Niels Schneider
Niels Schneider (French: [nils ʃnɛdɛʁ]; born 18 June 1987) is a Franco-Canadian[1][2][3] actor who has appeared in more than thirty films since 2007. Born in Paris, naturalized Canadian, Schneider moved to Montreal at the age of 9 to start his career doing voice-over jobs.[1] 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.[4] In 2017, he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in Dark Inclusion (2016).[5]. In 2018 he met his soon-to-be fiancée, Virginie Efira, on the set of "un amour impossible", a French movie by Catherine Corsini. In 2019, he was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.[6]
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![]() Schneider in 2017 | |
Born | |
Citizenship | Canadian[1] |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2007–present |
Relatives | Aliocha Schneider (brother) |
Website | www.niels-schneider.net |
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | The Taste of Nothingness | Ami de Julien | |
2008 | Everything Is Fine | Sasha | |
2009 | I Killed My Mother | Éric | |
2009 | Taking the Plunge 2 | Frère d'Anna | |
2009 | Les chroniques de l'autre | Louis | Short film |
2010 | La neige cache l'ombre des figuiers | Sacha adulte | |
2010 | Heartbeats | Nicolas | |
2010 | Fatal | Le baveux en voiture | |
2010 | 2 Frogs in the West (2 Frogs dans l'Ouest) | Max | |
2011 | Bonne journée | Nick | Short film |
2011 | The Howling: Reborn | Roland | |
2011 | Un autre monde | Louis | TV movie |
2011 | Val d'or | Théo | TV movie |
2011 | Toy Soldier | Aubrey | Short film |
2012 | L'âge atomique | Theo | |
2012 | Clash | Raphaël | TV series |
2012 | Les ravissements | Etienne | |
2012 | Chaos | Thibaut | Nominated—Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor |
2013 | Nous irons ensemble | Lo | Short film |
2013 | You and the Night | Matthias | |
2013 | Opium | Maurice Sachs | |
2013 | Odysseus | Télémaque | TV series |
2013 | Libre et assoupi | ||
2014 | Quantum Love | Hugo | |
2014 | Métamorphose | Le Désenchanté / Le Monstre | |
2014 | Collisions | Henri | Short film |
2014 | Voice Over (La voz en off) | Antoine | |
2014 | Gemma Bovery | Hervé de Bressigny | |
2015 | The Art Dealer | Klaus | |
2016 | Dark Inclusion | Pier Ulmann | César Award for Most Promising Actor Nominated—Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor |
2016 | Polina | Adrien | |
2017 | Dalida | Jean Sobieski | |
2018 | The Black Book | Marquis Lusault | |
2018 | An Impossible Love | Philippe Arnold | |
2019 | Curiosa | Pierre Louÿs | |
2019 | A Brother's Love | Alex | |
2019 | Sibyl | Gabriel | |
2019 | Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable) | Paul Marchand | |
2020 | Love Affair(s) (Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait) | Maxime | |
2021 | Totems | Francis Mareuil | TV series |
Decorations
References
- Fasano, Maria Luisa (6 September 2019). "Interview with Niels Schneider: On His New Movie 'Revenir' and Family Ties". The Italian Rêve.
- "Niels Schneider". Premiere.fr.
- "To Act Well, Niels Schneider Needs to Forget". Flaunt Magazine. 16 August 2017.
- "Trophée Chopard celebrates 10 glittering years". Chopard. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- "Niels Schneider | Académie des César". Académie des César. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- "Appointment in the Order of Arts and Letters - Winter 2019". Ministère de la Culture. 28 May 2019.
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