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Matthew Sunderland

Matthew Sunderland

Known For Acting
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Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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​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 t ... his 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

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A Mistake

A Mistake

2024

as Owen

Saviour

Saviour

2022

as Reed

Pearl

Pearl

2022

as Father

The Stranger

The Stranger

2022

as Controller / Cleaner

Bloody Hell

Bloody Hell

2020

as Father

A Moray

A Moray

2019

as Marlon

The Nightingale

The Nightingale

2018

as Davey

The Lost City of Z

The Lost City of Z

2017

as Dan

6 Days

6 Days

2017

as Tom Lovett

Cradle

Cradle

2016

as Mark

Backtrack

Backtrack

2015

as Steve, Barry's Brother

The Little Death

The Little Death

2014

as Wiry Man

The Weight of Elephants

The Weight of Elephants

2013

as Uncle Rory

Existence

Existence

2012

as Rider

The Devil's Rock

The Devil's Rock

2011

as Col Klaus Meyer

Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly

2008

as Vigo

The Last Magic Show

The Last Magic Show

2007

as Lemuel

Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

2006

as David Gray

Christmas

Christmas

2003

as Brett

Teach You a Lesson

Teach You a Lesson

2000

as Brother

POP

POP

1999

as MAN

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as Elton

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 24, 2024

Plum

as Charles Bukowski

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 20, 2024

Wanted

as Bryce

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Feb 09, 2016

Power Rangers

as Monster General #2 (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 28, 1993

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

as Shepherd

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 29, 1995

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