Matthew Sunderland
Biography
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 numero
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us 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.
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Known for
The Lost City of ZDan6.4
PearlFather7.2
Power RangersMonster General #2 (voice)7.1
6 DaysTom Lovett6.0
The NightingaleDavey7.0
Hercules: The Legendary JourneysShepherd6.9
The Little DeathWiry Man6.7
The StrangerController / Cleaner6.2
BacktrackSteve, Barry's Brother5.8
Bloody HellFather6.5
Cellar DoorMale Party Guest5.7
The Devil's RockCol Klaus Meyer5.6
Filmography
- TBASeedsFilm: John
- 2024Cellar DoorFilm: Male Party Guest
- 2024TerritorySeries: Elton (6 episodes)
- 2024PlumSeries: Charles Bukowski (6 episodes)
- 2024Morning HateFilm: Sunken Man
- 2023A MistakeFilm: Owen
- 2023Freedom FighterFilm
- 2022Tales from the ApocalypseFilm: Mark
- 2022The StrangerFilm: Controller / Cleaner
- 2022PearlFilm: Father
- 2022SaviourFilm: Reed
- 2020Bloody HellFilm: Father
- 2019A MorayFilm: Marlon
- 2019SavageFilm: Dad
- 2018The NightingaleFilm: Davey
- 20176 DaysFilm: Tom Lovett
- 2017The Lost City of ZFilm: Dan
- 2016CradleFilm: Mark
- 2016WantedSeries: Bryce (4 episodes)
- 2015BacktrackFilm: Steve, Barry's Brother
- 2014The Little DeathFilm: Wiry Man
- 2013The Weight of ElephantsFilm: Uncle Rory
- 2012ExistenceFilm: Rider
- 2011The Devil's RockFilm: Col Klaus Meyer
- 2009Under the MountainFilm: Wilberforce Drone 1
- 2009Vostok StationFilm
- 2009PoppyFilm: Paddy
- 2008Kiss Me DeadlyFilm: Vigo
- 2008A Song of GoodFilm: Denis
- 2007The Last Magic ShowFilm: Lemuel
- 2006Out of the BlueFilm: David Gray
- 2003WoodenheadFilm: Tramp's vocals, Gustav the Strongman
- 2003ChristmasFilm: Brett
- 2000Teach You a LessonFilm: Brother
- 1999Letters About the WeatherFilm: Kade
- 1999POPFilm: MAN
- 1995Hercules: The Legendary JourneysSeries: Shepherd (1 episode)
- 1993Desperate RemediesFilm: Chorus #15
- 1993Power RangersSeries: Monster General #2 (voice) (1 episode)
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