Matthias Schoenaerts (/ˈʃoÊŠnÉ'Ë rts/; Dutch: [ˈmÉ'tjÉ's
ˈsxunaË rts]; born 8 December 1977) is a Belgian actor, film
producer, and graffiti artist. 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 the BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominee Rust and Bone (2012), for
which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor, Eric Deeds in
The Drop (2014), Bruno von Falk in Suite Française (2015), Gabriel
Oak in Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Hans Axgil in The Danish
Girl (2015) and Uncle Vanya in Red Sparrow (2018). Schoenaerts also
received critical acclaim for his portrayal of an ex-soldier suffering
from PTSD in Disorder (2015), and for his performance as an inmate
training a wild horse in The Mustang (2019).In 2015, he was named
Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.Schoenaerts was born
in Antwerp, Flanders, the Flemish (Belgian Dutch-speaking) region of
Belgium. He is the son of actor Julien Schoenaerts (1925â€"2006) and
Dominique Wiche (1953â€"2016), a costume designer, translator and
French teacher. He has an older half brother, Bruno Schoenaerts (born
1953), who is a lawyer. Schoenaerts is of Flemish descent through his
father, although his maternal grandmother is from Liège, Wallonia,
the French-speaking region of Belgium, and he was raised by his
maternal grandparents in Brussels.
ˈsxunaË rts]; born 8 December 1977) is a Belgian actor, film
producer, and graffiti artist. 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 the BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominee Rust and Bone (2012), for
which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor, Eric Deeds in
The Drop (2014), Bruno von Falk in Suite Française (2015), Gabriel
Oak in Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Hans Axgil in The Danish
Girl (2015) and Uncle Vanya in Red Sparrow (2018). Schoenaerts also
received critical acclaim for his portrayal of an ex-soldier suffering
from PTSD in Disorder (2015), and for his performance as an inmate
training a wild horse in The Mustang (2019).In 2015, he was named
Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.Schoenaerts was born
in Antwerp, Flanders, the Flemish (Belgian Dutch-speaking) region of
Belgium. He is the son of actor Julien Schoenaerts (1925â€"2006) and
Dominique Wiche (1953â€"2016), a costume designer, translator and
French teacher. He has an older half brother, Bruno Schoenaerts (born
1953), who is a lawyer. Schoenaerts is of Flemish descent through his
father, although his maternal grandmother is from Liège, Wallonia,
the French-speaking region of Belgium, and he was raised by his
maternal grandparents in Brussels.
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