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Hans Matheson

Hans Matheson
Born (1975-08-07) 7 August 1975 (age 41)
Stornoway, Scotland
Occupation Actor
Years active 1995–present

Hans Matheson (born 7 August 1975) is a Scottish actor. Some of his most notable film and television roles include The Virgin Queen, Deathwatch, The Tudors, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Clash of the Titans and as Aeschylus in 300: Rise of an Empire. In addition to acting, Matheson plays guitar, violin and harmonica.

Matheson was born in Stornoway, Scotland. His parents were Sheena, a therapist, and Iain (Ado), a folk musician and painter. His late younger brother, William Matheson, was also an actor. He made his feature film debut as Johnny Silver in Jez Butterworth's directorial debut, Mojo. Prior to Mojo, Matheson had appeared in various television series. He followed his role in Mojo with Stella Does Tricks, playing a male prostitute hooked on drugs. Matheson then played Marius in Bille August's film version of Les Misérables. Matheson played guitar for the role of Luke Shand, a youthful rocker helping to invigorate an old band in the film, Still Crazy.

Matheson continued with a starring role in the British hit Tube Tales, which led to his first commercialized film, Bodywork, starring with Beth Winslet, Charlotte Coleman, and Clive Russell. Matheson later starred in Canone Inverso, as Jeno Varga, a young man who falls in love with a pianist. He learnt the violin for this role. Following Canone, he took on the role of Mordred in the American TV film The Mists of Avalon. Matheson proceeded in his career with a role as Thomas in the Danish-Norwegian film I Am Dina, based upon Dinas Bok. Matheson then landed the role of Yurii Zhivago, in Giacomo Campiotti's 2002 adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel, Doctor Zhivago.


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