Matthias Schoenaerts's biography

Matthias Schoenaerts is 45 years old actor born at Antwerp. Matthias was born on Thursday 8th of December 1977. Matthias is often nicknamed as ZenithMatti. According to year of birth 1977 he belongs to Generation X. Birthday on 8th of December means Matthias is Sagittarius. Sagittarius is a Fiery sign of Zodiac Belt. These people are highly learned and love to gain knowledge throughout their life.

He is native dutch speaker. Matthias is white belgian. He is citizen of Belgium. Matthias is christian. His primary profession is to be actor. You can know Matthias also as film actor, performing artist, film producer. He is recently known as television actor.

Matthias Schoenaerts's dad

Matthias Schoenaerts's father's name is Julien Schoenaerts. He is known as television actor. Matthias´s father was born on Sunday 30th of August 1925 in Bilzen. His father died on Thursday 7th of September 2006 in Antwerp. Julien Schoenaerts was 29 years old, when this happened.

Matthias Schoenaerts's career

His main focus is to be actor. Matthias is famous thanks to Bullhead (2011); Rust and Bone (2012); Far from the Madding Crowd (2015); Red Sparrow (2018).

Is Matthias Schoenaerts gay ?

Matthias is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Matthias Schoenaerts's Awards

First Belgian male actor to win a CÃ©sar award and one of 5 Belgian actors overall to win the award. The others are Natacha RÃ©gnier, CÃ©cile de France, Yolande Moreau and DÃ©borah FranÃ§ois.
As of 2015, has appeared in three films that have been nominated for an Academy Award: Daens (1992) (Best Foreign Language Film), Bullhead (2011) (Best Foreign Language Film) and Death of a Shadow (2012) (Best Live Action Short Film).
Was offered the lead role in FranÃ§ois Ozon's The New Girlfriend (2014), but declined due to scheduling conflicts with Far from the Madding Crowd (2015). Romain Duris was cast instead and was nominated for a CÃ©sar award.

Matthias Schoenaerts's Rankings

Ranked on TC Candler's annual list of "The 100 Most Handsome Faces From Around the World" for four consecutive years. He was ranked #30 in 2016, #21 in 2015, #9 in 2014 and #42 in 2013.

Matthias Schoenaerts's Nominations

Two films in which he played the lead received Oscar nominations in two consecutive years: Bullhead (2011) was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012 and Death of a Shadow (2012) was nominated for Best Live Action Short Film in 2013.

What Matthias Schoenaerts has done for a first time

Was director Jan Verheyen's first choice to play Dieter in Alias (2002), but Schoenaerts' drama school refused to give him time off to star in the movie, so the part went to second choice Geert Hunaerts.
Marion Cotillard revealed that the first and only time that she liked filming sex scenes was in Rust and Bone (2012), on her scenes with Matthias.
First Belgian male actor to win a CÃ©sar award and one of 5 Belgian actors overall to win the award. The others are Natacha RÃ©gnier, CÃ©cile de France, Yolande Moreau and DÃ©borah FranÃ§ois.
Played the same character in two different languages (Flemish and English), first in the Belgian film Loft (2008) and years later in the American remake The Loft (2014) - it was also his first English-speaking role.
Appeared on the cover of the first issue of French magazine Elle Man. [October 2013].
Has worked with MichaÃ«l R. Roskam four times. First in the short film The One Thing to Do (2005), then in the features Bullhead (2011), The Drop (2014) and Racer and the Jailbird (2017).
Spent most of his childhood at a boarding school. Was sent to a boarding school for the first time at 5 years old.

Matthias Schoenaerts's quotes

[on Bullhead (2011)] We all get damned in our lives, and there are ripple effects. One thing can determine a life, and it's hard to overcome that if the event is really traumatic. Your life is completely condemned by it.
[re family history] It's complicated. But when I was playing soccer, everything was fine.
I like to play underdogs and antiheroes. I don't like to play classical heroes.
I hate it when people try to make you look like a pretty boy, I really don't like that. I always try to make myself look like shit when I do a role.
I don't want to be pinned down as just a physical actor. I understand that people may think I am, since Bullhead (2011) and Rust and Bone (2012) popped up one year after another, but that's a coincidence. I've done a lot of different stuff.
[on Gabriel Oak] I was fascinated by the absolute selflessness and sincerity and loyalty of that guy.
[on Graffiti] I've been doing it ever since I was 13, 14. As a kid, I had a lot of books about painters; I was totally absorbed and obsessed. It has a meditative effect on me because it doesn't involve so many people.
I'm also an animal. I can also be a beast. I know about sex.
[on Marion Cotillard] She's not an angel, actually, she's a Goddess. She's an extremely devoted, passionate actress, true artist. I had a tremendous experience working with her, she's very generous and talented.
[on the healing power of art - 2015 Venice Film Festival] I think, without sounding too knowledgeable, that beauty can save us and art is a search for beauty on many levels.
Love is that indestructible conviction where in the end, love can conquer everything. And it's really, really, really true.
[on if he's prepared to overtake Jean-Claude Van Damme as Belgium's most famous actor] I've never understood the fame aspect of it all. I want to enjoy what I do and that's all. And c'mon, you can't get bigger than Jean-Claude Van Damme.
True love is considering the person we love, considering what that person needs and how you can contribute to that. It's not about, "How can I get that person to do what I want?" That's not love. That's egotistical nonsense.
[on if he could be anything in the world other than what he is, what would it be? - Interview magazine, May 2015] I think an architect. I don't know why, exactly. I don't have the mathematical structure for that, but I love architecture.
[The Sunday Times, UK - April 2015] My biggest ambition is to live fully. I really, really wanna get to the depth of life, in the purest sense of the word.
Yes, I am a romantic, but not in the way of candlelit dinners. It's more that I treat things in a sensitive way. I believe loyalty is the nicest gift you can give anyone. It's worth more than a poem, a song or any other type of art.
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