Niels Schneider began his career in Canada in Yves-Christian Fournier’s film Everything is Fine. Xavier Dolan noticed him and gave him a role in his first film I Killed my Mother and the following year, in Heartbeats. Awarded in 2011 in Cannes by the Chopard Trophy for Best Male Newcomer, he is nominated for the César for Best Actor in 2019 for his performance in Love Affairs by Emmanuel Mouret.
