Niels Schneider
June 18, 1987 (39 years old) in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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
- 2026 · Think Good as Jacques
- 2026 · The Unknown as David Zimmerman / Malia
- 2026 · De Gaulle: Liberté as Général Leclerc
- 2026 · De Gaulle: Résistance as Général Leclerc
- 2026 · Tout simplement fan as Niels Schneider
- 2025 · Agent Zero as Alex
- 2024 · The World Doesn’t Exist as Adam
- 2023 · Spirit of Ecstasy as Augustin
- 2023 · Of Money and Blood as Jérôme Attias
- 2023 · Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- 2023 · Coup de chance as Alain Aubert
- 2023 · Beau geste as Self
- 2022 · Icarus as Thésée (voice)
- 2022 · Totems as Francis Mareuil
- 2020 · We're Live as Self
- 2020 · Love Affair(s) as Maxime
- 2020 · Back Home as Thomas
- 2019 · A Brother’s Love as Alex
- 2019 · Sibyl as Gabriel
- 2019 · Curiosa as Pierre Louÿs
- 2018 · Ad Vitam as Virgil Berti - Alias Caron
- 2018 · An Impossible Love as Philippe
- 2018 · One Nation, One King as Saint-Just
- 2017 · Paris etc. as Léo
- 2017 · Dans les médias as
- 2017 · Dalida as Jean Sobieski
- 2016 · Polina as Adrien
- 2016 · Quotidien as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Gemma Bovery as Hervé de Bressigny
- 2014 · Quantum Love as Hugo
- 2013 · You and the Night as Matthias
- 2013 · Odysseus as Telemaco
- 2012 · Clash as Raphaël
- 2011 · The Howling: Reborn as Roland
- 2010 · Heartbeats as Nicolas
- 2009 · C à vous as Self - Guest
- 2009 · I Killed My Mother as Eric
- 1994 · The Man from Snowy River as Delivery Man
- Future · Cancel as Gabriel Roche
- 2025 · Haunted Minds as Skender
- 2024 · Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 as Niels Schneider
- 2023 · Before We Collapse as Tristan
- 2023 · Apaches: Gang of Paris as Jésus
- 2022 · South Sentinel as Christian Lafayette
- 2021 · Futura as Louis
- 2021 · Suzanna Andler as Michel
- 2021 · Altered Innocence Vol. 1 as The Cheating Boyfriend
- 2019 · Sympathy for the Devil as Paul
- 2018 · Bad Poems as Henri
- 2018 · The Black Book as Marquis Lusault
- 2018 · Phratry as
- 2018 · The Most Assassinated Woman in the World as Jean
- 2017 · Sleeping Beauty as Le prince Egon de Létonia
- 2016 · Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible as Self
- 2016 · Dark Diamond as Pier Ulmann
- 2016 · Kokoro as Nathan
- 2015 · The Art Dealer as Klaus
- 2014 · Voice Over as Antoine
- 2014 · Collisions as Henri
- 2014 · Métamorphoses as The Disenchanted / The Monster
- 2013 · Opium as Maurice Sachs
- 2012 · Chaos as Thibaut
- 2012 · Miao Shan and the Minotaur as Magician
- 2010 · 2 Frogs in the West as Max
- Future · Spiritual World as
- 2012 · Atomic Age as Theo
- 2012 · The Raptures as Etienne
- 2011 · Val d'or as Théo
- 2010 · Fatal as Lawyer in the car
- 2009 · Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees as Sacha (soldat)
- Future · Au nom du père as
- 2011 · Another World as Louis
- 2009 · Taking the Plunge 2 as Anna's Brother
- 2008 · Everything Is Fine as Sacha
- 2007 · The Taste of Nothingness as Ami de Julien
- 2006 · Le petit oiseau va sortir as Soldier
- Future · The Perfect Boyfriend as