Niels Schneider
Acting
Born 1987-06-18 · Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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).
Known for
I Killed My Mother
2009 · Movie
De Gaulle: Résistance
2026 · Movie
De Gaulle: Liberté
2026 · Movie
Heartbeats
2010 · Movie
Sympathy for the Devil
2019 · Movie
Dalida
2017 · Movie
An Impossible Love
2018 · Movie
Polina
2016 · Movie
A Brother’s Love
2019 · Movie
Love Affair(s)
2020 · Movie
Coup de chance
2023 · Movie
Gemma Bovery
2014 · Movie
Icarus
2022 · Movie
Bad Poems
2018 · Movie
Fatal
2010 · Movie
Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023 · Movie
You and the Night
2013 · Movie
Dark Diamond
2016 · Movie
Curiosa
2019 · Movie
Back Home
2020 · Movie
Futura
2021 · Movie
Quantum Love
2014 · Movie
South Sentinel
2022 · Movie
Sibyl
2019 · Movie
Kokoro
2016 · Movie
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016 · Movie
Everything Is Fine
2008 · Movie
Métamorphoses
2014 · Movie
Val d'or
2011 · Movie
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
2009 · Movie
The Unknown
Releases Aug 26, 2026
Think Good
Releases Sep 16, 2026
Le petit oiseau va sortir
2006 · Movie
Collisions
2014 · Movie
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2024
2024 · Movie
The Taste of Nothingness
2007 · Movie
Phratry
2018 · Movie
Miao Shan and the Minotaur
2012 · Movie
Chaos
2012 · Movie
Agent Zero
2025 · Movie
Altered Innocence Vol. 1
2021 · Movie
The Black Book
2018 · Movie
Before We Collapse
2023 · Movie
One Nation, One King
2018 · Movie
2 Frogs in the West
2010 · Movie
Spirit of Ecstasy
2023 · Movie
The Raptures
2012 · Movie
The Art Dealer
2015 · Movie
Voice Over
2014 · Movie
Haunted Minds
2025 · Movie
Taking the Plunge 2
2009 · Movie
Sleeping Beauty
2017 · Movie
Another World
2011 · Movie
Suzanna Andler
2021 · Movie
Atomic Age
2012 · Movie
Opium
2013 · Movie
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
2018 · Movie
The Howling: Reborn
2011 · Movie