Niels Schneider (; born 18 June 1987) is a Franco-Canadian actor who has appeared in more than thirty films since 2007. Born in

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, naturalized Canadian, Schneider moved to

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at the age of 9 to start his career doing voice-over jobs. He had his breakthrough role in

Xavier Dolan Xavier Dolan-Tadros (; born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker, actor and costume designer. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2 ...

's film ''

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'' (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

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. In 2017, he won the

César Award Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * C ...

for Most Promising Actor for his performance in ''

Dark Inclusion ''Dark Inclusion'' (french: Diamant noir; also known as ''Dark Diamond'') is a 2016 drama film directed by Arthur Harari and starring Niels Schneider and August Diehl. It tells the story of an aimless young man who decides he must avenge the wron ...

'' (2016). In 2019, he was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.

Personal life

He is the brother of actor

Aliocha Schneider Aliocha Schneider (; born 21 September 1993) is a Canadian actor and musician who was born in Paris, but grew up in Quebec. He is most noted for his roles in the films ''Aurelie Laflamme's Diary (Le Journal d'Aurélie Laflamme)'',Marie-Claude Gi ...

. On September 8, 2003 his eldest brother, actor Vadim Schneider, died alongside actress

Jaclyn Linetsky Jaclyn Michelle Linetsky (January 8, 1986 – September 8, 2003) was a Canadian actress who played Megan O'Connor on ''15/Love'' and the title character on '' Caillou'' during the show's second and third seasons, replacing the character's origina ...

in a road accident while they were driving to the filming of an episode of ''

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'' when the minivan lost control and collided with oncoming traffic. Both actors were killed in the accident.

Filmography

Decorations

* Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (2019)

References

External links

* * 1987 births Male actors from Paris Male actors from Montreal Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Most Promising Actor César Award winners Canadian people of Lebanese-Jewish descent Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres {{Canada-actor-stub