He/They - Non-binary and male-identifying roles
Trained in UK, NL, BE and DE
Queer short film Potluck (dir. Nikita Kalhan) - nominated for the 12th London Asian Film Festival
TV Drama Girls Of Fun (Meisje van Plezier) season 2
Commercials for Diet Coke (UK) and Telenet (BE & NL)
Music Video for HAEVN - 6m views
Stage production LUX (new writing) in Amsterdam
Full run at Edinburgh Fringe - The Gypsybird Speaks
White Rabbit - feature film
Short film with artist Juiacks - Brendalisha - showing in NYC festivals
"Matthew brings to his craft a keenness for complex and comprehensive characterisation, as well as a tireless commitment to personal improvement as well as collaboration."
Derek Mitchell (Creative Director Max Bell Theatre Co.) Amsterdam, Jan. 2015
Instagram: @matthew.b.carney
PROFILE:
Age: 35
Playing age: 24-35
Height: 5ft 9
Eyes: Green/Brown
Hair: Dark Brown Curly
Accents:Cockney, English-Standard, Lancashire (native), Liverpool, London, Manchester, Yorkshire
FILM / STAGE / TV WORK:
2018
FILM - The Firewall Grove (dir. Riley Harmon)
Lead - Marcus
STAGE - The B Word (Orange Theatre Group)
Main character: James Fenchurch
2017
STAGE - The Fountainhead, ITie, dir, Theodora Voutsa, in collaboration with TGA
Support Role - Peter Keating
FILM - White Rabbit 16mm - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6543526/
Supporting role - Little Ted
FILM - MIRROR WAR - Filmcollectief Kokosnoten, Isabelle Hauschildt
Lead role - David
STAGE - Seafroth - Anthony Nestel, Anthony Nestel
Lead role - Capo
2016
STAGE - Theadora Voutsa Productions, iTie International Theatre In English
Main Guard
COMMERCIAL - CISCO security
Cyber security guy
FILM (Short) - Potluck Films, Manchester School of Art (In post production)
Lead - Harry
FILM (Short) CGI - The Visual Institute (In post production)
Lead - Connor
2015
STAGE - The InPlayers Group production of The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh
Michal
Several Amsterdam venues
STAGE - for Dans Spel Filmensemble Meli Kuhn
Ensemble member
Amsterdam Fringe Festival
FILM (Short + Multimedia Installation)
Performance for live and film installation for Anthony Nestel De Ateliers (The Ganda Massacre)
FILM Installation
Performance for film installation by artist Miloushka Bokma (Cycles)
2014
FILM (Short + Multimedia Installation) for Riley Harmon production (A method for blue logic)
Supporting role
FILM (Short) for Dans Spel Filmensemble Meli Kuhn
Ensemble member
FILM (Short + Multimedia Concert) for classical musician Cinzia Nistico’s - "The Generator"
Leading role
TV (Pilot) Crime Drama by The Drost Imaginarium - “Off The Record”
Supporting role
STAGE The InPlayers Group production of Harold Pinters “Mountain Language”
Supporting role
Luxembourg FEATS festival & Amsterdam Free Fringe Festival
2013
STAGE The Max Bell International Theatre Company production of The GypsyBird Speaks
Leading role
Edinburgh Fringe Festival - C Venue Main
STAGE - The InPlayers Group production of Death in the Living
Supporting role
Amsterdam
STAGE The InPlayers Group production of Alcestis Revisted
Leading role
Amsterdam
FILM (Short) Cinestud film festival (3 day short film project) Screened at Kriterion
Leading role
TV Presenter for online travel show Pocket Vacations
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TRAINING
The Actors Temple London
Foundation course 2015
Steven Ditmyer London & Amsterdam
Meisner intensive workshops
2014 - ongoing
Mulholland Academy (Amsterdam)
Meisner & Lecoq technique
Jan 2014
Directors Sessions by Theodora Voutsa
2015 - 4 week course
SITI Group
Suzuki Method and Viewpoints (Paris)
Short Course
Actors-Space Course with Wolfgang Wimmer (Berlin)
http://www.wolfgang-wimmer.net/
Short Course
Orange Tea Theatre Group
Introduction to Brecht, Meyerhold and Meisner
Short Course
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ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
Specialised in english literature (including classic and contemporary plays), psychology and media, BA Hons (2:1) at Coventry University.