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Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1975-08-07

Place of Birth

Stornoway, UK

Hans Matheson

Biography

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

The Tudors

The Tudors

The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.

Wycliffe

Wycliffe

Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess and was awarded the Royal Television Society award for the best television theme. Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd, assisted by DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.

300: Rise of an Empire

300: Rise of an Empire

Greek general Themistocles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. Themistocles faces the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god, Xerxes and Artemesia, the vengeful commander of the Persian navy.

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.

Jericho

Jericho

In the Yorkshire Dales in the 1870s, the shantytown of Jericho is the home of a community that will live, thrive and die in the shadow of the viaduct they've been brought together to build.

Deathwatch

Deathwatch

In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German trench, abandoned except for a few dazed German soldiers. After killing most of the Germans, and taking one prisoner, the British company fortifies to hold the trench until reinforcements can arrive. Soon, however, strange things being to happen as a sense of evil descends on the trench and the British begin turn on each other.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

Young and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined with the drama of Russian revolution. Doctor Zhivago is still married when he meets Lara. Their love story is unfolding against the backdrop of revolution which affects the doctor's career, his family, and his love to Lara.

The Virgin Queen

The Virgin Queen

The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex.

Family Money

Family Money

Frances Pye intervenes in a street fight. During the fight she receives a blow to the head causing memory loss. Due to her amnesia family members try to take advantage of her illness. Will she get wise to their schemes? Will she identify the people from the fight?

Poldark

Poldark

The Cornish military captain, now a member of Parliament, is drawn into the war with France while his son falls in with smugglers. Historical drama, starring John Bowe and Mel Martin, and featuring a young Ioan Gruffudd in one of his earliest roles.

Mojo

Mojo

The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and a local gangster cause unrest and eventually lead to murder.

The Mists of Avalon

The Mists of Avalon

The Mists of Avalon is a 2001 miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It was produced by American cable channel TNT and directed by Uli Edel.

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.