Niels Schneider

Niels Schneider

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).

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Known For

The Man from Snowy River

The Man from Snowy River

1994 • as Delivery Man

Curiosa

Curiosa

2019 • as Pierre Louÿs

I Killed My Mother

I Killed My Mother

2009 • as Eric

Of Money and Blood

Of Money and Blood

2023 • as Jérôme Attias

Gemma Bovery

Gemma Bovery

2014 • as Hervé de Bressigny

We're Live

We're Live

2020 • as Self

Filmography

2025

Movie
Haunted Minds
as Skender
Movie - Released: 9/10/2025
Movie
Badh
Movie - Released: 8/27/2025

2024

The World Doesn’t Exist
The World Doesn’t Exist
as Adam
TV - Released: 9/26/2024

2023

Before We Collapse
Before We Collapse
as Tristan
Movie - Released: 4/19/2023
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Apaches: Gang of Paris
as Jésus
Movie - Released: 3/29/2023
Spirit of Ecstasy
Spirit of Ecstasy
as Augustin
Movie - Released: 11/22/2023
Coup de Chance
Coup de Chance
as Alain Aubert
Movie - Released: 9/15/2023
Beau geste
Beau geste
as Self
TV - Released: 1/22/2023
Of Money and Blood
Of Money and Blood
as Jérôme Attias
TV - Released: 10/16/2023
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/22/2023

2022

South Sentinel
South Sentinel
as Christian Lafayette
Movie - Released: 4/13/2022
Icarus
Icarus
as Thésée
Movie - Released: 3/30/2022
Totems
Totems
as Francis Mareuil
TV - Released: 2/18/2022

2021

Futura
Futura
as Louis
Movie - Released: 6/17/2021
Suzanna Andler
Suzanna Andler
as Michel
Movie - Released: 6/2/2021
Altered Innocence Vol. 1
Altered Innocence Vol. 1
as The Cheating Boyfriend
Movie - Released: 5/25/2021

2020

Back Home
Back Home
as Thomas
Movie - Released: 1/29/2020
Love Affair(s)
Love Affair(s)
as Maxime
Movie - Released: 9/16/2020
We're Live
We're Live
as Self
TV - Released: 9/26/2020

2019

Curiosa
Curiosa
as Pierre Louÿs
Movie - Released: 4/3/2019
Sibyl
Sibyl
as Gabriel
Movie - Released: 5/24/2019
A Brother’s Love
A Brother’s Love
as Alex
Movie - Released: 6/7/2019
Sympathy for the Devil
Sympathy for the Devil
as Paul
Movie - Released: 11/27/2019

2018

An Impossible Love
An Impossible Love
as Philippe
Movie - Released: 11/7/2018
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World
as Jean
Movie - Released: 7/9/2018
One Nation, One King
One Nation, One King
as Saint-Just
Movie - Released: 9/26/2018
The Black Book
The Black Book
as Marquis Lusault
Movie - Released: 10/3/2018
Bad Poems
Bad Poems
as Henri
Movie - Released: 12/27/2018
Phratry
Phratry
Movie - Released: 8/16/2018
Ad Vitam
Ad Vitam
as Virgil Berti - Alias Caron
TV - Released: 11/8/2018

2017

Dalida
Dalida
as Jean Sobieski
Movie - Released: 1/11/2017
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
as Le prince Egon de Létonia
Movie - Released: 1/18/2017
Paris etc.
Paris etc.
as Léo
TV - Released: 11/27/2017

2016

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/20/2016
Dark Diamond
Dark Diamond
as Pier
Movie - Released: 6/8/2016
Kokoro
Kokoro
as Nathan
Movie - Released: 3/30/2016
Polina
Polina
as Adrien
Movie - Released: 11/16/2016

2015

The Art Dealer
The Art Dealer
as Klaus
Movie - Released: 3/18/2015
Les vacances continuent
Les vacances continuent
Movie - Released: 1/26/2015

2014

Collisions
Collisions
as Henri
Movie - Released: 2/20/2014
Gemma Bovery
Gemma Bovery
as Hervé de Bressigny
Movie - Released: 9/10/2014
Quantum Love
Quantum Love
as Hugo
Movie - Released: 4/23/2014
Voice Over
Voice Over
as Antoine
Movie - Released: 9/6/2014
Métamorphoses
Métamorphoses
as The Disenchanted / The Monster
Movie - Released: 1/20/2014

2013

You and the Night
You and the Night
as Matthias
Movie - Released: 9/8/2013
Opium
Opium
as Maurice Sachs
Movie - Released: 10/2/2013
Odysseus
Odysseus
as Telemaco
TV - Released: 6/13/2013

2012

Atomic Age
Atomic Age
as Theo
Movie - Released: 8/16/2012
Chaos
Chaos
as Thibaut
Movie - Released: 10/6/2012
Miao Shan and the Minotaur
Miao Shan and the Minotaur
as Magician
Movie - Released: 6/16/2012
The Raptures
The Raptures
as Etienne
Movie - Released: 5/24/2012
Clash
Clash
as Raphaël
TV - Released: 5/9/2012

2011

Another World
Another World
as Louis
Movie - Released: 11/1/2011
The Howling: Reborn
The Howling: Reborn
as Roland
Movie - Released: 10/18/2011
Val d'or
Val d'or
as Théo
Movie - Released: 11/14/2011

2010

Heartbeats
Heartbeats
as Nicolas
Movie - Released: 9/29/2010
2 Frogs in the West
2 Frogs in the West
as Max
Movie - Released: 10/28/2010
Fatal
Fatal
as Lawyer in the car
Movie - Released: 6/16/2010

2009

I Killed My Mother
I Killed My Mother
as Eric
Movie - Released: 6/5/2009
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
as Sacha (soldat)
Movie - Released: 12/27/2009
Taking the Plunge 2
Taking the Plunge 2
as Anna's Brother
Movie - Released: 6/17/2009

2008

Everything Is Fine
Everything Is Fine
as Sacha
Movie - Released: 3/1/2008

2007

The Taste of Nothingness
The Taste of Nothingness
as Ami de Julien
Movie - Released: 5/18/2007

2006

Le petit oiseau va sortir
Le petit oiseau va sortir
as Soldier
Movie - Released: 12/27/2006

1994

The Man from Snowy River
The Man from Snowy River
as Delivery Man
TV - Released: 9/23/1994

Unknown

Movie
De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre
as Général Leclerc
Movie
Movie
De Gaulle – Partie 2
as Général Leclerc
Movie
Cœur de Pirate: Adieu
Cœur de Pirate: Adieu
Movie
Cardiocleptomania
Cardiocleptomania
Movie
Movie
The Perfect Boyfriend
Movie
The Unknown
The Unknown
Movie