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