Niels Schneider
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 18 June 1987 · 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.
Known for
Acting 64
- 2026Spiritual World
- 2026Au nom du père
- 2026Think Good as Jacques
- 2026The Unknown as David Zimmerman / Malia
- 2026De Gaulle: Liberté as Général Leclerc
- 2026De Gaulle: Résistance as Général Leclerc
- 2026The Perfect Boyfriend
- 2026Cardiocleptomania
- 2025Haunted Minds as Skender
- 2025Agent Zero as Alex
- 2024Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 as Niels Schneider
- 2023Spirit of Ecstasy as Augustin
- 2023Coup de chance as Alain Aubert
- 2023Before We Collapse as Tristan
- 2023Apaches: Gang of Paris as Jésus
- 2022South Sentinel as Christian Lafayette
- 2022Icarus as Thésée (voice)
- 2021Futura as Louis
- 2021Suzanna Andler as Michel
- 2021Altered Innocence Vol. 1 as The Cheating Boyfriend
- 2020Love Affair(s) as Maxime
- 2020Back Home as Thomas
- 2019Sympathy for the Devil as Paul
- 2019A Brother’s Love as Alex
- 2019Sibyl as Gabriel
- 2019Curiosa as Pierre Louÿs
- 2018Bad Poems as Henri
- 2018An Impossible Love as Philippe
- 2018The Black Book as Marquis Lusault
- 2018One Nation, One King as Saint-Just
- 2018Phratry
- 2018The Most Assassinated Woman in the World as Jean
- 2017Sleeping Beauty as Le prince Egon de Létonia
- 2017Dalida as Jean Sobieski
- 2016Polina as Adrien
- 2016Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible as Self
- 2016Dark Diamond as Pier Ulmann
- 2016Kokoro as Nathan
- 2015The Art Dealer as Klaus
- 2015Les vacances continuent
- 2014Gemma Bovery as Hervé de Bressigny
- 2014Voice Over as Antoine
- 2014Quantum Love as Hugo
- 2014Collisions as Henri
- 2014Métamorphoses as The Disenchanted / The Monster
- 2013Opium as Maurice Sachs
- 2013You and the Night as Matthias
- 2012Chaos as Thibaut
- 2012Atomic Age as Theo
- 2012Miao Shan and the Minotaur as Magician
- 2012The Raptures as Etienne
- 2011Val d'or as Théo
- 2011Another World as Louis
- 2011The Howling: Reborn as Roland
- 2011Cœur de Pirate: Adieu
- 20102 Frogs in the West as Max
- 2010Fatal as Lawyer in the car
- 2010Heartbeats as Nicolas
- 2009Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees as Sacha (soldat)
- 2009Taking the Plunge 2 as Anna's Brother
- 2009I Killed My Mother as Eric
- 2008Everything Is Fine as Sacha
- 2007The Taste of Nothingness as Ami de Julien
- 2006Le petit oiseau va sortir as Soldier
Directing 1
- 2022The Rite · director
Writing 1
- 2022The Rite · writer