Matthew Sunderland
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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
Credits
The Lost City of Z (2017)
as Dan
Pearl (2022)
as Father
The Stranger (2022)
as Controller / Cleaner
The Nightingale (2018)
as Davey
The Little Death (2014)
as Wiry Man
Cellar Door (2024)
as Male Party Guest
6 Days (2017)
as Tom Lovett
A Mistake (2023)
as Owen
Backtrack (2015)
as Steve, Barry's Brother
Seeds (—)
as John
Bloody Hell (2020)
as Father
Out of the Blue (2006)
as David Gray
Under the Mountain (2009)
as Wilberforce Drone 1
The Devil's Rock (2011)
as Col Klaus Meyer
Kiss Me Deadly (2008)
as Vigo
Poppy (2009)
as Paddy
Tales from the Apocalypse (2022)
as Mark
Savage (2019)
as Dad
Letters About the Weather (1999)
as Kade
Woodenhead (2003)
as Gustav the Strongman
A Moray (2019)
as Marlon
Desperate Remedies (1993)
as Chorus #15
Saviour (2022)
as Reed
Morning Hate (2024)
as Sunken Man
Freedom Fighter (2023)
Actor
Teach You a Lesson (2000)
as Brother
Vostok Station (2009)
Actor
The Weight of Elephants (2013)
as Uncle Rory
POP (1999)
as MAN
Existence (2012)
as Rider
The Last Magic Show (2007)
as Lemuel
A Song of Good (2008)
as Denis
Cradle (2016)
as Mark
Christmas (2003)
as Brett