Portrait of Niels Schneider

Niels Schneider

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).

Born: June 18, 1987

Place of Birth: Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Filmography

2025
Haunted Minds

as Skender

2025
Badh

as Alex

2023
2023
Of Money and Blood

as Jérôme Attias

2023
2023
Coup de Chance

as Alain Aubert

2023
2023
Beau geste

as Self

2022
South Sentinel

as Christian Lafayette

2022
Icarus

as Thésée

2022
Totems

as Francis Mareuil

2021
Futura

as Louis

2021
2021
Altered Innocence Vol. 1

as The Cheating Boyfriend

2020
We're Live

as Self

2020
2020
Back Home

as Thomas

2019
Sibyl

as Gabriel

2019
Curiosa

as Pierre Louÿs

2018
Bad Poems

as Henri

2018
Ad Vitam

as Virgil Berti - Alias Caron

2018
2018
The Black Book

as Marquis Lusault

2018
2017
Paris etc.

as Léo

2017
Sleeping Beauty

as Le prince Egon de Létonia

2017
Dalida

as Jean Sobieski

2016
Polina

as Adrien

2016
Dark Diamond

as Pier Ulmann

2016
Kokoro

as Nathan

2015
2014
Gemma Bovery

as Hervé de Bressigny

2014
Voice Over

as Antoine

2014
2014
Collisions

as Henri

2014
Métamorphoses

as The Disenchanted / The Monster

2013
Opium

as Maurice Sachs

2013
2013
Odysseus

as Telemaco

2012
Chaos

as Thibaut

2012
Atomic Age

as Theo

2012
The Raptures

as Etienne

2012
Clash

as Raphaël

2011
Val d'or

as Théo

2011
2011
2010
Fatal

as Lawyer in the car

2010
Heartbeats

as Nicolas

2009
C à vous

as Self - Guest

2009
Taking the Plunge 2

as Anna's Brother

2008
2007
The Taste of Nothingness

as Ami de Julien

1994
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De Gaulle – Partie 2

as Général Leclerc