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Farewell(2008), from Christian Carion
Le Prophète(2008), from Jacques Audiard
Candidat (Le)(2007), from Niels Arestrup
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2006), from Julian Schnabel
La Part animale(2006), from Sébastien Jaudeau
Mauvaise pente(2006), from Jeanne Labrune
Fragments of Antonin(2005), from Gabriel Le Bomin
Beat That My Heart Skipped (The)(2004), from Jacques Audiard
A private affair(2001), from Guillaume Nicloux
Speak to Me of Love(2001), from Sophie Marceau

Complete filmography

Niels Arestrup makes his debut on screen in Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Man by Samy Pavel (1973) and Stavisky by Alain Resnais (1974).
Leading a big career on stage, he appears on screen mainly in supporting parts and plays ambiguous or unpleasant characters.
In the 80’, Niels Arestup gets principal roles, The Futur Is Woman by Marco Ferreri (1984), Meeting Venus by Istvan Szabo (1991) or Lulu's Picnic by Didier Martiny (2000).
In 2002, he appears in Speak to Me of Love, Sophie Marceau’s first feature as a director. In 2005, he stars alongside Romain Duris in The Beat That My Heart Skipped by Jacques Audiard.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER :
1991 – Meeting Venus – Dir: Istvan Szabo (UK/Japan/USA);
1987 – Barbablu, Barbablu – Dir: F. Carpi (Italy)

TV:
2000 – La Part de l’ombre – Dir: P. Venault;
2000 – Fernando Krapp m’a écrit cette lettre – Dir: Y. Di Tullio & B. Murat;
1993 – Les Derniers jours de la victime – Dir: B. Gantillon;
1993 – Albert Savary – Dir: A. Astruc;
1992 – La Femme abandonnée – Dir: E. Molinaro;
1991 – La Grande dune – Dir: B. Stora;
1989 – L’Ivresse de la métamorphose – Dir: E. Molinaro;
1989 – Manon Roland – Dir: E. Molinaro;
1988 – La Ruelle du clair de lune – Dir: E. Molinaro;
1986 – Lorfou – Dir: D. Duval;
1984 – Mademoiselle Julie – Dir: Y.-A. Hubert;
1983 – Les Poneys sauvages – Dir: R. Mazoyer ;
1982 – Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan – J. Deray;
1982 – La Cerisaie – P. Brook;
1982 – La Danse de mort – C. Chabrol;
1982 – Le Retour d’Elisabeth Wolff – J. Dayan;
1981 – L’Oiseau bleu – G. Axel;
1980 – Tauwetter – M. Imhoff (Switzerland/Western Germany);
1979 – Le Tourbillon des jours – J. Doniol-Valcroze;
1978 – Lulu – M. Bluwal;
1977 – Au bout du printemps – B. Dubois;
1974 – La Dernière carte – M. Cravenne

TV SERIES:
2002 – Les Enquêtes d’Eloïse Rome “Bête fauve” – Dir: P. Setbon;
1981 – Les Héritiers “Les Femmes du lac” – Dir: B. Gantillon;
1980 – Le Petit théâtre d’Antenne 2 “La Promenade du marais”

THEATRE:
2004 – Quartett by H. Müller (Dir: H.-P. Cloos);
2004 – L'Homme, la Bête et la Vertu by L. Pirandello (Dir: J.-C. Idée);
2002 – Une Nuit arabe by R. Schimmelpfennig (Dir: F. Bélier- Garcia);
2002 – A chacun sa vérité by L. Pirandello (Dir: B. Murat);
2001 – Phèdre by J. Racine (Dir: J. Weber);
2001 – Marie la blanche by J. Byrum (Dir: N. Arestrup);
2000 – X (Dir: N. Arestrup);
2000 – Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre by T. Dorst (Dir: B. Murat);
1999 – Copenhague by M. Frayn (Dir: M. Blakemore);
1996 – Qui a peur de Virginia Woolf ? by E. Albee (Dir: John Berry);
1996 – La musica deuxième by M. Duras (Dir: B. Murat);
1993 – Lettres a un jeune poète by R.-M. Rilke (Dir: N. Arestrup);
1991 – Ecrits sur l'eau by E.-E. Schmitt (Dir: N. Arestrup);
1990 – Le Misanthrope by Molière (Dir: P. Pradinas);
1989 – Sade, concert d'enfers by E. Cormann (Dir: P. Adrien);
1989 – La Mouette by A. Tchekhov (Dir: A. Konchalovsky);
1988 – Les Trois sœurs by A. Tchekhov (Dir: M. Benichou);
1987 – Le Radeau de la mort by H. Müller (Dir: H.-P. Cloos);
1986 – b 29 (Dir: D. Golby);
1985 – Fool for love by S. Shepard (Dir: A. Voutsinas);
1983 – Dom Juan by Molière (Dir: M. Benichou);
1983 – Mademoiselle Julie by A. Strinberg (Dir: A. Voutsinas);
1981 – La Dernière nuit de l'été by A. Arbuzov (Dir: Y. Bureau);
1981 – La Cerisaie by A. Tchekov (Dir: P. Brook);
1980 – L'amant by H. Pinter (Dir: P. Ferran);
1980 – Platonov by A. Tchekov (Dir: G. Garran);
1973 – Haute surveillance by J. Genet (Dir: C. Mathieu);
1973 – Gilles de Rais (Dir: R. Planchon);
1973 – Hôtel Baltimore (Dir: A. Arcady);
1973 – Crime et châtiment by F.- M. Dostoievski (Dir: A. Barsacq);
1973 – La Famille by L. De Boer (Dir: D. Goldby)