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Niels Schneider

Niels Schneider

Acting • 1987-06-18 • Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Niels Schneider (born June 18, 1987) is a French-Canadian actor. He had his breakthrough role in Xavier Dolan's film I Killed My Mother (2009), and gained international recognition in Dolan's Heartbeats (2010). In 2011, he won the Trophée Chopard Award for Male Revelation of the Year at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2017, he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in Dark Inclusion (2016). In 2019, he was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. He has been living and working based in Paris for most of his career.

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Heartbeats7.1

Heartbeats

2010

De Gaulle: Liberté7.9

De Gaulle: Liberté

2026

Curiosa5.8

Curiosa

2019

An Impossible Love6.6

An Impossible Love

2018

I Killed My Mother7.4

I Killed My Mother

2009

Love Affair(s)6.3

Love Affair(s)

2020

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