Matt Gillanders
- Stats
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- Age
- 47
- Height
- 180cm
- Ethnicity
- NZ European
- Skills
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- Dance
- Fire Eating/Performing
- Singing
- Stunt Experience
| Over the past twenty years Matt has worked in virtually every facet of the performing arts, both on-screen and off. A versatile performer and well-respected worker he is adaptive to any work environment. He has recently been on extended hiatus to focus on raising his children. Career highlights include Sngmoo Lee’s The Warrior’s Way, produced by Barrie Osbourne, David Slade’s 30 Days of Night, Jonathan King’s Under the Mountain, Ian Mune's Billy T: Te Movie and Andrew Adamson's Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away produced by James Cameron and a recurring role on season one of Spartacus: Blood and Sand on Starz network. |
Experience
| Feature Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | Role: Fire Breather |
Production Company: James Cameron
Director: Andrew Adamson |
| 2011 | Billy T: Te Movie | Role: Cinema Manager |
Production Company: BTJ Movie
Director: Ian Mune |
| 2010 | The Warrior’s Way | Role: Geyser |
Production Company: Sad Flutes
Director: Sngmoo Lee |
| 2010 | Yogi Bear | Role: Stilt Walker |
Production Company: Picnic Basket Productions
Director: Eric Brevig |
| 2009 | Under the Mountain | Role: Wilberforce Drone |
Production Company: Redhead Films
Director: Jonathan King |
| 2009 | Life's a Riot | Role: Postmaster |
Director: Ian Mune |
| 2007 | 30 Days of Night | Role: Daeron |
Production Company: Ghosthouse Pictures
Director: David Slade |
| 2005 | King Kong | Role: Usher |
Director: Peter Jackson |
| Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Spartacus | Role: Marcellus |
Production Company: Pacific Renaissance Spartacus
Director: Michael Hurst |
| 2012 | Hounds | Role: Trainer |
Production Company: The Down Low Concept
Director: Jarrod Holt |
| 2010 | Spartacus: Blood and Sand | Role: Marcellus |
Production Company: Pacific Renaissance Spartacus
Director: Rick Jacobson and Michael Hurst |
| 2009 | Legend of the Seeker | Role: Idris |
Production Company: Walt Disney Company
Director: Geoffrey Cawthorn |
| Short Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Hauraki | Role: Derek |
Production Company: Stephen Lovatt
Director: Kirsten Green |
| 2007 | See You Soon | Role: Victim |
Director: Ben Fisher |
| TVC | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Keep it Real Online ‘Grooming’ | Role: Albert |
Production Company: Motion Sickness
Director: Sam Stuchbury |