Matthew Newton

Acting · Writing · Directing · Production

Born January 22, 1977, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Matthew Joseph Newton (born 22 January 1977) is an Australian actor, writer, and director. His acting career was interrupted by treatment in a psychiatric unit for bipolar disorder after several serious incidents of domestic violence and assault which were widely reported in the Australian media. Newton has since relocated to New York City, where he has resumed his directing and acting career.

Filmography

• 2023Among the Beasts — Writer, Director
• 2020Ava — Screenplay
• 2018Who We Are Now — Director, Writer, Producer
• 2017From Nowhere — Producer, Screenplay, Director
• 2011Face to Face — Jack Manning
• 2009Three Blind Mice — Harry McCabe, Director
• 2008Bitter & Twisted — Matt Salt
• Underbelly — Terry 'Mr Asia' Clark
• 2007The Bet — Will
• Stupid, Stupid Man
• Thank God You're Here
• The Surgeon — Dr. Nick Steele
• The X Factor
• 2004Right Here Right Now — Jefferson, Director
• 2002Blurred — Mason the Chauffeur
• 2002Queen of the Damned — Armand
• Changi — David Collins
• 2001Farscape Undressed
• Grass Roots — Derek Garner
• 2000Looking for Alibrandi — John Barton
• 2000My Mother Frank — David Kennedy
• Farscape — Ka Jothee
• The Lost World — Gawain
• Good Guys, Bad Guys — Casper Moody
• Water Rats — Josh Rogers
• 1994Body Melt — Bronto
• The Man from Snowy River — Private Horsefall
• Late For School — Stan Price
• The Flying Doctors — Simon Maguire, Wombat