Actor

Matthias Schoenaerts

Acting

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

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3.0

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Movies: 52Series: 10Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 73381

IMDb ID: nm0774386

Known for: Acting

Born: December 8, 1977

Age: 48

Place of birth: Antwerp, Belgium

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1992 - 2026

Years active: 35

Average TMDB rating: 6.42

Wikidata: Q427019

Also known as

Матіас Шонартс • Маттиас Шонартс • 馬提亞斯・修奈爾 • ماتیاس اسخونارتس • 馬提亞斯修奈爾

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Associate Producer (2)

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Biography

Matthias Schoenaerts (/ˈʃoʊnɑːrts/ SHOH-narts, Dutch: [ˈmɑtjɑs ˈsxunaːrts]; born 8 December 1977) is a Belgian actor. He made his film debut at the age of 14 in Daens (1992), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He is best known for his roles as Filip in Loft (2008), Jacky Vanmarsenille in the Oscar-nominated Bullhead (2011), and Ali in the BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominee Rust and Bone (2012), for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor. He played Eric Deeds in The Drop (2014), Bruno von Falk in Suite Française (2015), Gabriel Oak in Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Hans Axgil in The Danish Girl (2015), and Uncle Vanya in Red Sparrow (2018). Schoenaerts received critical acclaim for his portrayal of an ex-soldier suffering from PTSD in Disorder (2015), and for his performance as an inmate training a wild horse in The Mustang (2019). In 2015, he was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.