Matthew Le Nevez

Born: 1979-01-10

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.


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Man-Thing

as Kyle
Released: 2005-04-21

Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff...

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Feed

as Nigel
Released: 2005-05-11

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

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The Society Murders

as Matthew Wales
Released: 2006-06-18

The Society Murders was the name given to the April 4, 2002 murders of husband and wife...

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Garage Days

as Toby
Released: 2002-10-03

The story of a young Sydney band trying to get a foothold in the competitive world of rock n'...

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The Tender Hook

as Art Walker (as Matt Le Nevez)
Released: 2008-09-18

The story is about Iris's rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish...

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Parer's War

as Damien Parer
Released: 2014-04-27

Parer's War is the true story of World War II frontline cameraman, Damien Parer, whose work won...

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Australia Day

as Detective Mitchell Collyer
Released: 2017-06-12

On Australia's most controversial national holiday, the lives of three Australians from diverse...

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The Postcard Bandit

as Aaron Reynolds
Released: 2003-06-01

The story of notorious Australian bank robber Brendan Abbott, who according to the myth, sent...

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Peaches

as Brian
Released: 2005-06-09

This is the story of teenage girl Steph, who is brought up by her fiery aunt Jude after her...

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Legend of the Seeker

as Leo
First aired: 2008-11-01

The adventures of woodsman Richard Cypher, who discovers that he was born to fulfill a prophecy...

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Farscape

as Caveman Crichton
First aired: 1999-03-19

A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a...

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Blue Heelers

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-09-10

Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue...

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Absentia

as Cal Isaac
First aired: 2017-09-25

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

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Offspring

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-08-22

An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to...

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Love Child

as Jim Marsh
First aired: 2014-02-17

The lives of staff at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and the wild streets of Darlinghurst in...

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Sea Patrol

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-07-05

Sea Patrol is an Australian television drama set on board HMAS Hammersley, a fictional patrol...

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White Collar Blue

as Larry Drevo
First aired: 2002-08-12

White Collar Blue is an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network...

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The Widow

as Will Mason
First aired: 2019-02-28

A woman's search to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of her husband leads her to the...

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Cops L.A.C.

as Ben Ellis
First aired: 2010-09-02

Cops L.A.C. is a 2010 Australian television police drama, which screened on the Nine Network....

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The Kettering Incident

as Brian Dutch
First aired: 2016-07-04

Anna Macy left Kettering when she was just 14, shortly after her best friend, Gillian Baxter...

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Luxury Escapes: The World's Best Holidays

as Self
First aired: 2023-08-29

A showcase of the best holiday hotspots across Australia and the world, with luxurious hotels,...

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Howzat! Kerry Packer's War

as Dennis Lillee
First aired: 2012-08-19

Australian media mogul Kerry Packer fought a cricket war by secretly signing up 50 of the...

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Brock

as Peter Brock
First aired: 2016-10-09

Brock is a dramatisation that follows the life of Australian motor racing legend, Peter Brock....

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