Matthew Sunderland
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- Acting
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 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
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Filmography
Seeds
Movie · as John
The Killings at Parrish Station
TV · as Paul Edgars · 4 eps
Morning Hate
Movie · as Sunken Man
Cellar Door
Movie · as Male Party Guest
Territory
TV · as Elton · 6 eps
Plum
TV · as Charles Bukowski · 6 eps
Freedom Fighter
Movie
A Mistake
Movie · as Owen
Tales from the Apocalypse
Movie · as Mark
Pearl
Movie · as Father
Saviour
Movie · as Reed
The Stranger
Movie · as Controller / Cleaner
Bloody Hell
Movie · as Father
A Moray
Movie · as Marlon
Savage
Movie · as Dad
The Nightingale
Movie · as Davey
The Lost City of Z
Movie · as Dan
6 Days
Movie · as Tom Lovett
Cradle
Movie · as Mark
Wanted
TV · as Bryce · 4 eps
Backtrack
Movie · as Steve, Barry's Brother
The Little Death
Movie · as Wiry Man
The Weight of Elephants
Movie · as Uncle Rory
Existence
Movie · as Rider
The Devil's Rock
Movie · as Col Klaus Meyer
Vostok Station
Movie
Poppy
Movie · as Paddy
Under the Mountain
Movie · as Wilberforce Drone 1
Kiss Me Deadly
Movie · as Vigo
A Song of Good
Movie · as Denis
The Last Magic Show
Movie · as Lemuel
Out of the Blue
Movie · as David Gray
Woodenhead
Movie · as Gustav the Strongman, Tramp's vocals
Christmas
Movie · as Brett
Teach You a Lesson
Movie · as Brother
POP
Movie · as MAN
Letters About the Weather
Movie · as Kade
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
TV · as Shepherd · 1 ep
Desperate Remedies
Movie · as Chorus #15
Power Rangers
TV · as Monster General #2 (voice) · 1 ep