Niels Schneider (French: [nils ʃnɛdɛʁ]; born 18 June 1987) is a Franco-Canadian[1][2][3] actor who has appeared in more than thirty films since 2007. Born in Paris, naturalized Canadian, Schneider moved to Montreal at the age of 9 to start his career doing voice-over jobs.[1] 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.[4] In 2017, he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in Dark Inclusion (2016).[5] In 2019, he was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.[6]
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Born | (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 35) |
Citizenship | Canadian[1] |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2007–present |
Relatives | Aliocha Schneider (brother) |
Website | www.niels-schneider.net |
He is the brother of actor Aliocha Schneider. On September 8, 2003 his eldest brother, actor Vadim Schneider, died alongside actress Jaclyn Linetsky in a road accident while they were driving to the filming of an episode of 15/Love when the minivan lost control and collided with oncoming traffic. Both actors were killed in the accident.[citation needed]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | The Taste of Nothingness | Ami de Julien | |
2008 | Everything Is Fine | Sasha | |
2009 | I Killed My Mother | Éric | |
2009 | Taking the Plunge 2 | Frère d'Anna | |
2009 | Les chroniques de l'autre | Louis | Short film |
2010 | La neige cache l'ombre des figuiers | Sacha adulte | |
2010 | Heartbeats | Nicolas | |
2010 | Fatal | Le baveux en voiture | |
2010 | 2 Frogs in the West (2 Frogs dans l'Ouest) | Max | |
2011 | Bonne journée | Nick | Short film |
2011 | The Howling: Reborn | Roland | |
2011 | Un autre monde | Louis | TV movie |
2011 | Val d'or | Théo | TV movie |
2011 | Toy Soldier | Aubrey | Short film |
2012 | L'âge atomique | Theo | |
2012 | Clash | Raphaël | TV series |
2012 | Les ravissements | Etienne | |
2012 | Chaos | Thibaut | Nominated—Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor |
2013 | Nous irons ensemble | Lo | Short film |
2013 | You and the Night | Matthias | |
2013 | Opium | Maurice Sachs | |
2013 | Odysseus | Télémaque | TV series |
2013 | Libre et assoupi | ||
2014 | Quantum Love | Hugo | |
2014 | Métamorphose | Le Désenchanté / Le Monstre | |
2014 | Collisions | Henri | Short film |
2014 | Voice Over (La voz en off) | Antoine | |
2014 | Gemma Bovery | Hervé de Bressigny | |
2015 | The Art Dealer | Klaus | |
2016 | Dark Inclusion | Pier Ulmann | César Award for Most Promising Actor Nominated—Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor |
2016 | Polina | Adrien | |
2017 | Dalida | Jean Sobieski | |
2018 | The Black Book | Marquis Lusault | |
2018 | An Impossible Love | Philippe Arnold | |
2019 | Curiosa | Pierre Louÿs | |
2019 | A Brother's Love | Alex | |
2019 | Sibyl | Gabriel | |
2019 | Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable) | Paul Marchand | |
2020 | Love Affair(s) (Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait) | Maxime | |
2021 | Totems | Francis Mareuil | TV series |
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