Actor
Pierre Niney
March 13, 1989 · 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.
Notable work
7.9The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
as Edmond Dantès / The Count of Monte Cristo
6.5It Boy (2013)
as Balthazar Apfel
7.3Black Box (2021)
as Mathieu Vasseur
6.5LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2009)
as Julien
7Five (2016)
as Samuel
6.6Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
as Yves Saint Laurent
5.6OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021)
as Serge / OSS 1001
7.3Frantz (2016)
as Adrien Rivoire
7.3Through the Fire (2018)
as Franck Pasquier
6.4Someone, Somewhere (2019)
as Mathieu Bernard
6.9A Perfect Man (2015)
as Mathieu Vasseur
6.5Romantics Anonymous (2010)
as Ludo
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