Matt Whelan

Vitals

Gender
Male
Age Range
33 - 43
Height
194cm
Base Location
Auckland
Skills
Actor

Agent

Acting Agent
Lion Rock Management

Australian Agent
IMC (Independent Management Company)
Phone
Feature Photo
Matt Whelan
Feature Clip

Credits

Feature Film

2024
Mitch
We Bury the Dead
WBTD Film Productions PTY Ltd
Zak Hilditch
2024
Tom
Workmates
The Hot House
Curtis Vowell
2023
Ben Adams
The Tank
GFC Ltd
Scott Walker
2017
Noah
Pork Pie
Blondini Enterprises Ltd
Matt Murphy
2017
Nelson
Gary of the Pacific
The Downlow Concept
Jarrod Holt, Ryan Hutchings, Nigel McCulloch
2015
John Persson
25 April
GFC Ltd
Leanne Pooley
2014
Richard
3 Mile Limit
No. 8 Films
Craig Newland
2012
Michael
The Most Fun You Can Have Dying
Chocolate Fish Productions, Heimatfilm, Neon Productions
Kirstin Marcon
2011
James
My Wedding and Other Secrets
2010 Productions
Roseanne Liang
2008
Matt
Show of Hands
Great Southern Films
Anthony McCarten
2007
Kissing Boy
Eagle vs Shark
Sad Animals Productions
Taika Cohen

Television

2024
Harry
Madam
Empowered Productions Ltd
Madeline Sami
2024
Mayor Ken Armstrong
The Gone S2
Kingfisher / Blinder Films
Dathai Keane
2024
Simon Delaney
A Remarkable Place to Die
Screentime NZ
Peter Burger, Carolyn Bell Booth, Josh Frizzell, Charlie Haskell
2023
Mayor Ken Armstrong
The Gone
Kingfisher Films / Blinder Films
Peter Burger
2021
Ben
Under the Vines
Libertine Pictures
Erin White
2020
Connor
My Life Is Murder S2
Greenstone
Michael Hurst
2020
Tom Cabbott
The Sounds
South Pacific Pictures
Peter Stebbings
2020
Cowell Devlin
The Luminaries
BBC Two UK
Claire McCarthy
2019
Jack Rudd
The Brokenwood Mysteries
South Pacific Pictures
Aidee Walker
2018
Alistair
Wanted S3
Wanted 3 Productions
Jocelyn Moorhouse
2017
Hugh Hefner
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
Stephen David Entertainment
Richard Lopez
2017
Daniel Van Ness
Narcos S3
Gaumont / Netflix
Andres Baiz, Josef Kubota Wladyka, Fernando Coimbra, Gabriel Ripstein
2016
Mattiyahu
Of Kings and Prophets
ABC Studios
Jeffrey Nachmanoff
2014
Alex
Coverband
The Downlow Concept
Jarrod Holt, Ryan Hutchings, Nigel McCulloch
2013
Little Shane
Top of The Lake
Top Of the Lake Productions
Jane Campion, Garth Davis
2012
Brad Caulfield
Go Girls S4
South Pacific Pictures
Various
2011
Brad Caulfield
Go Girls S3
South Pacific Pictures
Various
2010
Brad Caulfield
Go Girls S2
South Pacific Pictures
Various
2009
Brad Caulfield
Go Girls S1
South Pacific Pictures
Various
2007
Regan
My Story
Gibson Group
Peter Salmon
2006
Self
Tough Act
Gibson Group
Stuart McKenzie

Short Film

2024
The Inspector
Lost Boy
Isaac King
2024
Dan
Figment
Ian Sweeney
2019
Cam
Imposter
Chelsie Preston Crayford
2019
The Carpenter
Daniel
Claire Van Beek
2016
David
Dancers
Louise Leitch
2007
David
Bad Trip
Louis Sutherland
2006
Bob
Wrapped
John Callen
2006
Fit Guy
The Other Side
Matther Mawkes
2006
Extra
Dead Letters
Paolo Rotondo

Stage

2022
Actor, Boyfriend
The Writer
Silo Theatre
Sophie Roberts
2014
Zack
Belleville
Silo Theatre
Oliver Driver
2012
Elyot Chase
Private Lives
Silo theatre
Shane Bosher
2009
Biscuit, Lee, Marie and various others
Holding The man
Silo Theatre
Shane Bosher

Voice Over

2021
Mason
Into the Dead 2 - Reckoning
Pik Pok
2018
Mason
Into the Dead 2
Pik Pok
2018
Egon, Peter, Bad Guys
Into the Dead 2 - Ghostbusters Event
Pik Pok/ Prodigy Design Ltd

Music Video

2013
Lead
Running - Trei
Sakowski Studios
Alan Morrison
2005
Featured
Bring the Money Back Baby - Odessa
Ivan Slavov

Web Series

2016
Salesman
Stake Out
Thomas Sainsbury
2014
Mediator
Bored
Viva La Dirt League
Alan Morrison, Rowan Bettjeman

Training

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

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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.