Matthias Schoenaerts

Matthias Schoenaerts
Schoenaerts in 2016
Born (1977-12-08) 8 December 1977 (age 46)
Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present

Matthias Schoenaerts (/ˈʃoʊnɑːrts/ SHOH-narts,[1] Dutch: [ˈmɑtijɑs ˈsxunaːrts];[2] born 8 December 1977) is a Belgian actor. He made his film debut at the age of 13 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), Ali in the BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominee Rust and Bone (2012), for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor, 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.[3]

  1. ^ "Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts Reveal Favorite American Things". Young Hollywood. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. ^ "DP/30: Rust and Bone, actors Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts". DP/30. 24 September 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Arts and Letters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).