
Niels Schneider
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).
Acting (55 movies)

Collisions
2014

I Killed My Mother
2009

South Sentinel
2022

Before We Collapse
2023

Everything Is Fine
2008

Heartbeats
2010

Icarus
2022

Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023

Atomic Age
2012

Chaos
2012

You and the Night
2013

Opium
2013

Cœur de Pirate: Adieu
2011

Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
2009

Le petit oiseau va sortir
2006

Spirit of Ecstasy
2023

Another World
2011

Coup de Chance
2023

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016

Miao Shan and the Minotaur
2012

Gemma Bovery
2014

Dark Diamond
2016

Dalida
2017

Kokoro
2016

Polina
2016

The Art Dealer
2015

Taking the Plunge 2
2009

Quantum Love
2014

Fatal
2010

Voice Over
2014

Métamorphoses
2014

2 Frogs in the West
2010

The Howling: Reborn
2011

Sleeping Beauty
2017

An Impossible Love
2018

The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
2018

One Nation, One King
2018

Curiosa
2019

The Black Book
2018

Bad Poems
2018

Phratry
2018

Sibyl
2019

Futura
2021

Val d'or
2011

Back Home
2020

Les vacances continuent
2015

A Brother’s Love
2019

Sympathy for the Devil
2019

Suzanna Andler
2021

Love Affair(s)
2020

The Taste of Nothingness
2007

Altered Innocence Vol. 1
2021

The Raptures
2012

Haunted Minds
2025

Badh
2025
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| The Rite | 2022 | Writer | 
