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36

Gender

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Also Known As

Matt Sunderland

Matthew Sunderland

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

Known For

Acting

Out of the Blue

2006

Out of the Blue

as

David Gray

Teach You a Lesson

2000

Teach You a Lesson

as

Brother

POP

1999

POP

as

MAN

Kiss Me Deadly

2008

Kiss Me Deadly

as

Vigo

The Devil's Rock

2011

The Devil's Rock

as

Col Klaus Meyer

The Weight of Elephants

2013

The Weight of Elephants

as

Uncle Rory

Pearl

2022

Pearl

as

Father

Woodenhead

2003

Woodenhead

as

Tramp's vocals

Woodenhead

2003

Woodenhead

as

Gustav the Strongman

Saviour

2022

Saviour

as

Reed

The Little Death

2014

The Little Death

as

Wiry Man

The Stranger

2022

The Stranger

as

Controller / Cleaner

Backtrack

2015

Backtrack

as

Steve, Barry's Brother

Christmas

2003

Christmas

as

Brett

A Mistake

2024

A Mistake

as

Owen

6 Days

2017

6 Days

as

Tom Lovett

Existence

2012

Existence

as

Rider

The Nightingale

2018

The Nightingale

as

Davey

Cradle

2016

Cradle

as

Mark

A Moray

2019

A Moray

as

Marlon

Poppy

2009

Poppy

as

Paddy

Bloody Hell

2020

Bloody Hell

as

Father

Morning Hate

2024

Morning Hate

as

Sunken Man

Savage

2019

Savage

as

Dad

Cellar Door

2024

Cellar Door

as

Male Party Guest

Desperate Remedies

1993

Desperate Remedies

as

Chorus #15

Power Rangers

Power Rangers

as

Monster General #2 (voice)

Wanted

Wanted

as

Bryce

Territory

Territory

as

Elton

Plum

Plum

as

Charles Bukowski

Production

Crew

Directing