Matthias Schoenaerts

Matthias Schoenaerts
Born	Matthias Schoenaerts December 8, 1977 (1977-12-08) Antwerpen, Belgium
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993-present

Matthias Schoenarts (born December 8, 1977) is a Belgian actor. He is the son of actor Julien Schoenaerts. After finishing the academy of dramatic arts in Antwerp, Matthias featured in several movies.

In 2012, he won the FIPRESCI Award for best actor at Palm Springs International Film Festival for his role in Bullhead (Belgium) directed by Michaël R. Roskam,. The jury praised the actor’s "superb portrayal of an innocent and sensitive man trapped in a truculent body." He also won the Magritte Award for Best Actor. He will next star in Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone (Un goût de rouille et d'os) alongside Marion Cotillard.

Filmography

• Priest Daens (1993) as Wannes Scholliers
• Waternimf (2002)
• Girl (2002)
• Any Way the Wind Blows (2003)
• Je veux quelque chose et je ne sais pas quoi (2004)
• A Message from Outer Space (2004)
• Ellektra (2004)
• Gender (2004)
• Another Day (2005)
• Einde van de rit (2005)
• Exit (2005)
• The One Thing to Do (2005)
• Love Belongs to Everyone (2006)
• Retour (2006)
• Black Book (2006)
• De Muze (2007)
• Tunnelrat (2007)
• Left Bank (2008)
• Loft (2008) as Filip Willems
• De smaak van De Keyser (2008) as Alfred Leenaerts
• My queen Karo (2009)
• Bullhead (2011)
• The loft (2012) as Philip Williams
• Rust and Bone (Un goût de rouille et d'os)

External links

• Matthias Schoenaerts at the Internet Movie Database