Pierre Niney
Acting
Born: Mar 13, 1989
From: Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guru | Matthieu Vasseur | 2026 | 6.2 |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Edmond Dantès / The Count … | 2024 | 7.91 |
| On a volé ma VF | Self (archive footage) | 2024 | 8.1 |
| The Book of Solutions | Marc Becker | 2023 | 5.939 |
| Goliath | Mathias Rozen | 2022 | 6.824 |
| Masquerade | Adrien Saillard | 2022 | 6.8 |
| MST : Moyennement Sûr du Titre | Pierre Niney [Le figurant] | 2022 | 6.1 |
| OSS 117: From Africa with Love | Serge / OSS 1001 | 2021 | 5.649 |
| Through the Fire | Franck Pasquier | 2018 | 7.336 |
| Promise at Dawn | Romain Gary | 2017 | 7.2 |
| The Odyssey | Philippe Cousteau | 2016 | 6.631 |
| Five | Samuel | 2016 | 6.973 |
| Frantz | Adrien Rivoire | 2016 | 7.341 |
| Finding Altamira | Paul Ratier | 2016 | 5.8 |
| A Perfect Man | Mathieu Vasseur | 2015 | 6.891 |
| CANAL+'s 30th anniversary | Self | 2014 | — |
| La Nuit de Pierre Niney | Pierre Niney | 2014 | — |
| Yves Saint Laurent | Yves Saint Laurent | 2014 | 6.615 |
| It Boy | Balthazar Apfel | 2013 | 6.481 |
| Le Débarquement | 2013 | 5.1 | |
| Just Like Brothers | Maxime | 2012 | 6.584 |
| Un chapeau de paille d'Italie | Fadinard, rentier | 2012 | 7.1 |
| 18 Years Old and Rising | Primo Bramsi | 2011 | 5.5 |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Server at the “Tintamarre” | 2011 | 6.7 |
| Romantics Anonymous | Ludo | 2010 | 6.546 |
| Black Heaven | Yann | 2010 | 5.3 |
| Army of Crime | Henri Keltekian | 2009 | 6.452 |
| Mom Lost It! | Arnaud | 2009 | 6.5 |
| LOL (Laughing Out Loud) | Julien | 2009 | 6.5 |
| La Consolation | François | 2007 | — |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1989 |
| From | Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France |