Peter Burger, Carolyn Bell Booth, Josh Frizzell, Charlie Haskell
Feature Film
Mitch
We Bury the Dead
WBTD Film Productions PTY Ltd
Zak Hilditch
Feature Film
Tom
Workmates
The Hot House
Curtis Vowell
2023
Television
Mayor Ken Armstrong
The Gone
Kingfisher Films / Blinder Films
Peter Burger
Feature Film
Ben Adams
The Tank
GFC Ltd
Scott Walker
2022
Stage
Actor, Boyfriend
The Writer
Silo Theatre
Sophie Roberts
2021
Voice Over
Mason
Into the Dead 2 - Reckoning
Pik Pok
Television
Ben
Under the Vines
Libertine Pictures
Erin White
2020
Television
Connor
My Life Is Murder S2
Greenstone
Michael Hurst
Television
Tom Cabbott
The Sounds
South Pacific Pictures
Peter Stebbings
Television
Cowell Devlin
The Luminaries
BBC Two UK
Claire McCarthy
2019
Short Film
Cam
Imposter
Chelsie Preston Crayford
Television
Jack Rudd
The Brokenwood Mysteries
South Pacific Pictures
Aidee Walker
Short Film
The Carpenter
Daniel
Claire Van Beek
2018
Voice Over
Mason
Into the Dead 2
Pik Pok
Voice Over
Egon, Peter, Bad Guys
Into the Dead 2 - Ghostbusters Event
Pik Pok/ Prodigy Design Ltd
Television
Alistair
Wanted S3
Wanted 3 Productions
Jocelyn Moorhouse
2017
Television
Hugh Hefner
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
Stephen David Entertainment
Richard Lopez
2017
Television
Daniel Van Ness
Narcos S3
Gaumont / Netflix
Andres Baiz, Josef Kubota Wladyka, Fernando Coimbra, Gabriel Ripstein
Feature Film
Noah
Pork Pie
Blondini Enterprises Ltd
Matt Murphy
Feature Film
Nelson
Gary of the Pacific
The Downlow Concept
Jarrod Holt, Ryan Hutchings, Nigel McCulloch
2016
Web Series
Salesman
Stake Out
Thomas Sainsbury
Television
Mattiyahu
Of Kings and Prophets
ABC Studios
Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Short Film
David
Dancers
Louise Leitch
2015
Feature Film
John Persson
25 April
GFC Ltd
Leanne Pooley
2014
Web Series
Mediator
Bored
Viva La Dirt League
Alan Morrison, Rowan Bettjeman
Television
Alex
Coverband
The Downlow Concept
Jarrod Holt, Ryan Hutchings, Nigel McCulloch
Stage
Zack
Belleville
Silo Theatre
Oliver Driver
Feature Film
Richard
3 Mile Limit
No. 8 Films
Craig Newland
2013
Television
Little Shane
Top of The Lake
Top Of the Lake Productions
Jane Campion, Garth Davis
Music Video
Lead
Running - Trei
Sakowski Studios
Alan Morrison
2012
Television
Brad Caulfield
Go Girls S4
South Pacific Pictures
Various
Feature Film
Michael
The Most Fun You Can Have Dying
Chocolate Fish Productions, Heimatfilm, Neon Productions
Kirstin Marcon
Stage
Elyot Chase
Private Lives
Silo theatre
Shane Bosher
2011
Television
Brad Caulfield
Go Girls S3
South Pacific Pictures
Various
Feature Film
James
My Wedding and Other Secrets
2010 Productions
Roseanne Liang
2010
Television
Brad Caulfield
Go Girls S2
South Pacific Pictures
Various
2009
Stage
Biscuit, Lee, Marie and various others
Holding The man
Silo Theatre
Shane Bosher
Television
Brad Caulfield
Go Girls S1
South Pacific Pictures
Various
2008
Feature Film
Matt
Show of Hands
Great Southern Films
Anthony McCarten
2007
Feature Film
Kissing Boy
Eagle vs Shark
Sad Animals Productions
Taika Cohen
Short Film
David
Bad Trip
Louis Sutherland
Television
Regan
My Story
Gibson Group
Peter Salmon
2006
Short Film
Bob
Wrapped
John Callen
Short Film
Fit Guy
The Other Side
Matther Mawkes
Short Film
Extra
Dead Letters
Paolo Rotondo
Television
Self
Tough Act
Gibson Group
Stuart McKenzie
2005
Music Video
Featured
Bring the Money Back Baby - Odessa
Ivan Slavov
Training
Dates
Institution
Course
Field of Study
2003
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
National Certificate in Radio Broadcasting
Radio
2004
Hagley Theatre Company
Diploma of Performing Arts
Acting
2005 - 2007
Toi Whakaari - NZ Drama School
Bachelor of Performing Arts
Acting
Skills & Attributes
Shoe Size
12
Waist
88cm
Chest
106cm
Hip
100cm
Accents
Irish, American Standard, Cockney, Scottish, Australian, East Coast American, New Zealand, English, Southern
Instrumental
Wind
Sport
Basketball
Professional Skills
Actor
Media
Public Media
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Public Media
5:48
Photos
Notes
Matt Whelan is an established leading man, who most recently starred in Scott Walker’s creature horror THE TANK. He has just wrapped leading roles in comedy feature WORKMATES, and Irish/US/NZ series THE GONE, alongside Richard Flood and Michelle Fairley.
A graduate of Toi Whakaari, New Zealand's most prestigious drama school, Matt quickly made his way onscreen with a series regular role in popular comedy-drama GO GIRLS (four seasons), for which he won a national award for Best Supporting Actor.
Matt went on to star as the romantic lead in feature film MY WEDDING AND OTHER SECRETS, closely followed by further leading roles in THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE DYING, 3 MILE LIMIT, and Canadian-NZ mini-series THE SOUNDS. Matt was also cast as a series regular in the BBC One/TVNZ adaption of Eleanor Catton’s Booker-prize winning novel, THE LUMINARIES.
Matt's international career took off with a guest role in ABC drama OF KINGS AND PROPHETS. He was then cast as cultural icon Hugh Hefner in AMERICAN PLAYBOY: THE HUGH HEFNER STORY (Amazon Prime), then a series regular role in season 3 of NARCOS, portraying DEA agent Daniel van Ness.
