Niels Schneider
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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.
Known for
Credits
De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)
as Général Leclerc
Curiosa (2019)
as Pierre Louÿs
Agent Zero (2025)
as Alex
De Gaulle: Liberté (2026)
as Général Leclerc
Coup de chance (2023)
as Alain Aubert
Sibyl (2019)
as Gabriel
I Killed My Mother (2009)
as Eric
Gemma Bovery (2014)
as Hervé de Bressigny
Quantum Love (2014)
as Hugo
Think Good (2026)
as Jacques
Spirit of Ecstasy (2023)
as Augustin
Dalida (2017)
as Jean Sobieski
One Nation, One King (2018)
as Saint-Just
Polina (2016)
as Adrien
The Howling: Reborn (2011)
as Roland
The Unknown (2026)
as David Zimmerman / Malia
Heartbeats (2010)
as Nicolas
Love Affair(s) (2020)
as Maxime
A Brother’s Love (2019)
as Alex
Sleeping Beauty (2017)
as Le prince Egon de Létonia
An Impossible Love (2018)
as Philippe
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018)
as Jean
Bad Poems (2018)
as Henri
Back Home (2020)
as Thomas
Métamorphoses (2014)
as The Disenchanted / The Monster
Icarus (2022)
as Thésée (voice)
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible (2016)
as Self
You and the Night (2013)
as Matthias
Apaches: Gang of Paris (2023)
as Jésus
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees (2009)
as Sacha (soldat)
Sympathy for the Devil (2019)
as Paul
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 (2024)
as Niels Schneider
Chaos (2012)
as Thibaut
Haunted Minds (2025)
as Skender
Collisions (2014)
as Henri
Altered Innocence Vol. 1 (2021)
as The Cheating Boyfriend
2 Frogs in the West (2010)
as Max
Val d'or (2011)
as Théo
Voice Over (2014)
as Antoine
Au nom du père (—)
Actor
Dark Diamond (2016)
as Pier Ulmann
Suzanna Andler (2021)
as Michel
Taking the Plunge 2 (2009)
as Anna's Brother
Fatal (2010)
as Lawyer in the car
Opium (2013)
as Maurice Sachs
Kokoro (2016)
as Nathan
Miao Shan and the Minotaur (2012)
as Magician
Atomic Age (2012)
as Theo
South Sentinel (2022)
as Christian Lafayette
Everything Is Fine (2008)
as Sacha
The Black Book (2018)
as Marquis Lusault
The Taste of Nothingness (2007)
as Ami de Julien
The Art Dealer (2015)
as Klaus
Before We Collapse (2023)
as Tristan
Le petit oiseau va sortir (2006)
as Soldier
Futura (2021)
as Louis
Phratry (2018)
Actor
The Raptures (2012)
as Etienne
Another World (2011)
as Louis
Spiritual World (—)
Actor
The Perfect Boyfriend (—)
Actor