Niels Arestrup
Introduction '''Niels Arestrup''' (; born 8 February 1949) is a French-Danish actor, film director and screenwriter. He has won three César Awards.
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.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.
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 Brook1982 ''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 Arestrup2002 ''Phèdre'' Jean Racine Jacques Weber  ''Une nuit arabe'' Roland Schimmelpfennig Frédéric Bélier-Garcia 2003 ''Each In His Own Way'' Luigi Pirandello Bernard Murat2004 ''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   1976 ''Lumière'' Nano Jeanne Moreau  ''The Big Night'' Léon Francis Reusser  ''I, you, he, she'' The driver Chantal Akerman  ''Demain les mômes'' Philippe   ''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   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  Short 1980 ''The Woman Cop'' Dominique Allier Yves Boisset  1981 ''Seuls'' Jean Francis Reusser   ''Du blues dans la tête'' Dan   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  Short 1987 ''La rumba'' Commissioner Detaix Roger Hanin ''Charlie Dingo'' William Gilles Béhat  ''Barbablù, Barbablù'' Gastone Fabio Carpi  1988 ''Ville étrangère'' Gregor Keuschnig   1989 ''Doux amer'' Jean   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   2007 ''Le candidat'' Georges Niels Arestrup  ''La part animale'' Henri Chaumier   ''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  ''The Big Picture'' Bartholomé Éric Lartigau   2011 ''War Horse'' Grandfather Steven Spielberg  ''You Will Be My Son'' Paul de Marseul   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   ''Diplomacy'' Général von Choltitz Volker Schlöndorff  2015 ''By the Sea'' Michel Angelina Jolie  ''Papa lumière'' Jacques   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  TV movie ''Messieurs les jurés'' Jean-Roger Pasquier André Michel TV series (1 episode) 1977 '''' 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  TV movie ''Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2'' The client  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  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   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 ''See You Up There'' Albert Dupontel 2017 3 ''The Woman Cop'' Yves Boisset 1980 4 ''If I Had to Do It All Over Again'' Claude Lelouch 1976 5 ''A Prophet'' Jacques Audiard 2009 6 ''The Beat That My Heart Skipped'' Jacques Audiard 2005 7 ''The Big Picture'' Éric Lartigau 2010 8 ''Among Wolves'' José Giovanni 1985 9 ''Stavisky'' Alain Resnais 1974
Accolades  Year  Award  Category  Film  Result 1999 Prix du Syndicat de la critique Best Actor Copenhagen  Molière Award Best Actor  2005 Molière Award Best Actor Letters to a Young Poet  2006 César Award Best Supporting Actor The Beat That My Heart Skipped  2010 César Award Best Supporting Actor A Prophet  Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actor  International Cinephile Society Best Supporting Actor  International Online Cinema Award Best Supporting Actor  Italian Online Movie Award Best Supporting Actor  2011 Molière Award Best Actor Diplomacy  César Award Best Supporting Actor The Big Picture  2013 Seattle International Film Festival Best Actor You Will Be My Son  2014 César Award Best Supporting Actor The French Minister  Globe de Cristal Awards Best Actor  2015 César Award Best Actor Diplomacy  Valladolid International Film Festival Best Actor  2016 L'Association des Critiques de Séries Best Actor Baron Noir  2017 ACS Awards Best Actor Republican Gangsters  Globe de Cristal Awards Best Actor in a Play Acting  2018 César Award Best Supporting Actor See You Up There  2020 Molière Award Best Actor Red  2023 ACS Awards Best Supporting Role in a TV Series : 40 minutes Black Butterflies
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