
Matthias Schoenaerts
Born December 8, 1977 · Antwerp, Belgium
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthias Schoenaerts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable Appearances
More Movies

Far from the Madding Crowd

A Bigger Splash

Kursk

Black Book

Suite Française

Rust and Bone

The Mustang

Our Souls at Night

Brothers by Blood

Close Enemies

Loft

Racer and the Jailbird

Violette

Disorder

The Way of the Wind

The Gang of Oss

Bullhead

Ruin

My Queen Karo

Any Way the Wind Blows

The One Thing to Do

Death of a Shadow

Afterday

Daens

Ellektra

Gritty Melodrama: The Making of “Rust and Bone” by Jacques Audiard

Girl

Pulsar

Left Bank

The Pack

Gender

Love Belongs to Everyone

Nadine

The President

Antwerp - The City Game

Injury Time

The Blue Rose

The Muse

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