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Niels Schneider

Niels Schneider

Actor · Born June 18, 1987 · Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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Biography

Niels Schneider (born June 18, 1987) is a French-Canadian actor. He had his breakthrough role in Xavier Dolan's film I Killed My Mother (2009), and gained international recognition in Dolan's Heartbeats (2010). In 2011, he won the Trophée Chopard Award for Male Revelation of the Year at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2017, he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in Dark Inclusion (2016). In 2019, he was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. He has been living and working based in Paris for most of his career.

Acted in 68

2020s

  1. 2026

    Think Good

    Jacques

  2. The Unknown

    David Zimmerman / Malia

  3. Tout simplement fan

    Niels Schneider · 2 episodes

  4. 2025
  5. 2024

    The World Doesn’t Exist

    Adam · 4 episodes

  6. Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024

    Niels Schneider

  7. 2023

    Spirit of Ecstasy

    Augustin

  8. Of Money and Blood

    Jérôme Attias · 12 episodes

  9. Before We Collapse

    Tristan

  10. 2022
  11. Icarus

    Thésée (voice)

  12. Totems

    Francis Mareuil · 8 episodes

  13. 2021

    O Livro Negro do Padre Dinis

    Marquis Lusault · 4 episodes

  14. Futura

    Louis

  15. Suzanna Andler

    Michel

  16. Altered Innocence Vol. 1

    The Cheating Boyfriend

  17. 2020

    Love Affair(s)

    Maxime

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018

    Bad Poems

    Henri

  3. The Black Book

    Marquis Lusault

  4. Phratry

    Movie

  5. 2017

    Paris etc.

    Léo · 12 episodes

  6. 2016

    Polina

    Adrien

  7. Dark Diamond

    Pier Ulmann

  8. Kokoro

    Nathan

  9. 2015

    The Art Dealer

    Klaus

  10. 2014
  11. Voice Over

    Antoine

  12. 2013

    Opium

    Maurice Sachs

  13. You and the Night

    Matthias

  14. Odysseus

    Telemaco · 12 episodes

  15. 2012
  16. Miao Shan and the Minotaur

    Magician

  17. The Raptures

    Etienne

  18. Clash

    Raphaël · 6 episodes

  19. 2011

    Val d'or

    Théo

  20. Another World

    Louis

  21. 2010

    2 Frogs in the West

    Max

  22. Fatal

    Lawyer in the car

2000s

  1. 2009

    Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees

    Sacha (soldat)

  2. 2008

    Everything Is Fine

    Sacha

  3. 2007

    The Taste of Nothingness

    Ami de Julien

  4. 2006

    Le petit oiseau va sortir

    Soldier

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