He has collected villain roles throughout his career. The actor Niels Arestrup has died at the age of 75, his press secretary announced this Sunday to Le Parisien. Sick, he died in Ville d'Avray, in Hauts de Seine.
Three times, he received the César for best supporting actor. The first, for “The Beat My Heart Stopped” by Jacques Audiard, where he plays opposite Romain Duris. A few years later, it was “A Prophet”, again by Audiard, in which he played a godfather of the Corsican mafia operating from his prison cell, which earned him the statuette a second time. Finally, in 2014, it was for his role in “Quai d'Orsay” by Bertrand Tavernier that he was once again recognized.
When receiving this latest prize, the actor of Danish origin who started in the theater, thanked the director for having had the “delicacy” to offer him “a role a little different from what he was usually offered , almost a funny thing, evoking “a great source of astonishment” and “a great pleasure”.
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