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 · 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
- 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 · Apaches: Gang of Paris as Jésus
- 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 · One Nation, One King as Saint-Just
- 2018 · Konbini Vidéo Club as
- 2017 · Paris etc. as Léo
- 2017 · Dans les médias as
- 2017 · Dalida as Jean Sobieski
- 2016 · Polina as Adrien
- 2014 · Gemma Bovery as Hervé de Bressigny
- 2014 · Quantum Love as Hugo
- 2014 · Collisions as Henri
- 2014 · Métamorphoses as The Disenchanted / The Monster
- 2013 · Odysseus as Telemaco
- 2012 · Chaos as Thibaut
- 2012 · Clash as Raphaël
- 2011 · The Howling: Reborn as Roland
- 2010 · Heartbeats as Nicolas
- 2009 · C à vous as Self - Guest
- 1994 · The Man from Snowy River as Delivery Man
- Future · Cancel as Gabriel Roche
- 2026 · Think Good as Jacques
- 2025 · Haunted Minds as Skender
- 2024 · The World Doesn’t Exist as Adam
- 2024 · Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 as Niels Schneider
- 2023 · Spirit of Ecstasy as Augustin
- 2023 · Before We Collapse as Tristan
- 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 · An Impossible Love as Philippe
- 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
- 2013 · Opium as Maurice Sachs
- 2013 · You and the Night as Matthias
- 2012 · Atomic Age as Theo
- 2012 · Miao Shan and the Minotaur as Magician
- 2012 · The Raptures as Etienne
- 2011 · Val d'or as Théo
- 2011 · Another World as Louis
- 2010 · 2 Frogs in the West as Max
- 2010 · Fatal as Lawyer in the car
- 2009 · Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees as Sacha (soldat)
- 2009 · Taking the Plunge 2 as Anna's Brother
- 2009 · I Killed My Mother as Eric
- 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