
Matthias Schoenaerts
Born
1977-12-08
Place of birth
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...
Known for

Red Sparrow
Vanya Egorov

The Danish Girl
Hans

The Old Guard
Sebastien Le Livre / Booker

The Drop
Eric Deeds

Amsterdam
Detective Lem Getweiler

The Loft
Philip Trauner

Rust and Bone
Alain 'Ali' van Versch

The Laundromat
Maywood

Black Book
Joop

Suite Française
Lieutenant Bruno Von Falk

Far from the Madding Crowd
Gabriel Oak

The Old Guard 2
Sebastien Le Livre / Booker

A Bigger Splash
Paul De Smedt

A Hidden Life
Captain Herder

Kursk
Mikhail Averin