Niels Arestrup (born February 8, 1949 in Montreuil-sous-Bois) is a French actor.
He is of Danish descent through his father and Breton through his mother. He's active since the 1970s and is a three time César Award for Best Supporting Role winner.
Selected filmography:
- The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) as Robert Seyr
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) as Roussin
- A Prophet (2009) as César Luciani
- Sarah's Key (2010) as Jules Dufaure
- War Horse (2011) as the Grandfather
- Quai d'Orsay (2013) as Claude Maupas
- The Dune (2014) as Reuven
- Diplomacy (2014) as General Dietrich von Choltitz
- See You Up There (2017) as Marcel Péricourt
