Niels Schneider
Biography
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
Quotidien
2016
C à vous
2009
De Gaulle: Résistance
2026
The Man from Snowy River
1994
Beau geste
2023
0Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
0Dans les médias
2017
De Gaulle: Liberté
2026
Ad Vitam
2018
Curiosa
2019
We're Live
2020
Totems
2022
Filmography
Quotidien
as Self - Guest · 2016
C à vous
as Self - Guest · 2009
De Gaulle: Résistance
as Général Leclerc · 2026
The Man from Snowy River
as Delivery Man · 1994
Beau geste
as Self · 2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest · 2023
Dans les médias
· 2017
De Gaulle: Liberté
as Général Leclerc · 2026
Ad Vitam
as Virgil Berti - Alias Caron · 2018
Curiosa
as Pierre Louÿs · 2019
We're Live
as Self · 2020
Totems
as Francis Mareuil · 2022
Coup de chance
as Alain Aubert · 2023
Agent Zero
as Alex · 2025
Of Money and Blood
as Jérôme Attias · 2023
Odysseus
as Telemaco · 2013
I Killed My Mother
as Eric · 2009
Gemma Bovery
as Hervé de Bressigny · 2014
Sibyl
as Gabriel · 2019
Clash
as Raphaël · 2012
Quantum Love
as Hugo · 2014
Tout simplement fan
as Niels Schneider · 2026
The Howling: Reborn
as Roland · 2011
Think Good
as Jacques · 2026
Paris etc.
as Léo · 2017
One Nation, One King
as Saint-Just · 2018
Heartbeats
as Nicolas · 2010
Cancel
as Gabriel Roche
Spirit of Ecstasy
as Augustin · 2023
Polina
as Adrien · 2016
The World Doesn’t Exist
as Adam · 2024
The Unknown
as David Zimmerman / Malia · 2026
Love Affair(s)
as Maxime · 2020
Icarus
as Thésée (voice) · 2022
An Impossible Love
as Philippe · 2018
A Brother’s Love
as Alex · 2019
Back Home
as Thomas · 2020
Spiritual World
Sympathy for the Devil
as Paul · 2019
Dalida
as Jean Sobieski · 2017
You and the Night
as Matthias · 2013
Apaches: Gang of Paris
as Jésus · 2023
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
as Jean · 2018
2 Frogs in the West
as Max · 2010
Bad Poems
as Henri · 2018
Collisions
as Henri · 2014
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024
as Niels Schneider · 2024
Haunted Minds
as Skender · 2025
Chaos
as Thibaut · 2012
Dark Diamond
as Pier Ulmann · 2016
Val d'or
as Théo · 2011
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
as Self · 2016
Sleeping Beauty
as Le prince Egon de Létonia · 2017
Métamorphoses
as The Disenchanted / The Monster · 2014
Au nom du père
Atomic Age
as Theo · 2012
Altered Innocence Vol. 1
as The Cheating Boyfriend · 2021
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
as Sacha (soldat) · 2009
Opium
as Maurice Sachs · 2013
Fatal
as Lawyer in the car · 2010
Taking the Plunge 2
as Anna's Brother · 2009
Everything Is Fine
as Sacha · 2008
Voice Over
as Antoine · 2014
Suzanna Andler
as Michel · 2021
Kokoro
as Nathan · 2016
The Taste of Nothingness
as Ami de Julien · 2007
South Sentinel
as Christian Lafayette · 2022
Le petit oiseau va sortir
as Soldier · 2006
The Black Book
as Marquis Lusault · 2018
Before We Collapse
as Tristan · 2023
Another World
as Louis · 2011
Futura
as Louis · 2021
The Art Dealer
as Klaus · 2015
Miao Shan and the Minotaur
as Magician · 2012
Phratry
· 2018
The Perfect Boyfriend
The Raptures
as Etienne · 2012