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Matthew Sunderland

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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.

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Known for

Power Rangers

as Monster General #2 (voice)

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

as Shepherd
Film

Pearl

as Father
Film

The Lost City of Z

as Dan
Film

The Nightingale

as Davey

Nearest and Dearest

as David Gray

Full filmography

  • Power Rangers (1993) as Monster General #2 (voice)
  • Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995) as Shepherd
  • Pearl (2022) as Father
  • Wanted (2016) as Bryce
  • Territory (2024) as Elton
  • The Lost City of Z (2017) as Dan
  • The Nightingale (2018) as Davey
  • Cellar Door (2024) as Male Party Guest
  • 6 Days (2017) as Tom Lovett
  • The Little Death (2014) as Wiry Man
  • Plum (2024) as Charles Bukowski
  • The Stranger (2022) as Controller / Cleaner
  • Bloody Hell (2020) as Father
  • Backtrack (2015) as Steve, Barry's Brother
  • A Mistake (2023) as Owen
  • Teach You a Lesson (2000) as Brother
  • Kiss Me Deadly (2008) as Vigo
  • Under the Mountain (2009) as Wilberforce Drone 1
  • Out of the Blue (2006) as David Gray
  • Savage (2019) as Dad
  • The Devil's Rock (2011) as Col Klaus Meyer
  • Tales from the Apocalypse (2022) as Mark
  • Desperate Remedies (1993) as Chorus #15
  • The Weight of Elephants (2013) as Uncle Rory