Pierre Niney
{{short description|French actor (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Pierre Niney avp 2016 Frantz.jpg
| caption = Niney in 2016
| name = Pierre Niney
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|3|13|df=yes}}{{Cite web |title=Pierre Niney |url=https://www.premiere.fr/Star/Pierre-Niney |access-date=23 July 2023 |website=Première |date=13 March 1989 |language=fr |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629141428/https://www.premiere.fr/Star/Pierre-Niney |url-status=live }}
| birth_place = Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2007–present
| partner = Natasha Andrews (2008–present)
| children = 2
}}
Pierre Niney ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁ ninɛ}}; 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 (Laughing Out Loud) (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).
Early life
Niney was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. His family is of Sephardic Jewish (Turkish-Jewish) and Catholic background.{{cite web|title=Ils ont marqué 2012 : Pierre Niney, le jeune premier|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/culture/portrait/20121227.OBS3877/ils-ont-marque-2012-pierre-niney-le-jeune-premier.html|date=2012-12-31|access-date=2018-11-18|language=fr|quote=Soixante-huit est passé par là, envoyant par-dessus bord les carcans familiaux, « catho à fond, un peu Paris 16e » du côté maternel, « paysan juif égyptien, croyant » du côté paternel.|archive-date=25 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025184502/https://www.nouvelobs.com/culture/portrait/20121227.OBS3877/ils-ont-marque-2012-pierre-niney-le-jeune-premier.html|url-status=live}}. His father, {{ill|François Niney|fr}},{{Cite magazine|last=Hochberg |first=Juliette |title=Pierre Niney, l'acteur à qui tout réussit |url=https://www.marieclaire.fr/pierre-niney,1255287.asp |access-date=23 July 2023|magazine=Marie Claire |language=fr |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621115058/https://www.marieclaire.fr/pierre-niney,1255287.asp |url-status=live }} is a film professor at Normale Sup, La Fémis and Sciences Po.{{cite web |last1=Simon |first1=Nathalie |last2=Lutaud |first2=Lena |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2012/11/26/03002-20121126ARTFIG00316-pierre-niney-le-jeune-premier-qui-ira-loin.php |title=Pierre Niney, le jeune premier qui ira loin |language=fr|newspaper=Le Figaro |publisher=Dassault Group |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=18 August 2014 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202700/http://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2012/11/26/03002-20121126ARTFIG00316-pierre-niney-le-jeune-premier-qui-ira-loin.php |url-status=live }} His mother was born in Belgium{{Cite web |date=12 March 2023 |title=Pierre Niney révèle être à moitié Belge et surprend tout le monde |trans-title=Pierre Niney reveals to be half Belgian and surprises everyone |url=https://www.parismatch.be/actualites/people/2023/03/12/pierre-niney-revele-etre-a-moitie-belge-et-surprend-tout-le-monde-NISAPKEZ6ZDZXIYEHZDGB4FSMM/ |website=Paris Match |language=fr |access-date=23 July 2023 |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604042344/https://www.parismatch.be/actualites/people/2023/03/12/pierre-niney-revele-etre-a-moitie-belge-et-surprend-tout-le-monde-NISAPKEZ6ZDZXIYEHZDGB4FSMM/ |url-status=live }} and is an author of creative leisure manuals.
Career
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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.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} 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.{{cite web |last=Sowray |first=Bibby |url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/columns/bibby-sowray/TMG10558923/Pierre-Berges-praise-for-YSL-biopic.html |title=Pierre Berge's praise for YSL biopic|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=8 January 2014 |access-date=9 February 2014 |archive-date=21 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221205918/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/columns/bibby-sowray/TMG10558923/Pierre-Berges-praise-for-YSL-biopic.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frances-cesar-awards-nominations-announced-767682 |title=Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, Kristen Stewart Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees |access-date=29 January 2015|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |date=28 January 2015 |archive-date=7 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707034409/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frances-cesar-awards-nominations-announced-767682 |url-status=live }} This role marked his first portrayal of an openly gay character and earned him widespread critical acclaim.{{cite web |url=https://tribecafilm.com/news/pierre-niney-yves-saint-laurent-movie-film |title=Pierre Niney on Playing Yves Saint Laurent |access-date=26 May 2025 |newspaper=Tribeca |date=26 June 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://mencelebrities.com/pierre-niney-nude/ |title=Pierre Niney Nude Scene in Yves Saint Laurent |access-date=27 May 2025 |website=MenCelebrities |publisher=MenCelebrities |url-status=live }}
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.{{Cite web |first=Albane |last=Guichard |title=" Fiasco " en tournage pour Netflix avec Pierre Niney et François Civil |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/culture/article/fiasco-en-tournage-pour-netflix-avec-pierre-niney-et-francois-civil_214510.html |website=HuffPost |date=24 February 2023 |language=fr |access-date=15 April 2023 |archive-date=11 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311084600/https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/culture/article/fiasco-en-tournage-pour-netflix-avec-pierre-niney-et-francois-civil_214510.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Calendrier de sorties - Séries (France) |url=https://about.netflix.com/fr/news/series-slate-france |access-date=21 December 2023 |website=Netflix |language=fr}} 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. {{Cite web |date=2024-12-21 |title=The Count of Monte Cristo Team Launches Ambitious Adaptation of The Accursed Kings - Interview |url=https://entrevue.fr/en/lequipe-du-comte-de-monte-cristo-lance-une-ambitieuse-adaptation-des-rois-maudits/ |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=entrevue.fr |language=en}}
Personal life
Since 2008, Niney has been in a relationship with Australian actress and photographer Natasha Andrews,{{Cite magazine|last=Déniel |first=Orlane |date=13 March 2022 |title=Pierre Niney : qui est Natasha Andrews, sa compagne et mère de ses deux filles ? |url=https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/pierre-niney-qui-est-natasha-andrews-sa-compagne-et-mere-de-ses-deux-filles_489135|magazine=Gala.fr |language=fr |access-date=23 July 2023 |archive-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402205518/https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/pierre-niney-qui-est-natasha-andrews-sa-compagne-et-mere-de-ses-deux-filles_489135 |url-status=live }} with whom he has two daughters, born in 2017 and 2019.
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
|+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Works that have not yet been released}} |Denotes works that have not yet been released |
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2007
| {{sortname|La|Consolation|nolink=1}} | François | Short film |
| 2008
| Loïc | |
| 2008
| Julien | |
| 2009
| {{sortname|The|Army of Crime}} | Henri Keltekian | |
| 2009
| Réfractaire | Armand | |
| 2010
| Ludo | |
| 2010
| {{sortname|La|fonte des glaces|nolink=1}} | Gabriel | Short film |
| 2011
| {{sortname|The|Snows of Kilimanjaro|dab=2011 film}} | waiter at the bar | |
| 2011
| Primo Bramsi | Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actor |
| 2012
| Maxime | Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actor |
| 2013
| It Boy | Balthazar Apfel |
| 2014
| César Award for Best Actor |
| 2015
| Mathieu Vasseur | |
| 2015
| Fear | French voice |
| 2016
| Altamira | Paul Ratier | |
| 2016
| Five | Samuel | |
| 2016
| Frantz |Adrien |Nominated – César Award for Best Actor |
| 2016
| |
| 2017
| |
| 2018
| Pasquier | |
| 2019
| Someone, Somewhere ({{lang|fr|Deux Moi}}) | Mathieu Bernard | |
| 2020
| Lovers | Simon | |
| 2021
| OSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique Noire | OSS 1001 | |
| 2021
| Mathieu Vasseur | Nominated – César Award for Best Actor |
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| Goliath | Mathias Rozen | |
| Masquerade
| Adrien Saillard | |
| 2023
| Marc | |
| 2024
| Nominated – César Award for Best Actor |
| 2024
| Narrator | animated comedy film directed by Michel Gondry{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/film/467855/ |title= Maya, Give Me a Title |first= Michel|last=Gondry|date=2 October 2024|access-date=17 December 2024 |website= Cineuropa}} |
| 2026
|Guru | | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2007
| {{sortname|La|dame d'Izieu|nolink=1}} | Théo Reis | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2009
| Folie douce | Arnaud | Television film |
| 2010
| Yann | |
| 2010
| {{sortname|Les|Diamants de la victoire|nolink=1}} | Boivin de Bièvre | Television film |
| 2010
| Marion Mazzano | Yann Vérac | Main cast; 6 episodes |
| 2013
| Casting(s) | Himself | Main cast; also co-creator and writer |
| 2020
| Dr. Bruno Juiphe | 4 episodes |
| 2022
| Le Flambeau, les aventuriers de Chupacabra | Dr. Bruno Juiphe | 4 episodes |
| 2024
| Fiasco | Raphaël Valande | Main role |
Accolades
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Awards ! Category ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| 2012
| J'aime regarder les filles | {{Nom}} | |
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| rowspan="2"| Comme des frères | {{Nom}} | |
| Lumière Awards
| {{Nom}} | |
| rowspan="3"| 2015
| rowspan="3"| Yves Saint Laurent | {{Nom}} | |
| César Award
| {{Won}} | |
| Globes de Cristal Award
| {{Won}} | |
| 2024
| French Association of Series Critics Awards | Best Performance | Fiasco | {{pending}} |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Pierre Niney}}
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{{Cabourg Film Festival Best Actor Award}}
{{César Award for Best Actor}}
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Category:21st-century French male actors
Category:French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni
Category:French male film actors
Category:French male stage actors
Category:French male television actors
Category:Male actors from Boulogne-Billancourt
Category:Troupe of the Comédie-Française
Category:Best Actor César Award winners
Category:French people of Egyptian-Jewish descent