Hans Matheson
Birthday: 1975-08-07 | Place of Birth: Stornoway, UKHans 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
Acting
Role
as Johnny Jackson
as David Richmond
as Lord Coward
as Alec D'Urberville
as Merisi Caravaggio
as Angus McCulloch
as Nero
as Nerone
as Pvt. Jack Hawkstone
as Tomas
as Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago
as Mordred
as Virgil Guppy
as Eddie
as Jeno Varga
as Boy (segment "Steal Away")
as Luke Shand
as Marius Pontmercy
as Jake
as Silver Johnny
as Ben Carter
as Jimmy
