page_title: Matthias Schoenaerts
hierarchical_section_title: Matthias Schoenaerts
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Matthias Schoenaerts à la cérémonie des César
context_page_description: Matthias Schoenaerts is a Belgian actor, film producer, and graffiti artist. He made his film debut at the age of 13 in Daens, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He is best known for his roles as Filip in Loft, Jacky Vanmarsenille in the Oscar-nominated Bullhead, Ali in the BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominee Rust and Bone, for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor, Eric Deeds in The Drop, Bruno von Falk in Suite Française, Gabriel Oak in Far from the Madding Crowd, Hans Axgil in The Danish Girl and Uncle Vanya in Red Sparrow. Schoenaerts also received critical acclaim for his portrayal of an ex-soldier suffering from PTSD in Disorder, and for his performance as an inmate training a wild horse in The Mustang.
  In 2015, he was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.
context_section_description: Matthias Schoenaerts (/ˈʃoʊnɑːrts/; Dutch: [ˈmɑtjɑs ˈsxunaːrts]; 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.
caption: Matthias Schoenaerts in 2016
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