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 |