Hans Matheson
Biography
Hans Matheson is a Scottish actor and musician who trained at London's Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and made his first screen appearance in a 1995 episode of The Bill. He created the role of Johnny Silver in the Royal Court stage premiere of Mojo and repeated it for his feature debut. Leading parts followed: Marius in Les Misérables (1998), the guitarist Luke Shand in Still Crazy (1998), Tomas in I Am Dina (2002) and Yuri Zhivago in a 2002 television adaptation of Doctor Zhivago, a performance critics praised. He was a private in Deathwatch (2002), a lighthouse keeper in Half Light (2006), Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in The Tudors and Alec Stoke-d'Urberville in Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Later films include Sherlock Holmes (2009), Clash of the Titans (2010), The Christmas Candle and 300: Rise of an Empire (2014). He released an album, Sail the Sea, in 2019.
51years old
Turns 52 on August 7in 298 days
- Born Stornoway
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 18 years1996 to 2014
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First role
Matheson created the role of Johnny Silver in the stage premiere of Mojo at the Royal Court Theatre in July 1995, then made his feature film debut in the same role in Jez Butterworth's directorial debut.
Getting ready for a role
In 2000 Matheson played Jeno Varga in Canone Inverso, a film set in the 1930s. Varga is a young man who loves a pianist, and Matheson learned the violin for the part.
Big break
After its producers searched for a long time, Matheson won the part of Yuri Zhivago in Giacomo Campiotti's 2002 version of Doctor Zhivago. He was still relatively unknown then.
Getting ready for a role
To play the Earl of Essex in the BBC production The Virgin Queen, Matheson listened to Marc Bolan to emulate his swagger and Kurt Cobain for aggression in the dressing room.
Beyond film
In 2019 Matheson put out his first album, Sail the Sea, which holds ten songs he wrote himself and on which he sang and played guitar.
Getting ready for a role
Matheson played Aeschylus in 300: Rise of an Empire, a supporting part that required him to get fit through hard-core training in about ten weeks.
Hans Matheson movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together2 more actors
- Ashraf Barhom300: Rise of an Empire (2014) and Clash of the Titans (2010)
- Nicholas GleavesHalf Light (2006) and Poldark (1996)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Hans Matheson's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.4 billion
8 of the 12 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 12 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$524M37.9% of the total
- 2$493M35.7% of the total
- 3$338M24.4% of the total
- 4$14M1.0% of the total
- 5$7.0M0.5% of the total
- 6$2.5M0.2% of the total
- 7$2.3M0.2% of the total
- 8$525K0.0% of the total
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