Pierre Niney

Acting

Pierre Niney

Born

1989-03-13 (37)

Place of birth

Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

72 titles

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 pr…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 18 titles

The Count of Monte Cristo poster
7.9

Edmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

The Count of Monte Cristo

2024

Black Box poster
7.3

After being assigned to investigate the aftermath of a catastrophic plane crash, an NTSB black box analyst uncovers chilling audio anomalies that no one else seems willing to acknowledge. As he digs deeper for the truth, he provokes powerful forces determined to silence him before he exposes a shocking conspiracy.

Black Box

2021

OSS 117: From Africa with Love poster
5.7

1981. Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, aka OSS 117, is back. For this new mission – more delicate, more dangerous and more torrid than ever – he is forced to team up with a young new colleague, the promising OSS 1001.

OSS 117: From Africa with Love

2021

Guru poster
6.0

Matt, a charismatic coach, captivates crowds until he spirals into a disturbing downward spiral.

Guru

2026

The Book of Solutions poster
5.9

Marc, a bipolar and paranoid filmmaker, cannot tolerate seeing his current project picked apart by his producers. The clips he’s been able to sneak a look at lead him to fear the worst. With his editor as an accomplice, he manages to spirit away the rushes to his aunt’s place in the Cévennes, to finish the film as he envisions it. Instead, its completion is constantly postponed, as he creates endless diversions and impasses, which alternate between the comic and the downright disturbing.

The Book of Solutions

2023

Parallel Tales poster
5.7

In search of inspiration for her new novel, Sylvie spies on her neighbors in the building across the street using a telescope. When she hires young Adam to help her with her daily routine, she has no idea that he will turn her life and her work upside down, until the fiction she had imagined surpasses the reality of them all.

Parallel Tales

2026

Lovers poster
5.3

Set in Paris the story follows Lisa, who, while on vacation with her husband, rekindles a passionate affair with her ex-boyfriend. But that may lead to a murder.

Lovers

2021

Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself poster
7.5

A portrait of French filmmaker Michel Gondry, creator, for three decades, of an imperfect, astonishing, fascinating, damaged and poetic work.

Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself

2023

Masquerade poster
6.8

Adrien, an attractive dancer whose career was shattered by a motorcycle accident, squanders his youth in idleness. His life changes when he meets Margot, who lives off scams and amorous manipulations.

Masquerade

2022

The Original+ poster
6.0

Canal+ Group hosted a live splashy American-style upfront presentation the Olympia in Paris, unveiling their prestige 2026 slate.

The Original+

2025

Goliath poster
6.8

Patrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist working for an international chemical corporation. The paths of these characters collide as the lives of thousands are affected by a tragic act that sparks a powerful movement while the corporation fights to prevent the truth from being revealed.

Goliath

2022

On a volé ma VF poster
8.1

Documentary on the French dubbing industry. A journey through pop culture, the power of voice, artificial intelligence... French dubbing actors of stars like Brad Pitt, Tobey Maguire, Daniel Craig, Woopy Goldberg or Morgan Freeman, the most talented and known in France tell the story of French dubbing through the strike that immobilized the country's industry and the breaking point between art and business. They also testify to the importance that dubbing has had, its scope and the future it will face with the evolution of artificial intelligence.

On a volé ma VF

2024

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2023 poster
NR

Receiving a César is a defining moment in an actress’s or actor’s career. Eleven actresses and actors take part in a mirror exercise and, years later, revisit the footage of the ceremony where they were honored. They rediscover the emotion, the laughter, and sometimes the regrets of that unforgettable moment.

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2023

2023

Maya, Give Me a Title poster
5.7

Maya and her dad, Michel Gondry, live in two different countries. In order to stay in touch, her dad asks her every evening, “Maya, give me a title”. Based on her answer, he creates a short animated reply in which Maya is the hero. Michel Gondry brings to life a poetic and amusing journey that will have the little ones dreaming... and the grown-ups smiling.

Maya, Give Me a Title

2024

La Grande Classe (Pierre Niney) poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Grande Classe (Pierre Niney)

2026

Canal+ Replay poster
6.0

Mr. Replay hosts a TV special where more than 30 French comedians "replay" iconic Canal+ original programmings.

Canal+ Replay

2021

MST : Moyennement Sûr du Titre poster
6.1

Mister V revisits Studio Bagel's iconic sketchshow through three shows, each consisting of six to seven sketches.

MST : Moyennement Sûr du Titre

2022

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2025 poster
NR

César winners revisit, sometimes for the very first time, the footage of that important moment in their careers: the night they received a César Award. It’s an opportunity to look back on and comment on this defining moment in their cinematic lives. Featuring Carole Bouquet, Sara Forestier, Emmanuelle Devos, André Dussollier, Justine Triet and Noémie Merlant.

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2025

2025

2010s · 21 titles

It Boy poster
6.5

38-year-old Alice has everything to become the next editor-in-chief of Rebelle magazine except for her uptight image. But when the young and charming Balthazar, barely 20, crosses Alice's path, she realizes that he holds the key to her promotion.

It Boy

2013

Promise at Dawn poster
7.2

From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.

Promise at Dawn

2017

Frantz poster
7.3

In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.

Frantz

2016

Someone, Somewhere poster
6.4

Rémy and Mélanie live next door to each other in Paris but have never met. The two thirty-year-old Parisians search for connections online, but never have much success. Falling deeper into loneliness and depression, both decide to start attending regular therapy. With the help of their therapists, they uncover the real roots of their issues, and find that the connection they were both searching for is much closer than they thought.

Someone, Somewhere

2019

Through the Fire poster
7.3

Franck is a firefighter in Paris. He saves people. He lives at the station with his wife, who is about to have twins. He’s happy. During a call out to a fire, he puts himself in danger, to save his men. He’s going to have to learn to live again and accept to be the one being saved, this time.

Through the Fire

2018

Finding Altamira poster
5.8

The story of nine-year old Maria and her father Marcelino who, in 1879, found the first pre-historic cave paintings at the now world famous Altamira cave.

Finding Altamira

2016

Yves Saint Laurent poster
6.6

A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.

Yves Saint Laurent

2014

The Odyssey poster
6.6

The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life.

The Odyssey

2016

Romantics Anonymous poster
6.6

With his beloved chocolate business turning sour, socially awkward boss Jean-René decides to enlist an extra pair of hands. Enter Angélique, a chronically shy young woman who shares Jean- René's passion for all things sugar and sweet. She is the answer to his prayers, in ways he didn t realise. Because while he is looking for a sales rep to keep his sinking ship afloat, she is in fact a gifted, albeit covert, chocolatière extraordinaire whose treats are legendary around town. As the pair become more and more acquainted it is not long before chocolate is not the only sensual element in the air.

Romantics Anonymous

2010

A Perfect Man poster
6.9

A struggling writer finds a shortcut to fame, but a blackmailer threatens to ruin his perfect life.

A Perfect Man

2015

Black Heaven poster
5.2

An innocent young man becomes enamored with a mysterious girl. He is lured into "Black Hole" - a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world.

Black Heaven

2010

The Snows of Kilimanjaro poster
6.7

A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

2011

18 Years Old and Rising poster
5.5

Primo is an ordinary middle-class youngster studying for his baccalaureate, who gets side-tracked when he falls in love with a rich girl. They soon learn they have to deal with her condescending friends who look down upon this upstart.

18 Years Old and Rising

2011

Five poster
7.0

A young man paying the rent for himself and his lifelong friends ends up flat-broke and resorts to selling marijuana to pay the bills – only to get caught up in the dangerous world of drugs.

Five

2016

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary poster
6.0

Primetime special to celebrate 30 years of CANAL+.

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

2014

Le Débarquement poster
5.1

Inspired by the American program Saturday Night Live from NBC, around thirty actors take part in various humorous sketches.

Le Débarquement

2013

Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran

2015

La Nuit de Pierre Niney poster
5.0

Pierre Niney shares his vision of a Parisian night, of his life after dark. Part of a series of 9 short films for Canal +.

La Nuit de Pierre Niney

2014

Just Like Brothers poster
6.6

Since Charlie is no longer there, the lives of Boris, Elie, and Maxime have been torn apart. These three men, who have nothing in common, all shared one thing: their love for Charlie. One loved her like a sister, one loved her like the woman of his dreams, one loved her like a friend. Except that Charlie is dead and none of them - not Boris, an accomplished businessman, not Elie, a night owl scriptwriter, and not Maxime, still living at home with his mother - know how to deal with it. But because she asked them to do so, they abruptly decide to undertake a journey together, heading for Corsica and the house that Charlie loved so much. Except that here they are stuck in a car together for over 500 miles. It's going to be a long journey. Boris, Elie and Maxime, three men, three generations, no affinity. But by the time they arrive at their destination, they will have realized one majorly important thing: Charlie has changed their lives forever.

Just Like Brothers

2012

Les diamants de la victoire poster
2.8

No synopsis available yet.

Les diamants de la victoire

2010

Un chapeau de paille d'Italie poster
7.1

No synopsis available yet.

Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

2012

2000s · 6 titles

LOL (Laughing Out Loud) poster
6.5

Lola is a striking teenaged girl who is on the cusp of adulthood and longs to rush into the adult world of independence, freedom and sexual exploits, but is tenaciously held back by her mother.

LOL (Laughing Out Loud)

2009

School's Out poster
5.8

A few days before the baccalaureate, a high school student decides to settle accounts with the most cowardly teacher in the school.

School's Out

2008

Army of Crime poster
6.4

This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an Army of Crime, an anti-immigrant propaganda stunt that backfired as the team's members became martyrs for the Resistance.

Army of Crime

2009

Draft Dodgers poster
5.5

May 1944. A young man just out of college returns to his hometown in Luxembourg. Refusing to fight on the German side, he chooses a clandestine life and joins other deserters in an abandoned mine

Draft Dodgers

2009

Mom Lost It! poster
6.7

Finding that her loved ones are neglecting her, Juliette decides to pretend she has amnesia. Her plan works perfectly, and her children finally decide to take care of her. But when she decides to reveal the truth about her condition, her husband decides to move his mistress into their home. Juliette keeps her secret and goes to war against her husband...

Mom Lost It!

2009

La Consolation poster
NR

During a party, Camille speaks about her body that’s in love and that science passes through, about time breaking down, and looks at the future.

La Consolation

2007

Series credits

Quotidien poster
4.9

Quotidien (nicknamed "The French Show with the Good Lighting" abroad) is a French daily infotainment television program broadcast in the early evening on TMC since September 12, 2016. The show is hosted by Yann Barthès and produced by Bangumi. It consists of segments and reports produced by the team of commentators and journalists surrounding Yann Barthès and features daily guests including newsmakers, intellectuals, politicians, and French and international celebrities.

Quotidien

2016

Popcorn poster
NR

Basically, Popcorn is a weekly talkshow shot and broadcast live on Twitch. Then to decorate the tray, we made cups and... Popcorn is the show you watch at the bottom of your sofa on Tuesday evenings with your family, in transport on a podcast or in replay with your friends...

Popcorn

2019

Clique poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Clique

2013

The Apartment poster
8.0

The guest of the day is received on a set, located in an apartment without an audience, and guided simply by the sound of the host's voice.

The Apartment

2001

Burger Quiz poster
7.4

A French humorous game show taking place in a burger restaurant which is managed by the TV host.

Burger Quiz

2001

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

2023

Beau geste poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Beau geste

2023

The Flame poster
7.4

For nine weeks, thirteen contenders will have to compete in a beautiful villa to try to seduce Marc, an airline pilot, looking for love. Which of these women will manage to light the flame?

The Flame

2020

LOL : Qui rit, sort ! poster
6.5

Philippe Lacheau has invited 10 actors and comedians to live a unique experience in a grandiose setting. There is only one rule to follow for the next 6 hours: if you laugh, you are eliminated. The 10 comedians will have to keep cool despite having to try and make each other laugh. The winner will get 50 000 euros for the charity he/she represents. Nothing is off limits!

LOL : Qui rit, sort !

2021

Casting(s) poster
6.4

Casting(s) was a French television shortcom created by Pierre Niney and Ali Marhyar, written by Ali Marhyar, Igor Gotesman and Pierre Niney, produced by Hugo Gélin for Zazi Films and broadcast on Canal+ from 2013 to 2015. The episodes revolved around actors rehearsing for different film projects for a casting director. The show also had famous guests such as Oscar winner Marion Cotillard and rappers Orelsan and Nekfeu.

Casting(s)

2013

The Torch poster
7.0

Goodbye villa and hello Chupacabra. After THE FLAME, Marc and 15 other contestants will have to compete and survive on a deserted island. Physical challenges, mental manipulation, and emotional betrayals will be the ingredients of this tropical cocktail.

The Torch

2022

Hot Ones poster
7.3

Watch Kyan Khojandi interview celebrities as they burn their tastebuds!

Hot Ones

2022

The A Talks poster
7.0

In each episode, one of the Nation’s most popular celebrities (actor/actress, singer, TV host, athlete) faces a group of 30 atypical journalists, all with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). All have very different personalities, but one thing in common: a disarming naturalness that is full of truth! Through surprising, unpredictable, sometimes funny or poignant questions, viewers discover celebrities as they have never seen them before! In these questions: no calculations, no traps, but also no taboos and no filters. Faced with these very special interviewers, the guests naturally drop the masks and each meeting becomes a magical moment, out of time, filled with emotion, laughter, poetry and impertinence. The show is also nourished by various artistic sequences (music, poetry, drawing…) delivered by journalists endowed with an unsuspected talent.

The A Talks

2022

Very Bad Blagues poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

Very Bad Blagues

2011

Le Débarquement poster
NR

Inspired by the American program Saturday Night Live from NBC, around thirty actors take part in various humorous sketches.

Le Débarquement

2013

Fiasco poster
6.3

When disaster strikes the set of a first-time director, a behind-the-scenes film crew captures everything as mishaps, blackmail and sabotage ensue.

Fiasco

2024

Têtàtête(s) poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Têtàtête(s)

2023

True Story with poster
5.6

A six-part series with YouTube stars Natoo, Cyprien, Norman, Ludovik, Mcfly & Carlito, meeting with French celebrity guests such as Jonathan Cohen, Antoine de Caunes and Julie Gayet.

True Story with

2020

Loris Giuliano en balade poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Loris Giuliano en balade

2024

La Dame d'Izieu poster
6.0

When on April 6, 1983, just a few months after the arrest and extradition of Klaus Barbie on French soil, Sabine Zlatin found herself alone in Izieu to commemorate the roundup of April 6, 1944, only one question arose: after her, who will maintain the flame of the memory of the 44 Jewish children arrested and deported that day? Sabine's concern is all the more acute when she learns that the Izieu roundup cannot be included in the trial of the former Nazi, for lack of evidence. Sabine fights so that the children of Izieu are not permanently forgotten by history.

La Dame d'Izieu

2007

La Grande Classe poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Grande Classe

2026

MST : Moyennement Sûr du Titre poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

MST : Moyennement Sûr du Titre

2022

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mascarade

2026

Behind the camera