Actor profile

Niels Schneider

18th June 1987 Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France Acting

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.

57 Movies 16 TV Shows 1 In Production 76 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Unknown poster

The Unknown 26th August 2026 as David Zimmerman / Malia

De Gaulle: Liberté poster

De Gaulle: Liberté 26th June 2026 as Général Leclerc

De Gaulle: Résistance poster

De Gaulle: Résistance 3rd June 2026 as Général Leclerc

Haunted Minds poster

Haunted Minds 17th September 2025 as Skender

Agent Zero poster

Agent Zero 6th August 2025 as Alex

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 poster

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024 23rd February 2024 as Niels Schneider

Spirit of Ecstasy poster

Spirit of Ecstasy 22nd November 2023 as Augustin

Coup de chance poster

Coup de chance 15th September 2023 as Alain Aubert

Before We Collapse poster

Before We Collapse 19th April 2023 as Tristan

Apaches: Gang of Paris poster

Apaches: Gang of Paris 29th March 2023 as Jésus

South Sentinel poster

South Sentinel 13th April 2022 as Christian Lafayette

Icarus poster

Icarus 30th March 2022 as Thésée (voice)

Futura poster

Futura 17th June 2021 as Louis

Suzanna Andler poster

Suzanna Andler 2nd June 2021 as Michel

Altered Innocence Vol. 1 poster

Altered Innocence Vol. 1 25th May 2021 as The Cheating Boyfriend

Love Affair(s) poster

Love Affair(s) 16th September 2020 as Maxime

Back Home poster

Back Home 29th January 2020 as Thomas

Sympathy for the Devil poster

Sympathy for the Devil 27th November 2019 as Paul

A Brother’s Love poster

A Brother’s Love 7th June 2019 as Alex

Sibyl poster

Sibyl 24th May 2019 as Gabriel

Curiosa poster

Curiosa 3rd April 2019 as Pierre Louÿs

Bad Poems poster

Bad Poems 27th December 2018 as Henri

An Impossible Love poster

An Impossible Love 7th November 2018 as Philippe

The Black Book poster

The Black Book 3rd October 2018 as Marquis Lusault

One Nation, One King poster

One Nation, One King 26th September 2018 as Saint-Just

Phratry poster

Phratry 16th August 2018

The Most Assassinated Woman in the World poster

The Most Assassinated Woman in the World 9th July 2018 as Jean

Sleeping Beauty poster

Sleeping Beauty 18th January 2017 as Le prince Egon de Létonia

Dalida poster

Dalida 11th January 2017 as Jean Sobieski

Polina poster

Polina 16th November 2016 as Adrien

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible poster

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible 20th September 2016 as Self

Dark Diamond poster

Dark Diamond 8th June 2016 as Pier Ulmann

Kokoro poster

Kokoro 30th March 2016 as Nathan

The Art Dealer poster

The Art Dealer 18th March 2015 as Klaus

Gemma Bovery poster

Gemma Bovery 10th September 2014 as Hervé de Bressigny

Voice Over poster

Voice Over 6th September 2014 as Antoine

Quantum Love poster

Quantum Love 23rd April 2014 as Hugo

Collisions poster

Collisions 20th February 2014 as Henri

Métamorphoses poster

Métamorphoses 20th January 2014 as The Disenchanted / The Monster

Opium poster

Opium 2nd October 2013 as Maurice Sachs

You and the Night poster

You and the Night 8th September 2013 as Matthias

Chaos poster

Chaos 6th October 2012 as Thibaut

Atomic Age poster

Atomic Age 16th August 2012 as Theo

Miao Shan and the Minotaur poster

Miao Shan and the Minotaur 16th June 2012 as Magician

The Raptures poster

The Raptures 24th May 2012 as Etienne

Val d'or poster

Val d'or 14th November 2011 as Théo

Another World poster

Another World 1st November 2011 as Louis

The Howling: Reborn poster

The Howling: Reborn 18th October 2011 as Roland

2 Frogs in the West poster

2 Frogs in the West 28th October 2010 as Max

Fatal poster

Fatal 16th June 2010 as Lawyer in the car

Heartbeats poster

Heartbeats 11th June 2010 as Nicolas

Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees poster

Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees 27th December 2009 as Sacha (soldat)

Taking the Plunge 2 poster

Taking the Plunge 2 17th June 2009 as Anna's Brother

I Killed My Mother poster

I Killed My Mother 5th June 2009 as Eric

Everything Is Fine poster

Everything Is Fine 1st March 2008 as Sacha

The Taste of Nothingness poster

The Taste of Nothingness 18th May 2007 as Ami de Julien

Le petit oiseau va sortir poster

Le petit oiseau va sortir 27th December 2006 as Soldier

Tout simplement fan poster

Tout simplement fan 27th January 2026 as Niels Schneider

The World Doesn’t Exist poster

The World Doesn’t Exist 26th September 2024 as Adam

Of Money and Blood poster

Of Money and Blood 16th October 2023 as Jérôme Attias

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma poster

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma 22nd September 2023 as Self - Guest

Beau geste poster

Beau geste 22nd January 2023 as Self

Totems poster

Totems 18th February 2022 as Francis Mareuil

We're Live poster

We're Live 26th September 2020 as Self

Ad Vitam poster

Ad Vitam 8th November 2018 as Virgil Berti - Alias Caron

Konbini Vidéo Club poster

Konbini Vidéo Club 10th July 2018

Paris etc. poster

Paris etc. 27th November 2017 as Léo

Dans les médias poster

Dans les médias 14th September 2017

Quotidien poster

Quotidien 12th September 2016 as Self - Guest

Odysseus poster

Odysseus 13th June 2013 as Telemaco

Clash poster

Clash 9th May 2012 as Raphaël

C à vous poster

C à vous 7th September 2009 as Self - Guest

The Man from Snowy River poster

The Man from Snowy River 23rd September 1994 as Delivery Man

Think Good poster

Coming soon

Think Good 16th September 2026 as Jacques