2026Winner
Best Performance
De Gaulle: Résistance
Niels Schneider
Actor · Director · Writer
Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France
June 18, 1987
Biography
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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2012Nominee
Best Performance
Chaos
2019Nominee
Best Performance
Curiosa
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2025Highlight
Best Performance
Agent Zero
2026Highlight
Best Performance
De Gaulle: Liberté
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De Gaulle: Résistance
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Agent Zero