Niels Schneider
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Niels Schneider (born 18 June 1987) is a Franco-Canadian actor. He gained early recognition for his roles in Xavier Dolan's acclaimed films I Killed My Mother (2009) and Heartbeats (2010), which earned him the Trophée Chopard for Male Revelation of the Year at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. In 2013, he starred in Yann Gonzalez's provocative surreal film You and the Night. Schneider's performance in Dark Inclusion (2016) earned him the César Award for Most Promising Actor in 2017. He also starred in Of Money and Blood (2023) and appeared in Woody Allen's Coup de Chance (2023).
Known for
Credits
De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)
as Général Leclerc
Agent Zero (2025)
as Alex
Curiosa (2019)
as Pierre Louÿs
De Gaulle: Liberté (2026)
as Général Leclerc
Quantum Love (2014)
as Hugo
Bad Poems (2018)
as Henri
Sibyl (2019)
as Gabriel
Chaos (2012)
as Thibaut
Métamorphoses (2014)
as The Disenchanted / The Monster
Back Home (2020)
as Thomas
Polina (2016)
as Adrien
The Howling: Reborn (2011)
as Roland
Gemma Bovery (2014)
as Hervé de Bressigny
Heartbeats (2010)
as Nicolas
Sleeping Beauty (2017)
as Le prince Egon de Létonia
Think Good (2026)
as Jacques
You and the Night (2013)
as Matthias
Haunted Minds (2025)
as Skender
Fatal (2010)
as Lawyer in the car
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees (2009)
as Sacha (soldat)
I Killed My Mother (2009)
as Eric
Val d'or (2011)
as Théo
Atomic Age (2012)
as Theo
Dalida (2017)
as Jean Sobieski
Coup de chance (2023)
as Alain Aubert
Icarus (2022)
as Thésée (voice)
Collisions (2014)
as Henri
Kokoro (2016)
as Nathan
An Impossible Love (2018)
as Philippe
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 (2024)
as Niels Schneider
One Nation, One King (2018)
as Saint-Just
Everything Is Fine (2008)
as Sacha
Sympathy for the Devil (2019)
as Paul
A Brother’s Love (2019)
as Alex
The Unknown (2026)
as David Zimmerman / Malia
Love Affair(s) (2020)
as Maxime
Taking the Plunge 2 (2009)
as Anna's Brother
2 Frogs in the West (2010)
as Max
Apaches: Gang of Paris (2023)
as Jésus
The Taste of Nothingness (2007)
as Ami de Julien
Spirit of Ecstasy (2023)
as Augustin
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018)
as Jean
The Black Book (2018)
as Marquis Lusault
Le petit oiseau va sortir (2006)
as Soldier
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible (2016)
as Self
Dark Diamond (2016)
as Pier Ulmann
Suzanna Andler (2021)
as Michel
Before We Collapse (2023)
as Tristan
South Sentinel (2022)
as Christian Lafayette
Miao Shan and the Minotaur (2012)
as Magician
Altered Innocence Vol. 1 (2021)
as The Cheating Boyfriend
Phratry (2018)
Actor
Opium (2013)
as Maurice Sachs
Voice Over (2014)
as Antoine
The Raptures (2012)
as Etienne
Another World (2011)
as Louis
The Perfect Boyfriend (—)
Actor
The Art Dealer (2015)
as Klaus
Futura (2021)
as Louis