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Pierre Niney

Pierre Niney

Birthday: 1989-03-13 | Place of Birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Pierre Niney (born 13 March 1989) is a French actor. He made his acting debut in the two-part miniseries La dame d'Izieu in 2007, followed by films such as LOL (Lots of Lough) (2008), The Army of Crime (2009), Romantics Anonymous (2010), and Just Like Brothers (2012). In 2014, Niney starred as fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in a biopic, for which he won a César Award for Best Actor. He also co-created, co-wrote and starred in Netflix's Fiasco (2024), and was Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo (2024). Niney was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. His family is of Sephardic Jewish (Turkish-Jewish) and Catholic background. His father, François Niney, is a film professor at Normale Sup, La Fémis and Sciences Po. His mother was born in Belgium and is an author of creative leisure manuals. Niney studied at the French drama school Cours Florent in 2007. He made his acting debut in the two-part television miniseries La dame d'Izieu in 2007, followed by films such as LOL (Laughing Out Loud), The Army of Crime, Romantics Anonymous and Comme des frères. In October 2010, at age 21, Niney became the youngest member of the Comédie-Française. In 2014, Niney starred as fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the biopic of the same name directed by Jalil Lespert, for which he won a César Award for Best Actor. This role marked his first portrayal of an openly gay character and earned him widespread critical acclaim. In 2024, Niney portrayed Edmond Dantès in the film The Count of Monte Cristo, and also starred in Fiasco, a 7-episode comedy miniseries that he co-created and co-wrote with Igor Gotesman for Netflix. Late that year it was announced that Niney will be re-collaborating with the team from The Count of Monte Cristo for an ambitious new adaptation of Maurice Druon’s The Accursed Kings novels. The series takes place during the 14th century succession crisis among the Capetian dynasty but Niney’s role was not disclosed upon announcement. Since 2008, Niney has been in a relationship with Australian actress and photographer Natasha Andrews, with whom he has two daughters, born in 2017 and 2019. Source: Article "Pierre Niney" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
Guru

as    Mathieu Vasseur

2025
The Original+

as    Self - Presenter

2024
The Count of Monte Cristo

as    Edmond Dantès / The Count of Monte Cristo

2024
Fiasco

as    Raphaël Valande

2024
Maya, Give Me a Title

as    The Voice / La Voix

2023
The Book of Solutions

as    Marc Becker

2022
Masquerade

as    Adrien Saillard

2022
The Torch

as    Dr Bruno Juiphe

2022
Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra

as    Dr Bruno Juiphe

2022
Goliath

as    Mathias Rozen

2022
Black Box

as    Matthieu Vasseur

2022
MST : Moyennement Sûr du Titre

as    Pierre Niney [Le figurant]

2021
OSS 117: From Africa with Love

as    Serge / OSS 1001

2021
Lovers

as    Simon

2020
The Flame

as    Dr Bruno Juiphe

2019
Someone, Somewhere

as    Mathieu Bernard

2018
Through the Fire

as    Franck Pasquier

2017
Frantz

as    Adrien Rivoire

2017
Promise at Dawn

as    Romain Gary

2016
Finding Altamira

as    Paul Ratier

2016
The Odyssey

as    Philippe Cousteau

2016
Five

as    Samuel

2015
A Perfect Man

as    Mathieu Vasseur

2014
Yves Saint Laurent

as    Yves Saint Laurent

2013
It Boy

as    Balthazar Apfel

2013
Casting(s)

as    Pierre

2012
Just Like Brothers

as    Maxime