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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…
Known for
- Supergirl — Krem2026
- Violette2026
- The Old Guard 2 — Sebastien Le Livre / Booker2025
- The Regime — Corporal Herbert Zubak2024
- Django — Django2023
- Amsterdam — Detective Lem Getweiler2022
- De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach — Self2022
- Sergio Across Borders — Self2022
- Brothers by Blood — Peter Flood2021
- Zuur2021
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1977-12-08 ) 8 December 1977 (age 48) , Antwerp , Flanders , Belgium
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1992–present
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthias
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Antwerp
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Notable work
- Bullhead
- Image
- Matthias Schoenaerts (2017).jpg
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- 1977-12-08
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- Matthias Schoenaerts
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- Matthias Schoenaerts
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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).
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