Matthias Schoenaerts

Matthias Schoenaerts

Born: December 8, 1977
in Antwerp, Belgium
Matthias Schoenaerts is a Belgian actor, film producer, and graffiti artist of Flemish origin. He made his film debut at the age of 13 in Daens, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Wikipedia

Movies for Matthias Schoenaerts...

Title: The Regime
Character: Corporal Herbert Zubak
Released: March 3, 2024
Type: TV
The story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.
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Title: Django
Character: Django
Released: February 13, 2023
Type: TV
In the Wild West in the 1860s and 1870s, Sarah and John have founded New Babylon, a city of outcasts of all backgrounds. Haunted by the murder of his family eight years earlier, Django is still looking for his daughter, believing she may have survived the killing. When Django shockingly finds her in Babylon, about to marry John, Sarah - now a grown woman - wants Django to leave fearing he'll put Babylon in jeopardy. But Django, believing the city is in danger, is adamant that he will not lose his daughter twice.
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Amsterdam
Title: Amsterdam
Character: Detective Lem Getweiler
Released: September 27, 2022
Type: Movie
In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
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Title: De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach
Character: Self
Released: February 21, 2022
Type: TV
Arjen Lubach dives through the issues of the day past inspiring guests to the bottom of the news. Everyone always wants to go from the issues of the day to deepening. Arjen is really looking forward to the issues of the day.
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Zuur
Title: Zuur
Released: January 18, 2021
Type: Movie
The ultimate confrontation between the acid-mutilated Kim and her ex-boyfriend, revolving door criminal Kasper. The latter hopes for a reduction of the sentence, but Kim hopes for something completely different. Revenge, here and now.
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Title: Lockdown
Released: January 18, 2021
Type: TV
Each short story plays in the same setting with 2 characters, each on their side of the glass of the visitors area from a prison that them (and also the world) divides.
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Brothers by Blood
Title: Brothers by Blood
Character: Peter Flood
Released: September 8, 2020
Type: Movie
Peter and Michael, raised on the streets of Philadelphia, are the children of Irish mob members, forever linked by the crimes of their fathers. 30 years later, Michael now runs the criminal organization and lusts for more power, his dangerous antics frequently held in check by his cautious cousin Peter. Haunted by the death of his sister, whose passing destroyed both his parents, Peter is caught between the dreams of childhood and the realities of his life as an enforcer. His only reprieve is a local boxing gym, a sanctuary that is quickly threatened as Michael’s desire for control escalates.
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The Old Guard
Title: The Old Guard
Character: Sebastien Le Livre / Booker
Released: July 10, 2020
Type: Movie
Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.
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A Hidden Life
Title: A Hidden Life
Character: Captain Herder
Released: December 11, 2019
Type: Movie
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
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The Laundromat
Title: The Laundromat
Character: Maywood
Released: September 27, 2019
Type: Movie
When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in helping the world's wealthiest citizens amass larger fortunes.
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The Mustang
Title: The Mustang
Character: Roman Coleman
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: Movie
While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.
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Kursk
Title: Kursk
Character: Mikhail Averin
Released: November 7, 2018
Type: Movie
Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.
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Close Enemies
Title: Close Enemies
Character: Manuel Marco
Released: October 3, 2018
Type: Movie
Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will both have to face up to the consequences of their decisions – because they will each have a price to pay…
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Red Sparrow
Title: Red Sparrow
Character: Vanya Egorova
Released: February 28, 2018
Type: Movie
Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.
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Racer and the Jailbird
Title: Racer and the Jailbird
Character: Gino 'Gigi'
Released: October 4, 2017
Type: Movie
When Gino meets racing driver Bénédicte, it's love at first sight. But Gino has a secret. The kind of secret that can endanger their lives.
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Our Souls at Night
Title: Our Souls at Night
Character: Gene
Released: September 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.
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The Danish Girl
Title: The Danish Girl
Character: Hans Axgil
Released: November 27, 2015
Type: Movie
When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
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A Bigger Splash
Title: A Bigger Splash
Character: Paul De Smedt
Released: November 26, 2015
Type: Movie
An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.
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Disorder
Title: Disorder
Character: Vincent
Released: September 30, 2015
Type: Movie
An ex-soldier with PTSD is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he's out of town.
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Title: Far from the Madding Crowd
Character: Gabriel Oak
Released: April 23, 2015
Type: Movie
Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy. Bathsheba Everdene, attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love – as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance.
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A Little Chaos
Title: A Little Chaos
Character: Andre Le Notre
Released: March 26, 2015
Type: Movie
A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.
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Suite Française
Title: Suite Française
Character: Lieutenant Bruno Von Falk
Released: March 12, 2015
Type: Movie
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.
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The Loft
Title: The Loft
Character: Philip Trauner
Released: October 14, 2014
Type: Movie
For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be one of their group, the men are gripped by paranoia as each one suspects another. Friendships are tested, loyalties are questioned, and marriages crumble while fear and suspicion run rampant.
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The Drop
Title: The Drop
Character: Eric Deeds
Released: September 12, 2014
Type: Movie
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
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Antwerp - The City Game
Title: Antwerp - The City Game
Character: Himself
Released: June 6, 2014
Type: Movie
"De Pleintjes" is a documentary about Antwerp's street football culture. Rough areas such as Het Kiel, Borgerhout, Deurne and Stuivenberg are the backdrops to the social lives of thousands of youngsters. It's these areas where they grow up, learn about the world, and above all, dream of a better future.
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Blood Ties
Title: Blood Ties
Character: Anthony Scarfo
Released: August 22, 2013
Type: Movie
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
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Gritty Melodrama: The Making of “Rust and Bone” by Jacques Audiard
Title: Gritty Melodrama: The Making of “Rust and Bone” by Jacques Audiard
Character: Self
Released: November 7, 2012
Type: Movie
A lengthy and detailed examination of the making of the film, with raw on-set footage, intimate details behind the technical aspects of the shoot including the extensive special effects, the process of shooting various scenes, the inherent challenges in making the movie, and more.
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Death of a Shadow
Title: Death of a Shadow
Character: Nathan Rijckx
Released: June 4, 2012
Type: Movie
Soldier Nathan died during World War I. A strange collector imprisoned his shadow and gave him a new chance: a second life against 10000 captured shadows. It is love that guides him, as his purpose is to meet Sarah again, the woman he fell in love with before he died. But then he discovers that she's already in love with someone else, jealousy clouds his mind and pushes him towards a bitter decision, not without consequences.
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Rust and Bone
Title: Rust and Bone
Character: Alain 'Ali' van Versch
Released: May 17, 2012
Type: Movie
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
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The Gang of Oss
Title: The Gang of Oss
Character: Ties van Heesch
Released: September 29, 2011
Type: Movie
Johanna wants to change her life and quit the criminal gangs of the town of Oss in the 1930s. The harder she tries, the more she is involved.
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The President
Title: The President
Character: Boyko
Released: September 15, 2011
Type: Movie
A political comedy about an illegal Moroccan who makes it to President of the Netherlands. As we follow his unlikely rise and self-sought fall, Joes learns that it's easy to win the support of the people, but to rule them is a whole other story.
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Bullhead
Title: Bullhead
Character: Jacky Vanmarsenille
Released: February 2, 2011
Type: Movie
A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.
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Injury Time
Title: Injury Time
Character: Van Dessel
Released: December 4, 2010
Type: Movie
Three Antwerp football fans are in Belgian Wallonia. After one of them is severely beaten up by a group of rival fans, Sid wants to leave immediately. But loose cannon Van Dessel is not planning on going home just yet.
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The Pack
Title: The Pack
Character: The Gothic Sham
Released: September 29, 2010
Type: Movie
In the middle of a snowy no man's land, Charlotte picks up Max, a hitchhiker; they stop in a truck-stop restaurant, and when Max doesn't come back from the bathroom, Charlotte starts looking for him in vain. She decides to return during the night but gets kidnapped by the bartender, La Spack, who turns out to be Max's mother and needs to feed her kids, 'The pack', a bunch of blood lusting ghouls. Charlotte now faces a terrifying reality: these ghouls are already dead... and hungry. Alone and in the middle of nowhere, she quickly realizes... she's next on the menu!
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Pulsar
Title: Pulsar
Character: Samuel Verbist
Released: August 12, 2010
Type: Movie
Samuel works in Brussels as a pharmaceutical delivery man. His gorgeous girlfriend Mireille heads off to New York to intern at a prestigious architecture firm. Shortly after her departure, Sam's computer is hacked. A series of rather dodgy IT-guys fail to protect his wireless network. The mysterious hacker seems intent on screwing up Samuel's life and his relationship with Mireille. Paranoia kicks in. Sam starts to suspect his neighbors and gets obsessed with WiFi-rays... Love, paranoia and two lovers separated by an ocean of communication devices.
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My Queen Karo
Title: My Queen Karo
Character: Raven
Released: October 28, 2009
Type: Movie
Nine-year-old Karo grows up with her parents in an Amsterdam commune in the Seventies. She leads a carefree existence in this utopia-for-adults. Everything is shared in the squat, but not everyone is able to honor these ideals. Karo gets confused because of the internal conflicts that start to divide the group. Karo slowly realizes that nothing can stay the same forever.
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Title: Los Zand
Character: Vincent Vandeweghe
Released: September 3, 2009
Type: TV
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Afterday
Title: Afterday
Character: Jef
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Emma is in a happy relationship with Jef. But she still meets up with her good friend Thomas to share a strange secluded weekend.
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Title: The Emperor of Taste
Character: Alfred Lenaerts
Released: December 7, 2008
Type: TV
When her 80-year-old husband George dies, Helena asks her granddaughter to delve into the mystery surrounding George's friend Alfred's early demise. Alfred died in a WWII prison camp where both friends were imprisoned. The search for the truth unleashes an eruption of repressed emotions in three generations of the De Keyser family, gin distillers in Hasselt.
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Loft
Title: Loft
Character: Filip Willems
Released: October 21, 2008
Type: Movie
Five close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.
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Tunnelrat
Title: Tunnelrat
Character: John Atkins
Released: October 15, 2008
Type: Movie
Two enemy soldiers get locked up in a tunnel below the World War I front. Sharing the same fate, they need each other to survive.
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Left Bank
Title: Left Bank
Character: Bobby
Released: March 26, 2008
Type: Movie
A chilling thriller about a woman, who upon moving in with her new boyfriend, becomes obsessed with the fate of the previous tenant and descends into madness.
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Title: DP/30: Conversations About Movies
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 2007
Type: TV
Conversations with filmmakers, actors and screenwriters.
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Nadine
Title: Nadine
Character: Cornee
Released: October 25, 2007
Type: Movie
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The Muse
Title: The Muse
Released: September 30, 2007
Type: Movie
An introverted young poet struggles with a writer's block and meets a mysterious girl, who reminds him of Monica Vitti.
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Black Book
Title: Black Book
Character: Joop
Released: September 14, 2006
Type: Movie
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
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Love Belongs to Everyone
Title: Love Belongs to Everyone
Character: Dennis
Released: February 8, 2006
Type: Movie
Shy, gentle half-wit Dennis, whose only obsession is train-spotting, is released early on account of good behavior after a rape sentence. His parents who run a modest barbershop, skeptic André and Rita, desperately try to keep him out of girl trouble, but his victim's sister Barbara starts a hate campaign. After another girl reports abuse, Dennis is jailed and beaten black and blue daily. Barbara's boyfriend, lawyer Thomas Verelst, accepts to help 'pro deo' (no cost) and pleads that Dennis belongs in a mental institution.
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Retour
Title: Retour
Character: Maxime
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
It's summer and Maxime, a cycling enthusiast, is on holiday. The weather is great and country roads are perfect for cycling. But Maxime's holidays are disrupted by news concerning his idol, a struggling professional cyclist, as well as his girlfriend's absence.
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The One Thing to Do
Title: The One Thing to Do
Character: Edward Monskii
Released: December 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Edward Monskii, is in a very bad shape, and Botter Gaarman, obviously tired, are in the terrace of a coffee of a Mediterranean city, ready for a long time prepared mission. When a quite old man, Ernest Carpentier, joined their table, the situation becomes tense and dangerous.
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The End of the Ride
Title: The End of the Ride
Character: Samuel
Released: November 16, 2005
Type: Movie
Samuel is sick. It is hard to refuse a sick man anything. So he gets what he wants, as usual. Although his friends aren't thrilled when he asks them to join him for what will become a very special weekend. A story about lost love, chilly friendships and saying goodbye.
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Exit
Title: Exit
Character: Anthony
Released: October 10, 2005
Type: Movie
A Christmas tale about a man who suffered a severe traumatic childhood and lives a secluded life, in a small dwelling, abandoned by society. On a Christmas evening, his attention is caught by a reality show on television, where they give the chance to people to become astronauts. Since space travelling was his childhood dream, he seizes the opportunity to escape his pointless life.
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Another Day
Title: Another Day
Character: Man
Released: September 5, 2005
Type: Movie
Short film without dialogue about the intimacy between lovers
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Daughter
Title: Daughter
Character: Matthias
Released: June 29, 2005
Type: Movie
Marie waited years for her father to return, after he left with the words: "I'll call you"; then she met Mattias.
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Gender
Title: Gender
Released: November 27, 2004
Type: Movie
On June 3rd 1968, Factory member Valeria Solanas shot three bullets in Andy Warhol's chest. Solanas' extreme feminism and Warhol's eccentric entourage were the inspiration for Gender - a transgender black comedy in which the wacky plastic surgeon, Valerie, finally meets her gay biological father, Desire, and confronts him.
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A Message from Outer Space
Title: A Message from Outer Space
Character: Frits
Released: October 12, 2004
Type: Movie
Frits, a lonesome, unworldly astronomer, is in pursuit of extraterrestrial life in order to find true friendship, which he does not find on Earth. When one day an egg falls on his head, his lonely existence fills up with hope. Convinced of the fact that there is an extraterrestrial creature inside this egg, he decides to incubate it.
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Ellektra
Title: Ellektra
Character: DJ Cosmonaut X
Released: October 5, 2004
Type: Movie
Ellektra is a story about comfort. The main character Sam finds real comfort and is released from her virtual comfort, drugs. Her true comfort is the sixteen year old girl Ellen, who puts people suffering from severe misfortune into contact with each other through SMS, and gives new meaning to their lives.
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I Want Something And I Do Not Know What
Title: I Want Something And I Do Not Know What
Character: Jaap
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
In 1941, Etty Hillesum, a young Jewish woman living in occupied Amsterdam, starts a psychoanalysis with Julius Spiers, a disciple of Jung specializing in feminine hysteria.
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Any Way the Wind Blows
Title: Any Way the Wind Blows
Character: Chouki
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Antwerp, at the beginning of June. On a sunny Friday, eight people dream of having a different life. There's wind and music, police and paranoia, gossip and fighting. There's an old virus, an astrayed frisbee, a dead horse, and a mysterious person called Windman. In the evening there's a party …
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See
Title: See
Character: Man
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
A man suffers visual impairment due to brain injury.
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Girl
Title: Girl
Character: Oscar
Released: September 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Muriel moves from a small village to the big city of Brussels, hoping to start an independent life working as a museum guide. She rents a room from Laura, who has a room to spare now that her mother is in hospital. Laura is a vital and candid woman who has a child-wish but leads a very chaotic life. Meanwhile, Muriel's mother has a hard time accepting that her daughter leads a life of her own now, and she also faces some changes at the factory where she works. The movie follows the interconnected lifes of these three women of three different generations, who all face different problems.
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The Blue Rose
Title: The Blue Rose
Character: Lover
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Hans is an imaginative young boy whose life is forever changed by a summer job as a postman. During his responsible task, delivering a registered letter to the wealthy Nathalie de Laat, the boy falls in love with her. He chases the girl and spies on her villa. But shy as he is, Hans is not able to communicate normally with the girl. This will change when he starts sending her daily anonymous love letters in the form of a fairy tale. Nathalie's interest is aroused, but how will Hans make himself known as the sender?
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Priest Daens
Title: Priest Daens
Character: Wannes Scholliers
Released: October 1, 1992
Type: Movie
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
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Le faux soir
Title: Le faux soir
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Old Guard 2
Title: The Old Guard 2
Character: Sebastien Le Livre / Booker
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A sequel to 2020's 'The Old Guard'.
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The Way of the Wind
Title: The Way of the Wind
Character: Peter
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A dramatization of several episodes in the life of Christ.