Niels Schneider

Born: 1987-06-18 in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Known For: Acting

Biography

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).

Filmography

2026

De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (Film 1) as Général Leclerc
The Unknown as David Zimmerman
De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge (Film 2) as Général Leclerc
Tout simplement fan as Niels Schneider
Think Good as Jacques

2025

Agent Zero as Alex
Haunted Minds as Skender

2024

The World Doesn’t Exist as Adam
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 as Niels Schneider

2023

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
Beau geste as Self
Of Money and Blood as Jérôme Attias
Coup de Chance as Alain Aubert
Apaches: Gang of Paris as Jésus
Spirit of Ecstasy as Augustin
Before We Collapse as Tristan

2022

Totems as Francis Mareuil
Icarus as Thésée (voice)
The Rite ... (Director)
South Sentinel as Christian Lafayette

2021

Altered Innocence Vol. 1 as The Cheating Boyfriend
Suzanna Andler as Michel
Futura as Louis

2020

We're Live as Self
Love Affair(s) as Maxime
Back Home as Thomas

2019

Curiosa as Pierre Louÿs
Sibyl as Gabriel
A Brother’s Love as Alex
Sympathy for the Devil as Paul

2018

Ad Vitam as Virgil Berti - Alias Caron
An Impossible Love as Philippe
One Nation, One King as Saint-Just
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World as Jean
The Black Book as Marquis Lusault
Bad Poems as Henri
Phratry

2017

Dans les médias
Paris etc. as Léo
Dalida as Jean Sobieski
Sleeping Beauty as Le prince Egon de Létonia

2016

Polina as Adrien
Kokoro as Nathan
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible as Self
Dark Diamond as Pier Ulmann

2015

The Art Dealer as Klaus
Les vacances continuent

2014

Gemma Bovery as Hervé de Bressigny
Quantum Love as Hugo
Collisions as Henri
Voice Over as Antoine
Métamorphoses as The Disenchanted / The Monster

2013

Odysseus as Telemaco
You and the Night as Matthias
Opium as Maurice Sachs

2012

Clash as Raphaël
Chaos as Thibaut
Atomic Age as Theo
Miao Shan and the Minotaur as Magician
The Raptures as Etienne

2011

The Howling: Reborn as Roland
Another World as Louis
Val d'or as Théo

2010

Heartbeats as Nicolas
Fatal as Lawyer in the car
2 Frogs in the West as Max