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Matthias Schoenaerts

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Matthias Schoenaerts

Born December 8, 1977 in Antwerp, Belgium62 films

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).

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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.

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Essential films

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The Old Guard poster7.1The Old Guard2020Red Sparrow poster6.5Red Sparrow2018The Drop poster6.8The Drop2014Black Book poster7.4Black Book2006Rust and Bone poster7.2Rust and Bone2012Supergirl poster6.7Supergirl2026Suite Française poster7.2Suite Française2015Far from the Madding Crowd poster7.0Far from the Madding Crowd2015

Filmography

62 films as actor
  1. TBAPhénixJohnny Hallyday
  2. TBAThe Way of the WindPeter
  3. TBARuin
  4. TBALe Cowboy
  5. TBAFleur
  6. TBAEldorado
  7. 2026Violette
  8. 2026SupergirlKrem
  9. 2025The Old Guard 2Sebastien Le Livre / Booker
  10. 2022AmsterdamDetective Lem Getweiler
  11. 2021Brothers by BloodPeter Flood
  12. 2021Zuur
  13. 2020The Old GuardSebastien Le Livre / Booker
  14. 2019The LaundromatMaywood
  15. 2019A Hidden LifeCaptain Herder
  16. 2019The MustangRoman Coleman
  17. 2018KurskMikhail Averin
  18. 2018Close EnemiesManuel Marco
  19. 2018Red SparrowVanya Egorov
  20. 2017Racer and the JailbirdGino 'Gigi'
  21. 2017Our Souls at NightGene
  22. 2015The Danish GirlHans
  23. 2015A Bigger SplashPaul De Smedt
  24. 2015DisorderVincent
  25. 2015Far from the Madding CrowdGabriel Oak
  26. 2015A Little ChaosAndre Le Notre
  27. 2015Suite FrançaiseLieutenant Bruno Von Falk
  28. 2014The LoftPhilip Trauner
  29. 2014The DropEric Deeds
  30. 2013Blood TiesAnthony Scarfo
  31. 2012Death of a ShadowNathan Rijckx
  32. 2012Rust and BoneAlain 'Ali' van Versch
  33. 2011The Gang of OssTies van Heesch
  34. 2011The PresidentBoyko
  35. 2011BullheadJacky Vanmarsenille
  36. 2010Injury TimeVan Dessel
  37. 2010The PackThe Gothic Sham
  38. 2010PulsarSamuel Verbist
  39. 2009My Queen KaroRaven
  40. 2009AfterdayJef
  41. 2008LoftFilip Willems
  42. 2008TunnelratJohn Atkins
  43. 2008Left BankBobby
  44. 2007NadineCornee
  45. 2007The Muse
  46. 2006Black BookJoop
  47. 2006Love Belongs to EveryoneDennis
  48. 2006RetourMaxime
  49. 2005The One Thing to DoEdward Monskii
  50. 2005The End of the RideSamuel
  51. 2005ExitAnthony
  52. 2005Another DayMan
  53. 2005DaughterMatthias
  54. 2004Gender
  55. 2004A Message from Outer SpaceFrits
  56. 2004EllektraDJ Cosmonaut X
  57. 2004I Want Something And I Do Not Know WhatJaap
  58. 2003Any Way the Wind BlowsChouki
  59. 2003SeeMan
  60. 2002GirlOscar
  61. 2002The Blue RoseLover
  62. 1992DaensWannes Scholliers