Niels Schneider
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 18, 1987
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- Spiritual World
Spiritual World TBA
Actor
- Au nom du père
Au nom du père TBA
Actor
- The Perfect Boyfriend
The Perfect Boyfriend TBA
Actor
Think Good 2026
as Jacques
The Unknown 2026
as David Zimmerman / Malia
De Gaulle: Liberté 2026
as Général Leclerc
De Gaulle: Résistance 2026
as Général Leclerc
Haunted Minds 2025
as Skender
Agent Zero 2025
as Alex
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 2024
as Niels Schneider
Spirit of Ecstasy 2023
as Augustin
Coup de chance 2023
as Alain Aubert
Before We Collapse 2023
as Tristan
Apaches: Gang of Paris 2023
as Jésus
- The Rite
The Rite 2022
Director, Writer
South Sentinel 2022
as Christian Lafayette
Icarus 2022
as Thésée (voice)
Futura 2021
as Louis
Suzanna Andler 2021
as Michel
Altered Innocence Vol. 1 2021
as The Cheating Boyfriend
Love Affair(s) 2020
as Maxime
Back Home 2020
as Thomas
Sympathy for the Devil 2019
as Paul
A Brother’s Love 2019
as Alex
Sibyl 2019
as Gabriel
Curiosa 2019
as Pierre Louÿs
Bad Poems 2018
as Henri
An Impossible Love 2018
as Philippe
The Black Book 2018
as Marquis Lusault
One Nation, One King 2018
as Saint-Just
Phratry 2018
Actor
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World 2018
as Jean
Sleeping Beauty 2017
as Le prince Egon de Létonia
Dalida 2017
as Jean Sobieski
Polina 2016
as Adrien
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible 2016
as Self
Dark Diamond 2016
as Pier Ulmann
Kokoro 2016
as Nathan
The Art Dealer 2015
as Klaus
Gemma Bovery 2014
as Hervé de Bressigny
Voice Over 2014
as Antoine
Quantum Love 2014
as Hugo
Collisions 2014
as Henri
Métamorphoses 2014
as The Disenchanted / The Monster
Opium 2013
as Maurice Sachs
You and the Night 2013
as Matthias
Chaos 2012
as Thibaut
Atomic Age 2012
as Theo
Miao Shan and the Minotaur 2012
as Magician
The Raptures 2012
as Etienne
Val d'or 2011
as Théo
Another World 2011
as Louis
The Howling: Reborn 2011
as Roland
2 Frogs in the West 2010
as Max
Fatal 2010
as Lawyer in the car
Heartbeats 2010
as Nicolas
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees 2009
as Sacha (soldat)
Taking the Plunge 2 2009
as Anna's Brother
I Killed My Mother 2009
as Eric
Everything Is Fine 2008
as Sacha
The Taste of Nothingness 2007
as Ami de Julien
Le petit oiseau va sortir 2006
as Soldier
Credits from TMDB.