Matthew Le Nevez

Matthew Le Nevez

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Matthew "Matt" Le Nevez (born 10 January 1979) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Doctor Patrick Reid in the TV series Offspring and as Detective Brian Dutch in the Tasmanian Gothic sci-fi television show The Kettering Incident. Le Nevez was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in 1979 and attended The French-Australian Preschool, Telopea Park School and St Edmund's College, Canberra before accepted into NIDA aged 17. He graduated in 1999. Le Nevez took a small role in an Australian-made sci-fi series, Farscape, followed by a part in teen drama Head Start. In 2002 he appeared in his first feature film Garage Days playing a drug-fuelled rock star. He then played Aaron Reynolds, accomplice to the notorious Brenden James Abbott the Post Card Bandit, in the TV miniseries of the same name. In 2003 came a break-through role, that of rough and ready Bullet Sheather in the ABC Television miniseries Marking Time, for which Le Nevez won an AFI Television Award in 2004 for Best Actor in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama or Comedy. In 2005 Le Nevez star in his first American film in one Marvel feature film Man-Thing as Sheriff Kyle Williams. The film Peaches saw him sharing a screen with Hugo Weaving and Jacqueline McKenzie, but it was the role in 2006 of notorious Mathew Wales (convicted of the murders of his mother Margaret Wales-King and stepfather Paul King) in the TV movie The Society Murders that won Le Nevez critical acclaim. He won the Most Outstanding Actor on Australian television Logie Award in 2006. Le Nevez stars in the Australian film The Tender Hook. Written and directed by Jonathan Ogilvie, it is the story of Iris (Rose Byrne) and a love triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath and Art (Matt Le Nevez), an earnest young boxer. The film also stars his previous acting colleague, Hugo Weaving. Le Nevez appeared as the boyfriend of "Kate" (Sibylla Budd) in the Come Walkabout commercial for Tourism Australia, directed by Baz Luhrmann. In 2010, he appeared in Legend of the Seeker as Leo, the new Seeker. In 2011, he became a regular in the Network Ten comedy/drama Offspring as anaethetist Dr Patrick Reid, and continued in season 3 (2012), 4 (2013) and after his characters death in dream sequences during season 5 (2014). His character was killed off due to his choice to leave the show in 12th episode of season 4 on 7 August 2013, and made Australian headlines following an outpouring of grief from Offspring fans. In 2012 he played the part of former Australian cricketer Dennis Lillee in the miniseries Howzat! Kerry Packer's War about Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket. He played the part of Damien Parer in the 2014 television film Parer's War. In 2014 despite leaving Offspring to pursue acting in America it was reported that Le Nevez was joining the cast of Australian T.V. series Love Child. It was announced in July 2014 that he would be co-starring in upcoming drama series The Kettering Incident. In 2016 he starred in Brock, a Channel 10 miniseries, as Australian motor racing legend Peter Brock.

  • Title: Matthew Le Nevez
  • Popularity: 5.161
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1979-01-10
  • Place of Birth: Canberra, Australia
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  • Also Known As: Matt Le Nevez
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Matthew Le Nevez Movies

  • 2003
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    The Postcard Bandit

    The Postcard Bandit

    5.3 2003 HD

    The story of notorious Australian bank robber Brendan Abbott, who according to the myth, sent postcards to authorities hot on his trail while on the...

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  • 2005
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    Peaches

    Peaches

    5.5 2005 HD

    This is the story of teenage girl Steph, who is brought up by her fiery aunt Jude after her pregnant mother Jass and Vietnamese father are killed in...

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  • 2005
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    Feed

    Feed

    5.556 2005 HD

    A cybercrime investigator tracks a man suspected of force-feeding women to death.

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  • 2008
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    The Tender Hook

    The Tender Hook

    5 2008 HD

    The story is about Iris's rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath, and Art, an earnest young...

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  • 2005
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    Man-Thing

    Man-Thing

    4.306 2005 HD

    Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff investigates and faces a Seminole legend come to life:...

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  • 2014
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    Parer's War

    Parer's War

    1 2014 HD

    Parer's War is the true story of World War II frontline cameraman, Damien Parer, whose work won Australia’s first Oscar. His desperate efforts...

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  • 2006
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    The Society Murders

    The Society Murders

    6.3 2006 HD

    The Society Murders was the name given to the April 4, 2002 murders of husband and wife millionaire socialites Margaret Mary Wales-King, 69, and...

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  • 2017
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    Australia Day

    Australia Day

    5.4 2017 HD

    On Australia's most controversial national holiday, the lives of three Australians from diverse cultural backgrounds will collide, illuminating...

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  • 2002
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    Garage Days

    Garage Days

    5.2 2002 HD

    The story of a young Sydney band trying to get a foothold in the competitive world of rock n' roll. After the band's first gig is a colossal failure,...

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  • 1993
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    Blue Heelers

    Blue Heelers

    6.6 1993 HD

    Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional...

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  • 2003
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    Marking Time

    Marking Time

    6 2003 HD

    Marking Time was an Australian television mini-series, consisting of four one-hour episodes. It first aired on 9 and 10 November 2003 on ABC-TV....

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  • 2007
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    Sea Patrol

    Sea Patrol

    7.1 2007 HD

    Sea Patrol is an Australian television drama set on board HMAS Hammersley, a fictional patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy. The series focuses...

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  • 2010
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    Cops L.A.C.

    Cops L.A.C.

    9 2010 HD

    Cops L.A.C. is a 2010 Australian television police drama, which screened on the Nine Network. The series followed the work of officers at the Seaview...

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  • 2010
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    Offspring

    Offspring

    7.1 2010 HD

    An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a...

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  • 2002
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    White Collar Blue

    White Collar Blue

    8.3 2002 HD

    White Collar Blue is an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003. Starring Peter O'Brien as...

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  • 2016
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    The Kettering Incident

    The Kettering Incident

    6.5 2016 HD

    Anna Macy left Kettering when she was just 14, shortly after her best friend, Gillian Baxter mysteriously disappeared. The two girls had been playing...

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  • 2012
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    Howzat! Kerry Packer's War

    Howzat! Kerry Packer's War

    5.8 2012 HD

    Australian media mogul Kerry Packer fought a cricket war by secretly signing up 50 of the world's greatest players to form a breakaway tournament.

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  • 2016
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    Brock

    Brock

    5 2016 HD

    Brock is a dramatisation that follows the life of Australian motor racing legend, Peter Brock. From his early racing days to his tragic death in...

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  • 1999
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    Farscape

    Farscape

    7.9 1999 HD

    A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.

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  • 2017
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    Absentia

    Absentia

    7.327 2017 HD

    A missing FBI agent reappears six years after being declared dead.

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  • 2019
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    The Widow

    The Widow

    6.9 2019 HD

    A woman's search to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of her husband leads her to the Congo, where she's forced to seek the truth about what...

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  • 2008
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    Legend of the Seeker

    Legend of the Seeker

    7.4 2008 HD

    The adventures of woodsman Richard Cypher, who discovers that he was born to fulfill a prophecy of becoming a guardian hero to oppressed people. With...

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  • 2014
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    Love Child

    Love Child

    5.3 2014 HD

    The lives of staff at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and the wild streets of Darlinghurst in the 1960s. Joan Miller is a smart and sophisticated...

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  • 2023
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    Luxury Escapes: The World's Best Holidays

    Luxury Escapes: The World's Best Holidays

    1 2023 HD

    A showcase of the best holiday hotspots across Australia and the world, with luxurious hotels, great places to eat, drink and explore.

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