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 Matthias Schoenaerts was born on December 8, 1977 in Antwerp, Belgium. His mother, Dominique Wiche, was a costume designer, translator and French teacher, and his father was actor Julien Schoenaerts. He made his film debut at the age of 13, alongside his father in the Belgian film Daens (1992), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Schoenaerts enrolled in film school but was expelled for poor attendance in his second year. By age 21, he was enrolled at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Antwerp and was acting professionally in small roles on Belgian television and in Belgian film. By the time he graduated in 2003, Schoenaerts was already named one of "Europe's Shooting Stars" by the influential marketing organization, European Film Promotion.In 2002, he starred in Doroth��e Van Den Berghe's directorial debut Meisje (2002), which was also his first feature film since Daens. With his role in Tom Barman's Any Way the Wind Blows (2003), he proved he was Flanders' young actor to watch.In 2004, Schoenaerts produced and starred in the short film A Message from Outer Space (2004). He also appeared in Ellektra (2004) alongside his father.In 2006, he had a small role as a member of the Dutch Resistance in Paul Verhoeven's Black Book (2006), and landed his first starring role in the Belgian film Dennis van Rita (2006), playing Dennis, a mentally-challenged man learning to adjust to life after a prison sentence for a rape he may not have committed.Though Schoenaerts garnered critical praise for his role in "Love Belongs to Everyone", the film that would make him a star in his homeland came in 2008, in Erik Van Looy's Loft (2008), Schoenaerts played Filip, one of a group of married friends who share the rent on a downtown loft as a place to meet their respective mistresses. The dramatic thriller was a smash hit, becoming the top-grossing Flemish film of all time. In the same year, he also starred in the horror film Linkeroever (2008).In 2009, he worked once again with director Doroth��e Van Den Berghe, playing the hippie Raven in My Queen Karo (2009). In 2010, he played the lead role in Alex Stockman's techno-thriller Pulsar (2010).In 2011, Schoenaerts starred in Micha?l R. Roskam's Bullhead (2011), playing Jacky Vanmarsenille, a cattle farmer who becomes entangled with the underworld of bovine hormones and steroids. Impressed by the script, Schoenaerts committed to star in the film in 2005, and over the five years that it took first-time director Roskam to secure financing, the actor transformed his naturally thin body into that of a steroid abusing brute. His powerful performance in the tragic role won awards at numerous film festivals and propelled "Bullhead" to an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012.In 2012, Schoenaerts got the lead role opposite Marion Cotillard in Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone (2012), in the film he played Ali, an ex-boxer who falls in love with Cotillard's character. Like Audiard's previous films, "Rust and Bone" received a breathless reception at the Cannes Film Festival with a ten-minute standing ovation at the end of its screening and was a critical and box office hit in France. Schoenaerts' performance in the film earned him a C��sar Award for Most Promising Actor in 2013.Schoenaerts also starred in the Belgian short film Death of a Shadow (2012), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2013 and won the European Film Award for Best European Short.In 2013, he starred in Blood Ties (2013), after being recommended for the film by his co-star in "Rust and Bone", Marion Cotillard. Following his breakthrough in "Rust and Bone", Matthias started a career in Hollywood and landed roles in American and British productions like Saul Dibb's Suite Fran?aise (2014), Alan Rickman's A Little Chaos (2014), Micha?l R. Roskam's The Drop (2014) and Thomas Vinterberg's Far from the Madding Crowd (2015).In 2015, Schoenaerts returned to French cinema in Alice Winocour's Disorder (2015), in which he plays an ex-soldier with PTSD. He also played one of the leads of Luca Guadagnino's A Bigger Splash (2015), opposite Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes, and played the art-dealer Hans Axgil in Tom Hooper's The Danish Girl (2015).He will reteam with Micha?l R. Roskam in Racer and the Jailbird (2017) and also with Thomas Vinterberg in The Command (2018), in which Schoenaerts will play the Captain of a Russian submarine.
Bio:
Matthias Schoenaerts was born on December 8, 1977 in Antwerp, Belgium. His mother, Dominique Wiche, was a costume designer, translator and French teacher, and his father was actor Julien Schoenaerts. He made his film debut at the age of 13, alongside his father in the Belgian film Daens (1992), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Schoenaerts enrolled in film school but was expelled for poor attendance in his second year. By age 21, he was enrolled at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Antwerp and was acting professionally in small roles on Belgian television and in Belgian film. By the time he graduated in 2003, Schoenaerts was already named one of "Europe's Shooting Stars" by the influential marketing organization, European Film Promotion.In 2002, he starred in Doroth��e Van Den Berghe's directorial debut Meisje (2002), which was also his first feature film since Daens. With his role in Tom Barman's Any Way the Wind Blows (2003), he proved he was Flanders' young actor to watch.In 2004, Schoenaerts produced and starred in the short film A Message from Outer Space (2004). He also appeared in Ellektra (2004) alongside his father.In 2006, he had a small role as a member of the Dutch Resistance in Paul Verhoeven's Black Book (2006), and landed his first starring role in the Belgian film Dennis van Rita (2006), playing Dennis, a mentally-challenged man learning to adjust to life after a prison sentence for a rape he may not have committed.Though Schoenaerts garnered critical praise for his role in "Love Belongs to Everyone", the film that would make him a star in his homeland came in 2008, in Erik Van Looy's Loft (2008), Schoenaerts played Filip, one of a group of married friends who share the rent on a downtown loft as a place to meet their respective mistresses. The dramatic thriller was a smash hit, becoming the top-grossing Flemish film of all time. In the same year, he also starred in the horror film Linkeroever (2008).In 2009, he worked once again with director Doroth��e Van Den Berghe, playing the hippie Raven in My Queen Karo (2009). In 2010, he played the lead role in Alex Stockman's techno-thriller Pulsar (2010).In 2011, Schoenaerts starred in Micha?l R. Roskam's Bullhead (2011), playing Jacky Vanmarsenille, a cattle farmer who becomes entangled with the underworld of bovine hormones and steroids. Impressed by the script, Schoenaerts committed to star in the film in 2005, and over the five years that it took first-time director Roskam to secure financing, the actor transformed his naturally thin body into that of a steroid abusing brute. His powerful performance in the tragic role won awards at numerous film festivals and propelled "Bullhead" to an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012.In 2012, Schoenaerts got the lead role opposite Marion Cotillard in Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone (2012), in the film he played Ali, an ex-boxer who falls in love with Cotillard's character. Like Audiard's previous films, "Rust and Bone" received a breathless reception at the Cannes Film Festival with a ten-minute standing ovation at the end of its screening and was a critical and box office hit in France. Schoenaerts' performance in the film earned him a C��sar Award for Most Promising Actor in 2013.Schoenaerts also starred in the Belgian short film Death of a Shadow (2012), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2013 and won the European Film Award for Best European Short.In 2013, he starred in Blood Ties (2013), after being recommended for the film by his co-star in "Rust and Bone", Marion Cotillard. Following his breakthrough in "Rust and Bone", Matthias started a career in Hollywood and landed roles in American and British productions like Saul Dibb's Suite Fran?aise (2014), Alan Rickman's A Little Chaos (2014), Micha?l R. Roskam's The Drop (2014) and Thomas Vinterberg's Far from the Madding Crowd (2015).In 2015, Schoenaerts returned to French cinema in Alice Winocour's Disorder (2015), in which he plays an ex-soldier with PTSD. He also played one of the leads of Luca Guadagnino's A Bigger Splash (2015), opposite Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes, and played the art-dealer Hans Axgil in Tom Hooper's The Danish Girl (2015).He will reteam with Micha?l R. Roskam in Racer and the Jailbird (2017) and also with Thomas Vinterberg in The Command (2018), in which Schoenaerts will play the Captain of a Russian submarine.
Tivia:
Was approached for the role of Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey (2015). Schoenaerts told that he fell asleep while reading the script and his agent told him to stay out of it.Has appeared in Belgian, Dutch, French, American, British and Italian films, in which he speaks Dutch, French, English and German.Is a graffiti artist under the pseudonym "Zenith".Marion Cotillard revealed that the first and only time that she liked filming sex scenes was in Rust and Bone (2012), on her scenes with Matthias.Turned down the role of Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). During an interview on the Dutch TV show "24 uur met" in February 2016, Schoenaerts told that he felt he was too young to play Batman in his mid 40's. Schoenaerts was 35 years old when he was offered the role.Is a fan of Daniel Day-Lewis, Simone Signoret, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix.Carey Mulligan suggested him for the role of Gabriel Oak in Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) after having seen him in Rust and Bone (2012).Played the piano when he was a kid, so he had a little basis for his role in Suite Fran?aise (2014), but he wanted to learn how to play for real in the film. Schoenaerts also learned to speak German for his role as German soldier Bruno von Falk.Grew up bilingual speaking Flemish Dutch and French. He's also fluent in English, which he learned by watching American films.Played the same character in two different languages (Flemish and English), first in the Belgian film Loft (2008) and years later in the American remake The Loft (2014) - it was also his first English-speaking role.Was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France on July 28th, 2015. This distinction is awarded by the French Ministry of Culture to people "who have distinguished themselves by their creativity in the artistic or literary field or the contribution they have made to the influence of the arts and literature in France and in the world".Was raised both by his mother in Antwerp and his grandmother in Brussels; his mother never married his father, who died in 2006. His mother died in 2016.Initially, he didn't want to accept the role of a Nazi officer in Suite Fran?aise (2014) because he had moral issues with the character, but he changed his mind after reading the book in which the movie is based and he thought: "if the writer loves the character so much, then I have to allow myself to love him as well".As of 2015, has appeared in three films that have been nominated for an Academy Award: Daens (1992) (Best Foreign Language Film), Bullhead (2011) (Best Foreign Language Film) and Death of a Shadow (2012) (Best Live Action Short Film).Lives in Antwerp, Belgium.He loves to paint, play soccer, boxing and is also a fan of architecture.Is the co-owner of Hakuna Casting, a Belgian casting agency which stands for diversity and fights against the under-representation of people of color and foreign origin on the screen and wants to bring diversity into commercials, video-clips and films. The agency has collaborated on the casting of films like Black (2015) and Belgica (2016).Has an older half-brother, Bruno Schoenaerts (born 1953), a lawyer. And two deceased half-sisters, Helga Schoenaerts (1961-1982, suicide) and Sarah Schoenaerts (1955-2014, cancer).Slept only two hours at night while shooting Disorder (2015) and ended up in a hospital.Spent a year in film school but was kicked out for poor attendance.After starring together in Rust and Bone (2012), Marion Cotillard recommended him for a role in her boyfriend's Guillaume Canet directorial debut in Hollywood: Blood Ties (2013). Canet told that he chose Schoenaerts after hearing Cotillard praising him several times.Has Aerophobia (fear of flying).Was close to becoming a professional soccer player and was on the books of Antwerp team Beerschot AC, but gave up when he was 16. He appears in the documentary Antwerp - The City Game (2014) playing soccer with kids in the same place in Antwerpen-Zuid where he used to play when he was a kid.Son of actor Julien Schoenaerts and costume designer/translator/French teacher Dominique Wiche.Filmed four movies in 2013: A Little Chaos (2014), The Drop (2014), Suite Fran?aise (2014) and Far from the Madding Crowd (2015).Uncle of Ellen Schoenaerts.Face of Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2014 campaign.On September 28th, a little after 5PM (local time), a fire broke out in his apartment. Schoenaerts was home at the time and, although the apartment was severely damaged, he was able to get out unharmed. The apartment was declared uninhabitable. One fireman and one resident of the other apartment suffered minor injuries.The New York Times described him as 'the most versatile beefcake actor of our time' in 2012.Is often compared to Ryan Gosling. During an interview in 2013, Gosling told that Schoenaerts is an incredible actor and that he hopes he get to work with him. Schoenaerts told Vancouver Sun in 2015 that he's interested in doing a project with Gosling, they also have a friend in common, Nico Leunen.Was originally cast as Leo Woeste in Waste Land (2014) but dropped out. J��r��mie Renier was cast instead.Wants to work with directors David Lynch, Darren Aronofsky, Michael Mann, Paul Thomas Anderson, Derek Cianfrance, Gus Van Sant and Fatih Akin.Is a fan of Breaking Bad (2008), The Wire (2002) and The A-Team (1983).Appeared in two films with his father, Julien Schoenaerts: Daens (1992) and Ellektra (2004), the latter is the only film in which they shared scenes together.His father Julien Schoenaerts was named "the Marlon Brando of Flanders". Since he starred in Bullhead (2011) and Rust and Bone (2012), Matthias has been called "the Belgian Brando".Has a tattoo on his left inner arm, a triangle. This tattoo can be seen in the film A Bigger Splash (2015).Featured on W Magazine's portfolio of the Best Performances of 2012, for his performance in Rust and Bone (2012) [February 2013].Was in talks to play the male lead in Tulip Fever (2017), but turned it down and was replaced by Dane DeHaan.Ranked on TC Candler's annual list of "The 100 Most Handsome Faces From Around the World" for four consecutive years. He was ranked #30 in 2016, #21 in 2015, #9 in 2014 and #42 in 2013.Stated that if he could be anything in the world other than what he is, he would be an architect.Starred in four period pieces that were released in 2015: Suite Fran?aise (2014), A Little Chaos (2014), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) and The Danish Girl (2015).Jodie Foster has expressed her desire to work with Schoenaerts during a Q&A at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.Shares an agent with former co-stars Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet and Noomi Rapace: Hylda Queally.Spent most of his childhood at a boarding school. Was sent to a boarding school for the first time at 5 years old.2003: Named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.A Bigger Splash (2015) marks the first time that he played a Belgian character in a non-Belgian and non-French production. The last time that he had played a Belgian character prior to this film was in Rust and Bone (2012). In the meantime, he played American, British, German, French and Danish characters.Had to cultivate 27 kilograms of muscle mass to apply himself to the role of Jacky Vanmarsenille in Bullhead (2011), he prepped for the role for two years, committing to a diet of 3000 tins of tuna, several hundred chickens and plenty of oats, rice and pasta combined with an exhaustive weight lifting regimen. In addition, he also studied the Limburgish dialect to ensure he was performing with authenticity, so he wouldn't offend the natives. He also wore a prosthetic nose.First Belgian male actor to win a C��sar award and one of 5 Belgian actors overall to win the award. The others are Natacha R��gnier, C��cile de France, Yolande Moreau and D��borah Fran?ois.Was mentioned in a Sony leaked email as a casting option for the role of Vosch in The 5th Wave (2016). He was also mentioned in an untitled super hero film.Is a childhood friend of Belgian soccer player Radja Nainggolan.They played soccer together at youth levels at Beerschot AC. |
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Matthias Schoenaerts was born on December 8, 1977 in Antwerp, Belgium. His mother, Dominique Wiche, was a costume designer, translator and French teacher, and his father was actor Julien Schoenaerts. He made his film debut at the age of 13, alongside |
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Was approached for the role of Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey (2015). Schoenaerts told that he fell asleep while reading the script and his agent told him to stay out of it.Has appeared in Belgian, Dutch, French, American, British and Italian films, in which he speaks Dutch, French, English and German.Is a graffiti artist under the pseudonym "Zenith".Marion Cotillard revealed that the first and only time that she liked filming sex scenes was in Rust and Bone (2012), on her scenes with Matthias.Turned down the role of Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). During an interview on the Dutch TV show "24 uur met" in February 2016, Schoenaerts told that he felt he was too young to play Batman in his mid 40's. Schoenaerts was 35 years old when he was offered the role.Is a fan of Daniel Day-Lewis, Simone Signoret, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix.Carey Mulligan suggested him for the role of Gabriel Oak in Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) after having seen him in Rust and Bone (2012).Played the piano when he was a kid, so he had a little basis for his role in Suite Fran?aise (2014), but he wanted to learn how to play for real in the film. Schoenaerts also learned to speak German for his role as German soldier Bruno von Falk.Grew up bilingual speaking Flemish Dutch and French. He's also fluent in English, which he learned by watching American films.Played the same character in two different languages (Flemish and English), first in the Belgian film Loft (2008) and years later in the American remake The Loft (2014) - it was also his first English-speaking role.Was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France on July 28th, 2015. This distinction is awarded by the French Ministry of Culture to people "who have distinguished themselves by their creativity in the artistic or literary field or the contribution they have made to the influence of the arts and literature in France and in the world".Was raised both by his mother in Antwerp and his grandmother in Brussels; his mother never married his father, who died in 2006. His mother died in 2016.Initially, he didn't want to accept the role of a Nazi officer in Suite Fran?aise (2014) because he had moral issues with the character, but he changed his mind after reading the book in which the movie is based and he thought: "if the writer loves the character so much, then I have to allow myself to love him as well".As of 2015, has appeared in three films that have been nominated for an Academy Award: Daens (1992) (Best Foreign Language Film), Bullhead (2011) (Best Foreign Language Film) and Death of a Shadow (2012) (Best Live Action Short Film).Lives in Antwerp, Belgium.He loves to paint, play soccer, boxing and is also a fan of architecture.Is the co-owner of Hakuna Casting, a Belgian casting agency which stands for diversity and fights against the under-representation of people of color and foreign origin on the screen and wants to bring diversity into commercials, video-clips and films. The agency has collaborated on the casting of films like Black (2015) and Belgica (2016).Has an older half-brother, Bruno Schoenaerts (born 1953), a lawyer. And two deceased half-sisters, Helga Schoenaerts (1961-1982, suicide) and Sarah Schoenaerts (1955-2014, cancer).Slept only two hours at night while shooting Disorder (2015) and ended up in a hospital.Spent a year in film school but was kicked out for poor attendance.After starring together in Rust and Bone (2012), Marion Cotillard recommended him for a role in her boyfriend's Guillaume Canet directorial debut in Hollywood: Blood Ties (2013). Canet told that he chose Schoenaerts after hearing Cotillard praising him several times.Has Aerophobia (fear of flying).Was close to becoming a professional soccer player and was on the books of Antwerp team Beerschot AC, but gave up when he was 16. He appears in the documentary Antwerp - The City Game (2014) playing soccer with kids in the same place in Antwerpen-Zuid where he used to play when he was a kid.Son of actor Julien Schoenaerts and costume designer/translator/French teacher Dominique Wiche.Filmed four movies in 2013: A Little Chaos (2014), The Drop (2014), Suite Fran?aise (2014) and Far from the Madding Crowd (2015).Uncle of Ellen Schoenaerts.Face of Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2014 campaign.On September 28th, a little after 5PM (local time), a fire broke out in his apartment. Schoenaerts was home at the time and, although the apartment was severely damaged, he was able to get out unharmed. The apartment was declared uninhabitable. One fireman and one resident of the other apartment suffered minor injuries.The New York Times described him as 'the most versatile beefcake actor of our time' in 2012.Is often compared to Ryan Gosling. During an interview in 2013, Gosling told that Schoenaerts is an incredible actor and that he hopes he get to work with him. Schoenaerts told Vancouver Sun in 2015 that he's interested in doing a project with Gosling, they also have a friend in common, Nico Leunen.Was originally cast as Leo Woeste in Waste Land (2014) but dropped out. J��r��mie Renier was cast instead.Wants to work with directors David Lynch, Darren Aronofsky, Michael Mann, Paul Thomas Anderson, Derek Cianfrance, Gus Van Sant and Fatih Akin.Is a fan of Breaking Bad (2008), The Wire (2002) and The A-Team (1983).Appeared in two films with his father, Julien Schoenaerts: Daens (1992) and Ellektra (2004), the latter is the only film in which they shared scenes together.His father Julien Schoenaerts was named "the Marlon Brando of Flanders". Since he starred in Bullhead (2011) and Rust and Bone (2012), Matthias has been called "the Belgian Brando".Has a tattoo on his left inner arm, a triangle. This tattoo can be seen in the film A Bigger Splash (2015).Featured on W Magazine's portfolio of the Best Performances of 2012, for his performance in Rust and Bone (2012) [February 2013].Was in talks to play the male lead in Tulip Fever (2017), but turned it down and was replaced by Dane DeHaan.Ranked on TC Candler's annual list of "The 100 Most Handsome Faces From Around the World" for four consecutive years. He was ranked #30 in 2016, #21 in 2015, #9 in 2014 and #42 in 2013.Stated that if he could be anything in the world other than what he is, he would be an architect.Starred in four period pieces that were released in 2015: Suite Fran?aise (2014), A Little Chaos (2014), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) and The Danish Girl (2015).Jodie Foster has expressed her desire to work with Schoenaerts during a Q&A at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.Shares an agent with former co-stars Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet and Noomi Rapace: Hylda Queally.Spent most of his childhood at a boarding school. Was sent to a boarding school for the first time at 5 years old.2003: Named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.A Bigger Splash (2015) marks the first time that he played a Belgian character in a non-Belgian and non-French production. The last time that he had played a Belgian character prior to this film was in Rust and Bone (2012). In the meantime, he played American, British, German, French and Danish characters.Had to cultivate 27 kilograms of muscle mass to apply himself to the role of Jacky Vanmarsenille in Bullhead (2011), he prepped for the role for two years, committing to a diet of 3000 tins of tuna, several hundred chickens and plenty of oats, rice and pasta combined with an exhaustive weight lifting regimen. In addition, he also studied the Limburgish dialect to ensure he was performing with authenticity, so he wouldn't offend the natives. He also wore a prosthetic nose.First Belgian male actor to win a C��sar award and one of 5 Belgian actors overall to win the award. The others are Natacha R��gnier, C��cile de France, Yolande Moreau and D��borah Fran?ois.Was mentioned in a Sony leaked email as a casting option for the role of Vosch in The 5th Wave (2016). He was also mentioned in an untitled super hero film.Is a childhood friend of Belgian soccer player Radja Nainggolan.They played soccer together at youth levels at Beerschot AC. |
| Trademarks: |
Often works with Micha?l R. Roskam
Often plays characters with boxing skills
Polyglotism
Often plays characters who are mentally or emotionally unstable (Dennis van Rita (2006), Loft (2008), Bullhead (2011), The Gang of Oss (2011), Blood Ties (2013), The Drop (2014), Disorder (2015), A Bigger Splash (2015))
Often plays soldiers (The Emperor of Taste (2008), Tunnelrat (2008), Death of a Shadow (2012), Suite Fran?aise (2014), Disorder (2015)) |
| Quotes: |
[on Bullhead (2011)] We all get damned in our lives, and there are ripple effects. One thing can determine a life, and it's hard to overcome that if the event is really traumatic. Your life is completely condemned by it.
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[on being a Hollywood man of the moment, with a string of movies on the docket - The New York Times, 2013] It's been exciting, but at some point it drives me nuts. I haven't been here [in Antwerp] a lot this year. Next year I want to do two projects and not more. Four or five a year starts feeling like a grab-the-money-and-run show.
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[re family history] It's complicated. But when I was playing soccer, everything was fine.
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I boxed a little when I was a teenager in Belgium, but I was pretty bad. I got punched a lot. For Rust and Bone (2012), I hit the boxing gym for five months on a daily basis. I just wanted to be believable. Yes, I did break my nose-but that's from something else. A friend kicked me in the face when we were teenagers. Twenty years later, I'm making a documentary about him-which proves that friendship can last forever.
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[on being considered for the lead role in RoboCop (2014)] They [Belgian magazine Focus Knack] blew it out of proportion. In the sense that, they were interested, but to me, it didn't feel like the right thing to do at that specific time. I thought it was too big, I thought I needed something else, to get more confidence, and not jump into this huge budget thing. But yes, they blew it out of proportion, I wasn't really happy with that. It feels disrespectful to Jos�� Padilha, who's a great director. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Producer,Director |
| Others works: |
(1987 - 1988) Stage Play: The Little Prince - played the title character, directed by his father, Julien Schoenaerts (who also played The Aviator), in Belgium.
(2010) Voiced Soren in the Flemish version of Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoo |
| Parents: |
Dominique Wiche
Julien Schoenaerts |
| Relatives: |
Bruno Schoenaerts (Half Sibling)
Ellen Schoenaerts (Niece or Nephew) |
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