Facts of Matthias Schoenaerts
Full Name:	Matthias Schoenaerts
Birth Date:	December 8, 1977
Age:	45 years
Gender:	Male
Profession:	Actor
Country:	Belgium
Horoscope:	Sagittarius
Net Worth	$4 million
Eye Color	Light Blue
Hair Color	Light Brown
Birth Place	Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
Nationality	Belgium
Religion	Christian
Education	Graduate from Film School Arts
Father	Julien Schoenaerts
Mother	Dominique Wiche
Siblings	Bruno Schoenaerts
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Matthias Schoenaerts also known as Zenith is a graffiti artist, actor, and filmmaker from Belgium. He is most recognized for his appearances in Suite Francaise (2015) as Bruno Von Falk and Red Sparrow as Uncle Vanya (2018). Matthias won the César Award for Most Promising Actor, Eric Deeds in The Drop (2014)

Matthias Schoenaerts Net Worth in 2023

As of 2023, Matthias Schoenaerts, a well-known Belgian actor, has a net worth of $4 million. He has gained all of his wealth through his successful acting career. To date, Matthias has appeared in approximately fifty films and television shows.

He’s also appeared in movies including The Old Guard, The Mustang, Red Sparrow, Disorder, The Loft, Death of Shadow, and many more. He is well rewarded for his role as a key cast member in each picture. On a $69 million budget, his appearance in Red Sparrow grossed over $151 million worldwide.

Matthias Schoenaerts Age and Education

Matthias Schoenaerts was born on December 8, 1977, in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium’s Dutch-speaking region. Matthias is the son of actor Julien Schoenaerts (1925-2006) and costume designer, translator, and French instructor Dominique Wiche (1953-2016).

Bruno Schoenaerts, his elder half-brother, is a lawyer. Schoenaerts is of Flemish origin through his father, but his maternal grandmother is from Liège, Wallonia, Belgium’s French-speaking area, and he spent his first six years of life in Brussels with his maternal grandparents.

Schoenaerts was raised in multiple languages, speaking both Dutch and French. He also speaks English fluently, which he learned by watching American movies.

At the age of nine, he appeared in a theater version of Antoine de Saint-The Exupéry’s Little Prince, directed by his father. Dominique, his mother, was the play’s costume designer.  As a youngster, he began writing graffiti under the alias “Zenith,” traveling to New York to work with the Bronx gang TATS CRU.

Schoenaerts was on the books of Belgian club Beerschot AC when he was 16 years old and was on his way to becoming a professional association football player. Schoenaerts stated in 2013 that he supported the Spanish football team FC Barcelona.

Matthias Schoenaerts also holds a diploma from Antwerp’s Academy of Dramatic Arts and after graduation from the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

Who is Matthias Schoenaerts Wife?

Matthias Schoenaerts is currently single and unmarried. However, Matthias has been in a number of failed relationships in the past. Matthias Schoenaerts was in a relationship with Alexandra Schouteden for five years. For the first time, the two met in 2010 and the two decided to take their relationship seriously.

He was also reported to be dating Pia Miller, but neither of them confirmed their relationship.

Furthermore, The Belgian Sun-Times stated that Matthias Schoenaerts and his girlfriend were looking for engagement rings on Monday morning, January 23, 2023.

Matthias Schoenaerts Height and Weight

Matthias Schoenaerts stands 6 feet 8 inches tall. He is obsessed with maintaining his physique in shape. His six-pack clearly displays the time and effort he put in at the gym. In addition, this gorgeous model has kept his weight up to 165 pounds (75 kg). He has Light Blue eyes and light brown hair.

Professional Career of Matthias Schoenaerts

Schoenaerts made his cinematic debut at the age of 13 in the 1992 Belgian film Daens, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His father appeared in the film, but they had no scenes together. Schoenaerts was designated one of “Europe’s Shooting Stars” by European Film Promotion in 2003.

He appeared in various short and feature films after graduating from Antwerp’s Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 2002, he appeared in Dorothée Van Den Berghe’s Meisje (Girl); in 2003, he appeared in Tom Barman’s Any Way the Wind Blows; in 2004, he appeared in Rudolf Mestdagh’s Ellektra, and in 2004, he produced Roel Mondelaers and Raf Reyntjens’ sci-fi short film A Message from Outer Space.

Similarly, he appeared in Ben van Lieshout’s De Muze and Erik Bruyn’s Nadine in 2007. He starred as Bob in Pieter van Hees’ horror thriller Left Bank in 2008, and most memorably as Filip in Erik Van Looy’s Loft, which became the most profitable Flemish film at the Belgian box office, with over $7,075,161.

In the same year, Schoenaerts played a Belgian soldier in the miniseries The Emperor of Taste (De smaak van De Keyser). He appeared in Dorothée Van Den Berghe’s My Queen Karo in 2009, as the hippy Raven in 1970s Amsterdam.

In 2010, he starred in Alex Stockman’s techno-thriller Pulsar and had a cameo in Franck Richard’s La Meute. Schoenaerts appeared in the Dutch films The Gang of Oss (De Bende van Oss)and The President in 2011. (De President).

In 2011, Schoenaerts starred as Jacky Vanmarsenille in Bullhead, directed by Michael R. Roskam and nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar. His performance in the film got positive reviews and earned him the FIPRESCI Award for outstanding actor at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January 2012.

The actor’s “superb representation of an innocent and sensitive guy imprisoned in a truculent body” was lauded by the jury. In addition, he received the Magritte Award for Best Actor. Schoenaerts plays Anthony Scarfo in the 2014 thriller Blood Ties, opposite Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, and Marion Cotillard. The film had its world debut at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Schoenaerts was cast as a drummer who begins to lose his hearing in Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal in January 2016. Schoenaerts was succeeded by Riz Ahmed after a few years of growth.

Schoenaerts re-teamed with Michaal R. Roskam in the 2017 Belgian film Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle), playing a criminal named Gigi. The film was Roskam and Schoenaerts’ first in Belgium since Bullhead in 2011. In the same year, Schoenaerts portrayed Gene, Jane Fonda’s son, in the Netflix film Our Souls at Night, directed by Ritesh Batra and starring Robert Redford.

Schoenaerts produced and featured in Tom Van Avermaet’s Belgian short film Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw). The short film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film on January 10, 2013.

In 2019, Schoenaerts appears in Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life as Captain Herder, in Steven Soderbergh’s The Laundromat as Maywood, and in Laure de Clermont-The Tonnerre’s Mustang as Roman Coleman, a convict who engages in a rehabilitation program focusing on taming wild horses.

In 2020, he played Booker / Sébastien le Livre, a former Napoleonic French soldier, in Gina Prince-The Bythewood’s Old Guard. Schoenaerts appeared in Jeremie Guez’s Brothers by Blood as Peter Flood and as Jurgen in the Flemish TV anthology Lockdown episode “Zuur” opposite Veerle Baetens in 2021.

Terrence Malick’s The Way of the Wind, Justin Kurzel’s Ruin with Margot Robbie, and David O. Russell’s Amsterdam are among his next projects. In the new TV series Django, he will play the title character.

Matthias Schoenaerts Filmography

Matthias Schoenaerts Awards & Achievements

• AFI Fest. Best Actor [Winner] (2011)
• Austin Fantastic Fest. Next Wave Award [Winner] (2011)
• Berlin International Film Festival. EFP Shooting Star [Winner] (2003)
• Capri, Hollywood. Capri Award [Winner] (2015)
• Palm Springs International Film Festival. FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor [Winner]  (2012)
• Valladolid International Film Festival. Best Actor [Winner]  (2012)
• CinEuphoria Awards. Best Actor [Winner] (2013)
• Capri-Hollywood International Film. Best International Actor [Winner]  (2013)
• Oostende Film Festival. Outstanding Achievement [Winner] (2015)
• Elle Style Awards. Actor of the Year [Winner] (2016)