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