Matthias Schoenaerts

Matthias Schoenaerts

Matthias Schoenaerts in 2016
Born (1977-12-08) 8 December 1977
Antwerp, Belgium
Other names Zenith
Occupation Actor, producer
Years active 1992–present
Parent(s) Julien Schoenaerts (father)
Dominique Wiche (mother)
Relatives Bruno Schoenaerts (half brother)

Matthias Schoenaerts (Dutch: [ˈmɑtjɑs ˈsxunaːrts]; born 8 December 1977) is a Belgian actor, producer and graffiti artist.[1] 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), Ali in Rust and Bone (2012), Eric Deeds in The Drop (2014), Bruno von Falk in Suite Française (2015), Gabriel Oak in Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) and Hans Axgil in The Danish Girl.

In 2013, he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor for Rust and Bone.

In 2015, he was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.[2]

Early life

Schoenaerts was born in Antwerp, Belgium. He is the son of actor Julien Schoenaerts and costume designer Dominique Wiche. He has an older half brother, Bruno Schoenaerts (born 1953),[3] who is a lawyer.[4]

In 1987, at nine years old, he appeared on a stage production of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince opposite his father, who was also the director;[5] his mother was the costume designer of the play.[6]

Schoenaerts grew up bilingual[7] speaking Flemish/Dutch and French. He is also fluent in English,[8] which he learned by watching American movies.[9]

He started producing graffiti as a teenager under the pseudonym "Zenith",[10] even going to New York to collaborate with the Bronx group TATS CRU.[11] It is possible to watch some videos of Schoenaerts doing graffiti in Belgium on YouTube.[12]

He was close to becoming a professional soccer player and was on the books of Belgian team Beerschot AC, but gave up when he was 16 years old.[13][14]

Career

Early work in Belgium and Netherlands (1992–2011)

At the age of 13, Schoenaerts made his film debut with a small role in the 1992 Belgian film Daens, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His father also starred in the film.

In 2003, Schoenaerts was named one of "Europe's Shooting Stars" by the European Film Promotion.[15]

After completing studies at The Academy of Dramatic Arts in Antwerp, he featured in several shorts and feature films. In 2002, he starred in Dorothée Van Den Berghe's Meisje (Girl);[16] Tom Barman's Any Way the Wind Blows in 2003; Rudolf Mestdagh's Ellektra[17] and Roel Mondelaers & Raf Reyntjens's sci-fi short film A Message from Outer Space,[18] which he also produced in 2004.

In 2006, Schoenaerts played Dennis in Hilde Van Mieghem's Love Belongs to Everyone, and appeared in a small role in Paul Verhoeven's Black Book.

In 2007, he starred in Ben van Lieshout's De Muze[19] and in Erik Bruyn's Nadine.

In 2008, he played Bob in Pieter van Hees's horror film Left Bank, and most notably played the role of Filip in Erik Van Looy's Loft, which became the most successful Flemish film at the Belgian box-office, earning over $7,075,161.[20][21] In the same year, Schoenaerts also starred in the mini-series The Emperor of Taste (De smaak van De Keyser), playing a Belgian soldier in World War II.[22]

In 2009, he starred in Dorothée Van Den Berghe's My Queen Karo, in which he played the hippie Raven in 1970's Amsterdam.[23]

In 2010, he played the lead role in Alex Stockman's Techno-thriller Pulsar and had a cameo in Franck Richard's La Meute (The Pack).

In 2011, Schoenaerts starred in the Dutch films The Gang of Oss (De Bende van Oss)[24] and The President (De President).[25]

Breakthrough: Bullhead and Rust and Bone (2011–2013)

In 2011, Schoenaerts played the lead role in Bullhead, directed by Michaël R. Roskam, which was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar. His performance in the film was well received and won him the FIPRESCI Award for best actor at Palm Springs International Film Festival in January 2012. The jury praised the actor's "superb portrayal of an innocent and sensitive man trapped in a truculent body."[26][27] He also won the Magritte Award for Best Actor.

Schoenaerts next to Marion Cotillard, Armand Verdure and Jacques Audiard during the premiere of Rust and Bone at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.

In 2012, he starred in Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone (De rouille et d'os) alongside Marion Cotillard.[28][29] The film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and was a critical and box office hit in France.[30][31] On 22 February 2013, Matthias won the César Award for Most Promising Actor for his role in Rust and Bone.[32][33]

Schoenaerts also starred in and produced the Belgian short film Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)[34] of director Tom Van Avermaet. On 10 January 2013, the short film was nominated for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.[35][36]

In 2013, he narrated the Flemish version of the Disneynature documentary Chimpanzee.[37]

International career

In 2014, Schoenaerts appeared alongside Clive Owen, Billy Crudup and again Marion Cotillard in the thriller Blood Ties, in which he played Anthony Scarfo.[38][39] The film premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. He also played Eric Deeds in The Drop, his second film with Michael R. Roskam, starring opposite Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and James Gandolfini.[40] In the same year, he was cast as Roy Cady in the film adaptation of Nic Pizzolatto's novel Galveston, directed by Janus Metz Pedersen.[41]

Schoenaerts was the face of Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2014.[42]

Schoenaerts holding his award at the 2013 César Awards ceremony.

In 2015, the actor appeared in 7 films: The Loft, the American remake of the Belgian film Loft, in which he played the same character; in Saul Dibb's Suite Française, playing the German soldier Bruno von Falk opposite Michelle Williams and Kristin Scott Thomas;[43] in Thomas Vinterberg's Far from the Madding Crowd as Gabriel Oak,[44] one of Carey Mulligan's three love interests;[45][46] in Alan Rickman's period drama A Little Chaos, as French landscape architect André Le Nôtre, opposite Kate Winslet.[47]

Schoenaerts also starred in Alice Winocour's French thriller Disorder (Maryland), as an ex-soldier suffering from post traumatic stress disorder;[48] he played Paul in Luca Guadagnino's thriller A Bigger Splash, starring opposite Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes and Dakota Johnson,[49][50] and also played the art-dealer Hans Axgil in Tom Hooper's The Danish Girl.[51][52] A Bigger Splash and The Danish Girl made their world premieres at the 2015 Venice Film Festival, both were screened in the official competition.[53][54]

Schoenaerts will play William Clark on HBO's miniseries Lewis and Clark, co-starring Casey Affleck as Meriwether Lewis. The six-hour miniseries is executive produced by Tom Hanks, Edward Norton, and Brad Pitt.[55]

On 28 July 2015, Schoenaerts was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. This distinction is awarded by the French Ministry of Culture to people "who have distinguished themselves by their creativity in the artistic or literary field or the contribution they have made to the influence of the arts and literature in France and in the world".[2]

Directorial debut

His directorial debut, Franky, is a documentary about a one-legged childhood friend of his who became a MMA fighter, Franky van Hove.[56] The documentary is currently in post-production.[57]

Hakuna Casting

On 24 August 2015, it was announced that Schoenaerts became the co-owner of the Belgian casting agency Hakuna Casting,[58] which focuses on people of ethnic origin. The agency collaborated on the casting of films like Black by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah and Belgica by Felix Van Groeningen.[59]

Upcoming projects

In 2016, Schoenaerts will reteam with Michaël R. Roskam in the Belgian film The Faithful (Le Fidèle), in which he'll play a gangster named Gigi. The film will be Roskam's and Schoenaerts' first film in Belgium since Bullhead in 2011.[60] He'll also work again with Thomas Vinterberg in Kursk,[61][62] a film about the Kursk submarine disaster that happened in 2000.[63] Schoenaerts will also play a drummer who begins to lose his hearing in Darius Marder's The Sound of Metal.[64]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Daens Wannes Scholliers
2001 Flikken Jens Goossens TV series
1 episode
2002 De blauwe roos Minnaar Short
2002 Waternimf Short
2002 Stille waters Rechercheur TV series
1 episode
2002 Girl Oskar
2003 Zien Man Short
2003 Any Way the Wind Blows Chouki
2004 Je veux quelque chose et je ne sais pas quoi Jaap Short
2004 A Message from Outer Space Frits Short
2004 Ellektra DJ Cosmonaut X
2004 Gender Short
2005 Another Day Short
2005 Einde van de rit Short
2005 Dochter Mattias Short
2005 Exit Anthony Short
2005 Une seule chose à faire Short
2006 Love Belongs to Everyone Dennis
2006 Black Book Joop
2007 De muze
2007 Nadine Cornee
2008 Left Bank Bob
2008 Tunnelrat John Atkins Short
2008 Loft Filip Willems
2008 De smaak van De Keyser Alfred Lenaerts TV series
Nominated—Monte-Carlo Television Festival's Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actor – Drama Series
2009 Afterday Jef Short
2009 Los zand Vincent Vandeweghe TV series
2009 My Queen Karo Raven
2010 The Pack Le Gothique en toc
2010 Pulsar Samuel Verbist
2010 Duts TV series
2010 Injury Time Van Dessel short
2011 Bullhead Jacky Vanmarsenille Austin Fantastic Fest's Next Wave Award for Best Actor
Les Arcs European Film Festival Award for Best Actor
AFI Fest's New Auteurs Award for Best Actor
Magritte Award for Best Actor
Palm Springs International Film Festival's FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor
Flanders Film Award for Best Actor
Film Festival Oostende's Ensor Award for Best Actor
2-in-1 International Film Festival's Heroes Award for Best Actor
Saint-Jean-de-Luz Young Filmmakers Festival's Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
Nominated—International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actor
2011 De president Krasimir
2011 The Gang of Oss Ties van Heesch
2012 Rust and Bone Ali Valladolid International Film Festival's Award for Best Actor
César Award for Most Promising Actor
Étoiles d'Or Award for Best Male Newcomer
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Dublin Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
2012 Death of a Shadow Nathan Rijckx Short
2013 Chimpanzee Narrator Documentary
2013 Blood Ties Anthony Scarfo
2014 The Drop Eric Deeds
2015 The Loft Philip Williams
2015 Suite Française Bruno von Falk
2015 A Little Chaos André Le Nôtre
2015 Far from the Madding Crowd Gabriel Oak
2015 Disorder Vincent
2015 A Bigger Splash Paul
2015 The Danish Girl Hans Axgil Capri-Hollywood International Film Festival's Award for Revelation of the Year[65][66]
2017 The Faithful Gigi
2017 Kursk Captain
2018 Lewis and Clark William Clark HBO mini-series

Personal life

Schoenaerts lives in Antwerp, Belgium and is currently single.[67][68][69]

References

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