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Matt Day(I)

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Matt Day actor
It's 1929 on the vast, desert-like Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Central Australian outback. Sam Kelly, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith. After an ill-tempered bully arrives in town and Kelly kills him in self-defense, he and his wife, Lizzie, go on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
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Sweet Country (2017)
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Day was born in Melbourne, Victoria. When he was 11 years old, he went to live in the United States with his father, a newspaper correspondent, where he became interested in acting. On his return to Australia, he attended University High School in Parkville, Melbourne and joined St Martins Youth Arts Centre in South Yarra.

Day was spotted by an agent at the age of 14 and was soon cast in his first role in the ABC children's television series c/o The Bartons. At 17, he left his home in Carlton and relocated to Sydney for the role in the television series A Country Practice that was to be his big break. He has since established a reputation as one of Australia's leading film, television and theatre actors, appearing in numerous Australian television series and telemovies including Rake, Tangle, Hell Has Harbour Views, My Brother Jack and Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo. Feature credits include Touch, My Year Without Sex, Love and Other Catastrophes, Muriel's Wedding, Woody Allen's Scoop, and Kiss or Kill, for which he received nominations for a Film Critic Circle Award and an AFI Award for Best Actor. His international television credits include Shackleton with Kenneth Branagh, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Commander, Spooks, Hotel Babylon, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Bruce Beresford's And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself. Short films as writer/director include Beat (2011 St Kilda Film Festival) My Everything (2003 Toronto Short Film Festival) and Wish (Turner Classic Shorts 2008 Winner - Special Mention, London Film Festival, Encounters Short Film Festival, Foyle Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Stockholm Film Festival).
BornSeptember 28, 1971
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BornSeptember 28, 1971
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  • Awards
    • 4 wins & 9 nominations

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Matt Day in Sweet Country
Matt Day and Kenneth Branagh in Shackleton
Matt Day in Wolf Creek Series 2
Sam Neill, Warwick Thornton, Matt Day, Bryan Brown at the 2017 Venice Film Festival for Sweet Country.
Matt Day in 'Touch'
Matt Day
Matt Day, Sydney Film Festival
Matt Day, Venice Film Festival
Matt Day, AACTA Awards 2017
Matt Day, Rachel Griffiths, AACTA Awards 2017
Matt Day,  Rose Byrne, Tropfest 2017
Matt Day, Tess Haubrich - Wolf Creek Series 2

Known for:

Human Error (2024)
Human Error
TV Mini Series
  • Luke O'Rourke
Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
Sweet Country
6.9
  • Judge Taylor
  • 2017
John Jarratt in Wolf Creek (2016)
Wolf Creek
7.1
TV Series
  • Brian
Richard Roxburgh in Rake (2010)
Rake
8.5
TV Series
  • David Potter

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Actor

  • Strife
    • In Production
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Human Error
    • Luke O'Rourke
    • In Production
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2024
  • Runt
    • In Production
  • Nicholas Brown, Matt Day, Tim Draxl, and Jada Alberts in In Our Blood (2023)
    In Our Blood
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Jeremy Wilding
    • 2023
  • Miranda Otto, Lena Cruz, Heather Mitchell, Susana Downes, Michelle Vergara Moore, and Aina Dumlao in The Unusual Suspects (2021)
    The Unusual Suspects
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Garth Rochford
    • 2021
  • Roborovski (2021)
    Roborovski
    8.8
    Short
    • Bret
    • 2021
  • Ioan Gruffudd in Harrow (2018)
    Harrow
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Dr. Bramson
    • Dr. Samuel Bramson
    • 2021
  • Clover
    Short
    • Tom
    • 2019
  • The Other Guy (2017)
    The Other Guy
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Kent
    • 2019
  • Matt Day, Amelia Westlake, Joel Kohn, Mike Horvath, Tom Davies, Ingrid Torelli, and Eleanor Howlett in The Mirror (2019)
    The Mirror
    8.7
    Short
    • Paul
    • 2019
  • Les Norton (2019)
    Les Norton
    7.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Gecko
    • 2019
  • Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan in Get Krack!n (2017)
    Get Krack!n
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Brendan O'Hara
    • 2019
  • Reaching Distance (2018)
    Reaching Distance
    7.1
    • Martin
    • 2018
  • Aaron Fa'aoso, Jon Bell, Elizabeth Wymarra, Bjorn Stewart, Nakkiah Lui, and Steven Oliver in Black Comedy (2014)
    Black Comedy
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Guest Cast
    • 2014–2018
  • Richard Roxburgh in Rake (2010)
    Rake
    8.5
    TV Series
    • David Potter
    • 2010–2018
  • The Mother Situation (2018)
    The Mother Situation
    7.5
    Short
    • Robert
    • 2018
  • John Jarratt in Wolf Creek (2016)
    Wolf Creek
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Brian
    • 2017
  • Brett Climo, Marta Dusseldorp, Craig Hall, Noni Hazlehurst, Frankie J. Holden, Deborah Kennedy, Sara Wiseman, Jenni Baird, Tim Draxl, Abby Earl, Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, and David Berry in Kotiin takaisin (2013)
    Kotiin takaisin
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Ed Jarvis
    • 2017

Director

  • The Mother Situation (2018)
    The Mother Situation
    7.5
    Short
    • Director
    • 2018
  • Perry
    Short
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Beat
    Short
    • Director
    • 2010
  • Wish (2007)
    Wish
    7.7
    Short
    • Director
    • 2007
  • My Everything
    Short
    • Director
    • 2005

Writer

  • The Mother Situation (2018)
    The Mother Situation
    7.5
    Short
    • written by
    • 2018
  • Perry
    Short
    • written by
    • 2016
  • Beat
    Short
    • written by
    • 2010
  • Wish (2007)
    Wish
    7.7
    Short
    • written by
    • 2007
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Official Trailer
Sundance Trailer
Trailer 1:53
Sundance Trailer
My Year Without Sex
Trailer 2:04
My Year Without Sex
Rake: Series
Trailer 1:02
Rake: Series
Love And Other Catastrophes
Trailer 1:55
Love And Other Catastrophes
Wolf Creek
Trailer 2:14
Wolf Creek

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    • Matthew Day
  • Height
    • 1.80 m
  • Born
    • September 28, 1971
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Spouse
    • Kirsty Thompson
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    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article

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