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Niels Schneider

Niels Schneider

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

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
De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge (Film 2) poster
De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge (Film 2)
2026 • Général Leclerc
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (Film 1) poster
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (Film 1)
2026 • Général Leclerc
Haunted Minds poster
Haunted Minds
2025 • Skender
Agent Zero poster
Agent Zero
2025 • Alex
Spirit of Ecstasy poster
Spirit of Ecstasy
2023 • Augustin
Coup de Chance poster
Coup de Chance
2023 • Alain Aubert
Before We Collapse poster
Before We Collapse
2023 • Tristan
Apaches: Gang of Paris poster
Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023 • Jésus
South Sentinel poster
South Sentinel
2022 • Christian Lafayette
Icarus poster
Icarus
2022 • Thésée
Futura poster
Futura
2021 • Louis
Suzanna Andler poster
Suzanna Andler
2021 • Michel
Altered Innocence Vol. 1 poster
Altered Innocence Vol. 1
2021 • The Cheating Boyfriend
Love Affair(s) poster
Love Affair(s)
2020 • Maxime
Back Home poster
Back Home
2020 • Thomas
Sympathy for the Devil poster
Sympathy for the Devil
2019 • Paul
A Brother’s Love poster
A Brother’s Love
2019 • Alex
Sibyl poster
Sibyl
2019 • Gabriel
Curiosa poster
Curiosa
2019 • Pierre Louÿs
Bad Poems poster
Bad Poems
2018 • Henri
An Impossible Love poster
An Impossible Love
2018 • Philippe
The Black Book poster
The Black Book
2018 • Marquis Lusault
One Nation, One King poster
One Nation, One King
2018 • Saint-Just
Phratry poster
Phratry
2018
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World poster
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
2018 • Jean
Sleeping Beauty poster
Sleeping Beauty
2017 • Le prince Egon de Létonia
Dalida poster
Dalida
2017 • Jean Sobieski
Polina poster
Polina
2016 • Adrien
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible poster
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016 • Self
Dark Diamond poster
Dark Diamond
2016 • Pier Ulmann
Kokoro poster
Kokoro
2016 • Nathan
The Art Dealer poster
The Art Dealer
2015 • Klaus
Les vacances continuent poster
Les vacances continuent
2015
Gemma Bovery poster
Gemma Bovery
2014 • Hervé de Bressigny
Voice Over poster
Voice Over
2014 • Antoine
Quantum Love poster
Quantum Love
2014 • Hugo
Collisions poster
Collisions
2014 • Henri
Métamorphoses poster
Métamorphoses
2014 • The Disenchanted / The Monster
Opium poster
Opium
2013 • Maurice Sachs
You and the Night poster
You and the Night
2013 • Matthias
Chaos poster
Chaos
2012 • Thibaut
Atomic Age poster
Atomic Age
2012 • Theo
Miao Shan and the Minotaur poster
Miao Shan and the Minotaur
2012 • Magician
The Raptures poster
The Raptures
2012 • Etienne
Val d'or poster
Val d'or
2011 • Théo
Another World poster
Another World
2011 • Louis
The Howling: Reborn poster
The Howling: Reborn
2011 • Roland
2 Frogs in the West poster
2 Frogs in the West
2010 • Max
Fatal poster
Fatal
2010 • Lawyer in the car
Heartbeats poster
Heartbeats
2010 • Nicolas
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees poster
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
2009 • Sacha (soldat)
Taking the Plunge 2 poster
Taking the Plunge 2
2009 • Anna's Brother
I Killed My Mother poster
I Killed My Mother
2009 • Eric
Everything Is Fine poster
Everything Is Fine
2008 • Sacha
The Taste of Nothingness poster
The Taste of Nothingness
2007 • Ami de Julien
Le petit oiseau va sortir poster
Le petit oiseau va sortir
2006 • Soldier
Cardiocleptomania poster
Cardiocleptomania
No Image
The Perfect Boyfriend
The Unknown poster
The Unknown
No Image
Si tu penses bien
— • Jacques