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name: "Matthew Sunderland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-sunderland"
fi1m_id: "matthew-sunderland"
imdb_id: "nm0839146"
tmdb_id: 67119
wikidata_id: "Q6791284"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T21:36:32.716549+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Matthew Sunderland

## Identity

Matthew Sunderland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-sunderland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-sunderland
- **IMDb ID:** nm0839146
- **TMDB ID:** 67119
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6791284
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Sunderland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6791284, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0839146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67119

Actor. Born 1 January 1972 in New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1972, New Zealand
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Matt Sunderland
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Sunderland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6791284, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0839146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67119

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Nightingale*](https://film.one/film/the-nightingale.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*Pearl*](https://film.one/film/pearl.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Matthew Sunderland is a New Zealand actor. He graduated from Toi Whakaari, the New Zealand Drama School, in 1997.

He is known for his lead performance as David Gray in the 2006 film *Out of the Blue*, for which he won the Best Actor award at the 2008 New Zealand Screen Awards. Sunderland has appeared in numerous New Zealand and international productions, including *The Lost City of Z* (2017), *6 Days* (2017), *The Nightingale* (2018), *Bloody Hell* (2020), *The Stranger* (2022) and *Pearl* (2022) as Father.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Pearl* (2022), Fi1m 76, as Father — [page](https://film.one/film/pearl.md)
- *The Nightingale* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Davey — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightingale.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cellar Door* (2024), as Male Party Guest
- *Territory* (2024), series, as Elton
- *Plum* (2024), series, as Charles Bukowski
- *Morning Hate* (2024), as Sunken Man
- *A Mistake* (2023), as Owen
- *Freedom Fighter* (2023), Actor
- *Tales from the Apocalypse* (2022), as Mark
- *The Stranger* (2022), as Controller / Cleaner
- *Pearl* (2022), as Father — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/pearl.md)
- *Saviour* (2022), as Reed
- *Bloody Hell* (2020), as Father
- *A Moray* (2019), as Marlon
- *Savage* (2019), as Dad
- *The Nightingale* (2018), as Davey — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightingale.md)
- *6 Days* (2017), as Tom Lovett
- *The Lost City of Z* (2017), as Dan
- *Cradle* (2016), as Mark
- *Wanted* (2016), series, as Bryce
- *Backtrack* (2015), as Steve, Barry's Brother
- *The Little Death* (2014), as Wiry Man
- *The Weight of Elephants* (2013), as Uncle Rory
- *Existence* (2012), as Rider
- *The Devil's Rock* (2011), as Col Klaus Meyer
- *Under the Mountain* (2009), as Wilberforce Drone 1
- *Vostok Station* (2009), Actor
- *Poppy* (2009), as Paddy
- *Kiss Me Deadly* (2008), as Vigo
- *A Song of Good* (2008), as Denis
- *The Last Magic Show* (2007), as Lemuel
- *Out of the Blue* (2006), as David Gray
- *Woodenhead* (2003), as Tramp's vocals, Gustav the Strongman
- *Christmas* (2003), as Brett
- *Teach You a Lesson* (2000), as Brother
- *Letters About the Weather* (1999), as Kade
- *POP* (1999), as MAN
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), series, as Shepherd
- *Desperate Remedies* (1993), as Chorus #15
- *Power Rangers* (1993), series, as Monster General #2 (voice)
- *Seeds*, as John

## Gallery

- ![Matthew Sunderland](https://film.one/media/person/21558/gallery-672d858dd799.jpg) Matthew Sunderland — Thewilberforces, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Matt_Sunderland.jpg/1280px-Matt_Sunderland.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Matthew Sunderland](https://film.one/media/person/21558/gallery-d333747809a3.jpg) Matthew Sunderland — Image via TMDB

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