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.

Filmography

• 2026Guru — Matthieu Vasseur, Co-Producer, Story
• 2026Parallel Tales — Christophe / Théo
• 2025Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2025 — Pierre Niney
• Fiasco — Raphaël Valande, Producer, Screenplay, Creator
• 2024Maya, Give Me a Title — The Voice / La Voix
• 2024The Count of Monte Cristo — Edmond Dantès / The Count of Monte Cristo
• 2023Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2023 — Pierre Niney
• 2023The Book of Solutions — Marc Becker
• 2022Goliath — Mathias Rozen
• 2022MST : Moyennement Sûr du Titre — Pierre Niney [Le figurant]
• 2022Masquerade — Adrien Saillard
• The Torch — Dr Bruno Juiphe
• 2021Black Box — Mathieu Vasseur
• 2021Canal+ Replay — Bref
• 2021Lovers — Simon
• 2021OSS 117: From Africa with Love — Serge / OSS 1001
• The Flame — Dr Bruno Juiphe
• 2019Someone, Somewhere — Mathieu Bernard
• 2018Through the Fire — Franck Pasquier
• 2017Promise at Dawn — Romain Gary
• 2016Finding Altamira — Paul Ratier
• 2016Five — Samuel
• 2016Frantz — Adrien Rivoire
• 2016The Odyssey — Philippe Cousteau
• 2015A Perfect Man — Mathieu Vasseur
• 2014La Nuit de Pierre Niney — Pierre Niney, Director
• 2014Yves Saint Laurent — Yves Saint Laurent
• Casting(s) — Pierre, Writer, Creator
• 2013It Boy — Balthazar Apfel
• 2013Le Débarquement
• Le Débarquement
• 2013The Audition — Director, Writer
• 2012Just Like Brothers — Maxime
• 2012Un chapeau de paille d'Italie — Fadinard, rentier
• 201118 Years Old and Rising — Primo Bramsi
• 2011The Snows of Kilimanjaro — Server at the “Tintamarre”
• Very Bad Blagues — Stéphane
• 2010Black Heaven — Yann
• 2010Les diamants de la victoire — Boivin de Bièvre
• 2010Romantics Anonymous — Ludo
• 2009Army of Crime — Henri Keltekian
• 2009Draft Dodgers — Armand
• 2009LOL (Laughing Out Loud) — Julien
• 2009Mom Lost It! — Arnaud
• 2008School's Out — Loïc Martineau, Clémence's younger brother
• 2007La Consolation — François
• La Dame d'Izieu — Théo Reis

Appearances as themselves (20)

• La Grande Classe — Self - Guest
• 2026La Grande Classe (Pierre Niney) — Self
• 2025The Original+ — Self - Presenter
• Loris Giuliano en balade — Self - Guest
• 2024On a volé ma VF — Self (archive footage)
• Beau geste — Self
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma — Self - Guest
• 2023Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself — Self - Actor
• Têtàtête(s) — Self - Guest
• Hot Ones — Self - Guest
• The A Talks — Self - Guest
• LOL : Qui rit, sort ! — Self
• True Story with — Self
• Popcorn — Self
• Quotidien — Self - Guest
• 2015Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran — Self
• 2014CANAL+'s 30th anniversary — Self
• Clique — Self - Guest
• Burger Quiz — Self
• The Apartment — Self - Guest