Niels Schneider

Niels Schneider

Acting

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

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Think Good Think Good 2026 The Unknown The Unknown 2026 De Gaulle: Liberté ★ 8.2 De Gaulle: Liberté 2026 De Gaulle: Résistance ★ 7.9 De Gaulle: Résistance 2026 Haunted Minds ★ 5.3 Haunted Minds 2025 Agent Zero ★ 5.7 Agent Zero 2025 The World Doesn’t Exist ★ 6.5 The World Doesn’t Exist 2024 Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 2024 Spirit of Ecstasy ★ 5.5 Spirit of Ecstasy 2023 Of Money and Blood ★ 7.7 Of Money and Blood 2023 Coup de chance ★ 6.2 Coup de chance 2023 Before We Collapse ★ 5.4 Before We Collapse 2023 Apaches: Gang of Paris ★ 6.0 Apaches: Gang of Paris 2023 The Rite The Rite 2022 South Sentinel ★ 5.7 South Sentinel 2022 Icarus ★ 6.7 Icarus 2022 Totems ★ 6.4 Totems 2022 Futura ★ 6.3 Futura 2021 Suzanna Andler ★ 4.8 Suzanna Andler 2021 Altered Innocence Vol. 1 ★ 4.0 Altered Innocence Vol. 1 2021 Love Affair(s) ★ 6.3 Love Affair(s) 2020 Back Home ★ 5.8 Back Home 2020 Sympathy for the Devil ★ 7.6 Sympathy for the Devil 2019 A Brother’s Love ★ 6.5 A Brother’s Love 2019 Sibyl ★ 5.7 Sibyl 2019 Curiosa ★ 5.8 Curiosa 2019 Bad Poems ★ 6.7 Bad Poems 2018 Ad Vitam ★ 6.1 Ad Vitam 2018 An Impossible Love ★ 6.6 An Impossible Love 2018 The Black Book ★ 5.4 The Black Book 2018 One Nation, One King ★ 5.6 One Nation, One King 2018 Phratry Phratry 2018 The Most Assassinated Woman in the World ★ 5.3 The Most Assassinated Woman in the World 2018 Paris etc. ★ 3.9 Paris etc. 2017 Sleeping Beauty ★ 4.7 Sleeping Beauty 2017 Dalida ★ 6.6 Dalida 2017 Polina ★ 6.6 Polina 2016 Dark Diamond ★ 5.9 Dark Diamond 2016 Kokoro ★ 5.7 Kokoro 2016 The Art Dealer ★ 3.6 The Art Dealer 2015 Les vacances continuent ★ 3.7 Les vacances continuent 2015 Gemma Bovery ★ 6.2 Gemma Bovery 2014 Voice Over ★ 4.6 Voice Over 2014 Quantum Love ★ 5.7 Quantum Love 2014 Collisions Collisions 2014 Métamorphoses Métamorphoses 2014 Opium ★ 4.0 Opium 2013 You and the Night ★ 5.9 You and the Night 2013 Odysseus ★ 6.1 Odysseus 2013 Chaos ★ 5.5 Chaos 2012 Atomic Age ★ 5.0 Atomic Age 2012 Miao Shan and the Minotaur Miao Shan and the Minotaur 2012 The Raptures ★ 3.0 The Raptures 2012 Clash ★ 5.0 Clash 2012 Val d'or Val d'or 2011 Another World ★ 2.9 Another World 2011 The Howling: Reborn ★ 4.7 The Howling: Reborn 2011 2 Frogs in the West ★ 5.3 2 Frogs in the West 2010 Fatal ★ 6.0 Fatal 2010 Heartbeats ★ 7.1 Heartbeats 2010 Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees 2009 Taking the Plunge 2 ★ 4.1 Taking the Plunge 2 2009 I Killed My Mother ★ 7.4 I Killed My Mother 2009 Everything Is Fine ★ 5.6 Everything Is Fine 2008 The Taste of Nothingness The Taste of Nothingness 2007 Le petit oiseau va sortir Le petit oiseau va sortir 2006 The Man from Snowy River ★ 6.8 The Man from Snowy River 1994 Cardiocleptomania Cardiocleptomania The Perfect Boyfriend The Perfect Boyfriend Cancel Cancel