Niels Schneider
Acting • Born 1987-06-18
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).
Filmography
76 credits
Collisions
Movie • 2014
Henri
I Killed My Mother
Movie • 2009
Eric
South Sentinel
Movie • 2022
Christian Lafayette
Before We Collapse
Movie • 2023
Tristan
Everything Is Fine
Movie • 2008
Sacha
Heartbeats
Movie • 2010
Nicolas
Icarus
Movie • 2022
Thésée
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Movie • 2023
Jésus
Atomic Age
Movie • 2012
Theo
Chaos
Movie • 2012
Thibaut
You and the Night
Movie • 2013
Matthias
Opium
Movie • 2013
Maurice Sachs
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (Film 1)
Movie • 2026
Général Leclerc
De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge (Film 2)
Movie • 2026
Général Leclerc
Cardiocleptomania
Movie
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
Movie • 2009
Sacha (soldat)
Le petit oiseau va sortir
Movie • 2006
Soldier
Spirit of Ecstasy
Movie • 2023
Augustin
The Perfect Boyfriend
Movie
Another World
Movie • 2011
Louis
Coup de Chance
Movie • 2023
Alain Aubert
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Movie • 2016
Self
Miao Shan and the Minotaur
Movie • 2012
Magician
Gemma Bovery
Movie • 2014
Hervé de Bressigny
Dark Diamond
Movie • 2016
Pier Ulmann
Dalida
Movie • 2017
Jean Sobieski
Kokoro
Movie • 2016
Nathan
Polina
Movie • 2016
Adrien
The Art Dealer
Movie • 2015
Klaus
Taking the Plunge 2
Movie • 2009
Anna's Brother
Quantum Love
Movie • 2014
Hugo
Fatal
Movie • 2010
Lawyer in the car
Voice Over
Movie • 2014
Antoine
Métamorphoses
Movie • 2014
The Disenchanted / The Monster
2 Frogs in the West
Movie • 2010
Max
The Howling: Reborn
Movie • 2011
Roland
Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 2017
Le prince Egon de Létonia
An Impossible Love
Movie • 2018
Philippe
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
Movie • 2018
Jean
One Nation, One King
Movie • 2018
Saint-Just
Curiosa
Movie • 2019
Pierre Louÿs
The Black Book
Movie • 2018
Marquis Lusault
Bad Poems
Movie • 2018
Henri
Phratry
Movie • 2018
Sibyl
Movie • 2019
Gabriel
Futura
Movie • 2021
Louis
Val d'or
Movie • 2011
Théo
Back Home
Movie • 2020
Thomas
Les vacances continuent
Movie • 2015
A Brother’s Love
Movie • 2019
Alex
Sympathy for the Devil
Movie • 2019
Paul
Suzanna Andler
Movie • 2021
Michel
Love Affair(s)
Movie • 2020
Maxime
The Taste of Nothingness
Movie • 2007
Ami de Julien
Altered Innocence Vol. 1
Movie • 2021
The Cheating Boyfriend
The Raptures
Movie • 2012
Etienne
Haunted Minds
Movie • 2025
Skender
Agent Zero
Movie • 2025
Alex
The Unknown
Movie
Si tu penses bien
Movie
Jacques
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024
Movie • 2024
Niels Schneider
The World Doesn’t Exist
TV • 2024
Adam
Totems
TV • 2022
Francis Mareuil
Clash
TV • 2012
Raphaël
We're Live
TV • 2020
Self
Beau geste
TV • 2023
Self
Paris etc.
TV • 2017
Léo
Of Money and Blood
TV • 2023
Jérôme Attias
Ad Vitam
TV • 2018
Virgil Berti - Alias Caron
Odysseus
TV • 2013
Telemaco
The Man from Snowy River
TV • 1994
Delivery Man
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TV • 2023
Self - Guest
C à vous
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Dans les médias
TV • 2017
Solange
TV
Gabriel Roche
Tout simplement fan
TV • 2026
Niels Schneider