Matthias Schoenaerts

Acting · Born 1977-12-08 in Antwerp, Belgium

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 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), and Ali in the BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated 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…

Filmography

• Black Book as Joop
• Bullhead as Jacky Vanmarsenille
• Rust and Bone as Alain 'Ali' van Versch
• Far from the Madding Crowd as Gabriel Oak
• Suite Française as Lieutenant Bruno Von Falk
• The Danish Girl as Hans
• A Hidden Life as Captain Herder
• The Old Guard as Sebastien Le Livre / Booker
• Love Belongs to Everyone as Dennis
• Left Bank as Bobby

TV

• Lockdown as Jurgen
• Django as Django
• The Emperor of Taste as Alfred Lenaerts
• The Regime as Corporal Herbert Zubak
• De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach as Self
• Los Zand as Vincent Vandeweghe
• DP/30: Conversations About Movies as Self
• Sergio Across Borders as Self
• Flikken as Jens Goossens
• Stille Waters as Rechercheur