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.
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Niels Arestrup was a renowned French-Danish actor, film director, and screenwriter who established a prolific career in both European cinema and French theatre.
He is best known for his award-winning performances in Jacques Audiard's A Prophet and The Beat That My Heart Skipped, as well as roles in War Horse and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
He won two César Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his work in De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté and Un prophète.
