Matthew Sunderland

Matthew Sunderland

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Biography: ​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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthew Sunderland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue

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Vostok Station
Vostok Station

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POP
POP

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Teach You a Lesson
Teach You a Lesson

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Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Me Deadly

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The Devil's Rock
The Devil's Rock

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Tales from the Apocalypse
Tales from the Apocalypse

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Freedom Fighter
Freedom Fighter

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The Weight of Elephants
The Weight of Elephants

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Pearl
Pearl

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Woodenhead
Woodenhead

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Woodenhead
Woodenhead

An innocent rubbish tip assistant, Gert, is given the task of escorting a beautiful mute "princess",...

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Saviour
Saviour

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The Little Death
The Little Death

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The Stranger
The Stranger

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Backtrack
Backtrack

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The Last Magic Show
The Last Magic Show

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Christmas
Christmas

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A Mistake
A Mistake

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The Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z

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6 Days
6 Days

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Existence
Existence

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The Nightingale
The Nightingale

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Cradle
Cradle

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A Moray
A Moray

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Poppy
Poppy

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Bloody Hell
Bloody Hell

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Morning Hate
Morning Hate

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Savage
Savage

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Cellar Door
Cellar Door

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Desperate Remedies
Desperate Remedies

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