Niels Schneider

ActorDirectorWriter Jun 18 (age 38) Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France 1994–2026 (32 year career)

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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 star…

Known For

Film

I Killed My Mother

Eric

Film

Heartbeats

Nicolas

Film

Fatal

Lawyer in the car

Film

Dalida

Jean Sobieski

Film

Coup de Chance

Alain Aubert

Film

Gemma Bovery

Hervé de Bressigny

Film

An Impossible Love

Philippe

Film

Sibyl

Gabriel

Filmography

Acting (77)

Movies (61)

De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (Film 1)

2026 Upcoming

as Général Leclerc

Jun 3

De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge (Film 2)

2026 Upcoming

as Général Leclerc

Jul 3

Agent Zero

as Alex

Haunted Minds

as Skender

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024

2024

as Niels Schneider

Coup de Chance

as Alain Aubert

Spirit of Ecstasy

as Augustin

Apaches: Gang of Paris

as Jésus

Before We Collapse

as Tristan

Icarus

as Thésée

South Sentinel

as Christian Lafayette

5.7

Altered Innocence Vol. 1

2021

as The Cheating Boyfriend

Suzanna Andler

as Michel

Futura

as Louis

Back Home

as Thomas

Love Affair(s)

as Maxime

Sympathy for the Devil

as Paul

Curiosa

as Pierre Louÿs

Sibyl

as Gabriel

A Brother’s Love

as Alex

The Black Book

as Marquis Lusault

An Impossible Love

as Philippe

One Nation, One King

as Saint-Just

The Most Assassinated Woman in the World

as Jean

Bad Poems

as Henri

Phratry

Sleeping Beauty

as Le prince Egon de Létonia

Dalida

as Jean Sobieski

Polina

as Adrien

Dark Diamond

as Pier Ulmann

Kokoro

as Nathan

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

2016

as Self

6.0

Les vacances continuent

The Art Dealer

as Klaus

Voice Over

as Antoine

Gemma Bovery

as Hervé de Bressigny

6.1

Collisions

2014

as Henri

Quantum Love

2014

as Hugo

5.7

Métamorphoses

2014

as The Disenchanted / The Monster

You and the Night

as Matthias

Opium

as Maurice Sachs

Miao Shan and the Minotaur

2012

as Magician

Chaos

as Thibaut

Atomic Age

as Theo

The Raptures

as Etienne

The Howling: Reborn

as Roland

Val d'or

as Théo

Another World

as Louis

Heartbeats

as Nicolas

Fatal

as Lawyer in the car

2 Frogs in the West

as Max

Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees

2009

as Sacha (soldat)

I Killed My Mother

as Eric

Taking the Plunge 2

as Anna's Brother

Everything Is Fine

as Sacha

The Taste of Nothingness

2007

as Ami de Julien

Le petit oiseau va sortir

2006

as Soldier

Si tu penses bien

as Jacques

The Perfect Boyfriend

The Unknown

Cardiocleptomania

Television (16)

Tout simplement fan

2026

as Niels Schneider

Tout simplement fan

2026

as Niels Schneider

The World Doesn’t Exist

2024

as Adam

6.7

Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

2023

as Self - Guest

Beau geste

as Self

Of Money and Blood

as Jérôme Attias

Totems

as Francis Mareuil

We're Live

as Self

Ad Vitam

as Virgil Berti - Alias Caron

Dans les médias

Paris etc.

as Léo

Odysseus

as Telemaco

Clash

as Raphaël

C à vous

as Self - Guest

The Man from Snowy River

1994

as Delivery Man

6.8

Solange

as Gabriel Roche

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

The Rite

2022

Director

The Rite

2022

Writer