Frédéric Schoendoerffer
2015 By the Sea Michel Angelina Jolie
Papa lumière Jacques Ada Loueilh
2016 Republican Gangsters Francis Laugier Ziad Doueiri TV Series (8 Episodes)
Nominated - ACS Award for Best Actor
2017 See You Up There President Marcel Péricourt Albert Dupontel Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Return to Montauk Walter Volker Schlöndorff
Capitaine Marleau Hervé Gerfaut Josée Dayan TV Series (1 Episode)
2018 At Eternity's Gate Madman Julian Schnabel
2019 Calls Adam Timothée Hochet TV Series (1 Episode)
Myster Mocky présente Jean-Pierre Mocky TV Series (1 Episode)
Post-Production
2020 Villa Caprice Luc Germon Bernard Stora Post-Production

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

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
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 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

References

  1. "Niels Arestrup : " La solitude m'a beaucoup servi "". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2019-10-27. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. "Review: Niels Arestrup clearly dominates in 'You Will Be My Son'". Los Angeles Times. 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  3. Variety, By Scott Foundas. "REVIEW: 'The French Minister' ★★&#9733 1/2". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.


See also

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