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MatthewSunderland

  • Actor
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In 2008 Matthew Sunderland won a Qantas Best Actor award for portraying gunman David Gray in Robert Sarkies' feature Out of the Blue. His performance was variously praised as “sympathetic”, “unnerving” and “stunningly essayed”. The Toi Whakaari graduate's credits also include a cliff-hanging turn as a gang member on Shortland Street, the mysterious rider in apocalyptic tale Existence, a German colonel in horror movie The Devil's Rock, and another award-nominated turn in 2006 short film Nature’s Way. He starred as the hero in 2005 conspiracy feature Stringer. In 2012 he wrote and directed short film Tuffy.

 

Screenography

A Mistake
2024 As: Owen Film
Morning Hate
2024 As: Sunken man Short film
Plum
2024 As: Bukowski Series
Pearl
2022 As: Father Film
The Finding
2021 As: Sanders Short film

Awards

2017 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards (The Moas)
Nominated for Best Short Film Actor: for Cradle

2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Film: for Out of the Blue

“As an actor you can’t judge a character, and to me, people are shades of grey, there are no absolutes.”

— Matthew Sunderland

More information

Agent's bio

Related images

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Matthew Sunderland as David Gray in Out of the Blue.
Photo courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
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Filming Out of the Blue. From left, Matthew Sunderland (playing David Gray) grip TK Bedford, cinematographer Greig Fraser (holding camera), key grip Hamish McIntyre and gaffer Gerald Morse.
Supplied by Rob Sarkies
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Filming actor Matthew Sunderland in Out of the Blue.
Photographer: Greig Fraser. Supplied by Rob Sarkies.