
Matthew Sunderland
Acting
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
2024A Mistake
Owen
2024Morning Hate
Sunken Man
2024Cellar Door
Male Party Guest
2023Freedom Fighter
2022Tales from the Apocalypse
Mark
2022Pearl
Father
2022The Stranger
Controller / Cleaner
2020Bloody Hell
Father
2019Savage
Dad
2018The Nightingale
Davey
2017The Lost City of Z
Dan
20176 Days
Tom Lovett
2016Cradle
Mark
2015Backtrack
Steve, Barry's Brother
2014The Little Death
Wiry Man
2013The Weight of Elephants
Uncle Rory
2012Existence
Rider
2011The Devil's Rock
Col Klaus Meyer
2009Poppy
Paddy
2009Under the Mountain
Wilberforce Drone 1
2008Kiss Me Deadly
Vigo
2007The Last Magic Show
Lemuel
2006Out of the Blue
David Gray
2003Woodenhead
Gustav the Strongman