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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1975-08-07 · Stornoway, UK
Known for
- Sherlock Holmes (2009) — Lord Coward
- 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) — Aesyklos
- Clash of the Titans (2010) — Ixas
- The Tudors (2007) — Thomas Cranmer
- Les Misérables (1998) — Marius Pontmercy
- Half Light (2006) — Angus McCulloch
- Deathwatch (2002) — Pvt. Jack Hawkstone
- The Mists of Avalon (2001) — Mordred
- Still Crazy (1998) — Luke Shand
- Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008) — Merisi Caravaggio
- Doctor Zhivago (2002) — Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008) — Alec D'Urberville
- Making Love (2000) — Jeno Varga
- I Am Dina (2002) — Tomas
- The Christmas Candle (2013) — David Richmond
- The Virgin Queen (2006) — Robert Devereux - Earl of Essex