Matthew Sunderland
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Matthew "Matt" Sunderland (born c.1972) is a New Zealand actor. He performed the lead role of David Gray in the feature film Out of the Blue, based on the events of the Aramoana Massacre. At the New Zealand Screen Awards in 2008 he won Best Actor Award for this role. Sunderland was also nominated for a Best Actor Award in the 2006 NZ Screen Awards for Natures Way, which screened In Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. His other feature film roles include A Song of Good, Christmas, Stringer and Woodenhead as well as more than twenty short films. Sunderland graduated from The New Zealand Drama School Toi Whakaari in 1997 and has concentrated on New Zealand film work with numerous theatre excursions also. He has appeared at the Silo Theatre (Fool for Love, Blasted), and the Herald Theatre (Trainspotting) in Auckland, and the Court Theatre in Christchurch (Peninsula) . Sunderland appeared in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Streets first official 90 minute episode as White Dragon in a storyline concluding the 3 year Kieran Mitchell story arc. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthew Sunderland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
2024
- Territory as Elton
- A Mistake as Owen
- Cellar Door as Male Party Guest
- Plum as Charles Bukowski
- Morning Hate as Sunken Man
2023
2022
- Pearl as Father
- The Stranger as Controller / Cleaner
- Saviour as Reed
- Tales from the Apocalypse as Mark
2020
- Bloody Hell as Father
2018
- The Nightingale as Davey
2017
- 6 Days as Tom Lovett
- The Lost City of Z as Dan
2015
- Backtrack as Steve, Barry's Brother
2014
- The Little Death as Wiry Man
2013
- The Weight of Elephants as Uncle Rory
2012
- Existence as Rider
2011
- The Devil's Rock as Col Klaus Meyer
2009
- Poppy as Paddy
- Vostok Station
2008
- Kiss Me Deadly as Vigo
2007
- The Last Magic Show as Lemuel
2006
- Out of the Blue as David Gray
2003
- Woodenhead as Tramp's vocals
- Christmas as Brett
2000
- Teach You a Lesson as Brother
1999
- POP as MAN
1995
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Shepherd
1993
- Power Rangers as Monster General #2 (voice)
- Desperate Remedies as Chorus #15