Hans Matheson
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.
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Jericho
as Johnny Jackson
The Christmas Candle
as David Richmond
Clash of the Titans
as Ixas
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as Alec D'Urberville
Bathory: Countess of Blood
as Merisi Caravaggio
The Tudors
as Thomas Cranmer
The Virgin Queen
as Robert Devereux - Earl of Essex
Half Light
as Angus McCulloch
Nero
as Nero
Imperium: Nero
as Nerone
Doctor Zhivago
as Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago
Deathwatch
as Pvt. Jack Hawkstone
I Am Dina
as Tomas
Bodywork
as Virgil Guppy
The Mists of Avalon
as Mordred
Making Love
as Jeno Varga
Tube Tales
as Boy (segment "Steal Away")
Still Crazy
as Luke Shand
Les Misérables
as Marius Pontmercy
Stella Does Tricks
as Eddie
Mojo
as Silver Johnny
Poldark
as Ben Carter
The Future Lasts A Long Time
as Jimmy
Wycliffe
as Gary Creed