Portrait of Niels Arestrup

Acting

Niels Arestrup

Career

Active from 1974 to 2024, busiest in 1982 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
45
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Niels Arestrup Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • French Cinema 9
  • Character-Driven 7
  • Character Study 7
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Melancholy 4
  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Intrigue 2
  • Intriguing Plot 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

73
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 67
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 (2024)

as Niels Arestrup

Divertimento
Divertimento (2023)
GoodWatch score 70

as Sergiu Celibidache

Black Butterflies
Black Butterflies (2022)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Albert Desiderio

Villa Caprice
Villa Caprice (2021)
GoodWatch score 56

as Luc Germon

2010s

17 titles · average score 66
At Eternity's Gate
At Eternity's Gate (2018)
GoodWatch score 73

as Madman

See You Up There
See You Up There (2017)
GoodWatch score 86

as Marcel Péricourt

Baron Noir
Baron Noir (2016)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Francis Laugier

Diplomacy
Diplomacy (2014)
GoodWatch score 77

as General Dietrich von Choltitz

96 heures
96 heures (2014)
GoodWatch score 58

as Victor Kancel

The French Minister
The French Minister (2013)
GoodWatch score 63

as Claude Maupas

Our Children
Our Children (2012)
GoodWatch score 78

as André Pinget

War Horse
War Horse (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

as Grandfather

You Will Be My Son
You Will Be My Son (2011)
GoodWatch score 64

as Paul de Marseul

Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key (2010)
GoodWatch score 69

as Jules Dufaure

The Big Picture
The Big Picture (2010)
GoodWatch score 71

as Bartholomé

Small World
Small World (2010)
GoodWatch score 64

as Thomas Senn

2000s

11 titles · average score 71
A Prophet
A Prophet (2009)
GoodWatch score 87

as César Luciani

Farewell
Farewell (2009)
GoodWatch score 75

as Vallier

Le Temps des cerises
Le Temps des cerises (2008)

Theatre Play

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
GoodWatch score 87

as Roussin

The Candidate
The Candidate (2007)
GoodWatch score 58

as Georges

Fragments of Antonin
Fragments of Antonin (2006)
GoodWatch score 67

as le professeur Lantier

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
GoodWatch score 77

as Robert Seyr

Speak to Me of Love
Speak to Me of Love (2002)
GoodWatch score 59

as Richard

A Private Affair
A Private Affair (2002)
GoodWatch score 60

as Le père de Rachel

Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic (2000)

as Jascha Steg

Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre
Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre (2000)

as Fernando Krapp

1990s

6 titles · average score 83
Rewind
Rewind (1998)

as Fabrice Rivail

Les Derniers Jours de la victime
Les Derniers Jours de la victime (1995)

as Mendizábal

Délit mineur
Délit mineur (1994)

as Claude

Albert Savarus
Albert Savarus (1993)

as Albert Savarus

La Femme abandonnée
La Femme abandonnée (1992)

as Oskar de Wilno

Meeting Venus
Meeting Venus (1991)
GoodWatch score 83

as Zoltan Szanto

1980s

20 titles · average score 57
Ville étrangère
Ville étrangère (1988)

as Gregor Keuschnig

La Ruelle au clair de lune
La Ruelle au clair de lune (1988)

as Professeur Hans Klemm

Doux amer
Doux amer (1987)

as Jean

La Rumba
La Rumba (1987)

as Detaix

Lorfou
Lorfou (1987)

as Angelo

Sincerely Charlotte
Sincerely Charlotte (1985)
GoodWatch score 51

as Mathieu

Diesel
Diesel (1985)

as Nelson

The Future Is Woman
The Future Is Woman (1984)
GoodWatch score 56

as Gordon

La danse de mort
La danse de mort (1982)

as Kurt

One Man's War
One Man's War (1982)

as Narrator

Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff
Le Retour d'Elisabeth Wolff (1982)

as Stan Pilgrim

Alone
Alone (1981)

as Jean

1970s

15 titles · average score 68
Le Tourbillon des jours
Le Tourbillon des jours (1979)

TV show · as Germain

Memoirs of a French Whore
Memoirs of a French Whore (1979)
GoodWatch score 62

as André

The Song of Roland
The Song of Roland (1978)

as Le commerçant / Oton

Plus ça va, moins ça va
Plus ça va, moins ça va (1977)

as Vincent

The Sorceror's Apprentice
The Sorceror's Apprentice (1977)

as Danton

The Big Night
The Big Night (1976)

as Léon

Tomorrow's Children
Tomorrow's Children (1976)

as Philippe

A Second Chance
A Second Chance (1976)
GoodWatch score 63

as Henri Lanot

Je Tu Il Elle
Je Tu Il Elle (1974)
GoodWatch score 83

as Truck Driver

Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men
Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men (1974)

as Yves

Stavisky...
Stavisky... (1974)
GoodWatch score 70

as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski

La dernière carte
La dernière carte (1974)

as Wilhelm Kasda