Hans Matheson

Hans Matheson

August 7, 1975 (51 years old) in Stornoway, UK

Hans Matheson – Scottish actor and musician, born 7 August 1975 in Stornoway, Scotland. Son of folk musician Iain (Ado) Matheson and therapist Sheena Matheson. Trained at Italia Conti Academy. Also a singer and guitarist/violinist who released an album in 2019. His most notable film roles include Marius in Les Misérables (1998, Bille August), Private Jack Hawkstone in Deathwatch (2002), Angus McCullough in Half Light (2006, opposite Demi Moore), Caravaggio in Bathory (2008), Lord Coward in Sherlock Holmes (2009, Guy Ritchie), Ixas in Clash of the Titans (2010), and Aeschylus in 300: Rise of an Empire (2014). On television he is best known for Yuri Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago (2002, opposite Keira Knightley and Sam Neill), Mordred in The Mists of Avalon (2001), Earl of Essex in The Virgin Queen (2005), Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in The Tudors (2008), Alec Stoke-d'Urberville in Tess of the d'Urbervilles (2008), and Johnny Jackson in Jericho (2016, ITV). He also starred as Nero in Imperium: Nero (2004). His late younger brother William Matheson was also an actor.

Known For

The Tudors The Tudors
Wycliffe Wycliffe
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes
Clash of the Titans Clash of the Titans
300: Rise of an Empire 300: Rise of an Empire

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