Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#648
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Matthias Schoenaerts works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Matthias Schoenaerts appears in 20 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Matthias. Supergirl is the clearest case: a film rated 8.1 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for action, adventure, sci-fi. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Craig Gillespie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Victoria Mahoney and others, Matthias Schoenaerts helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Supergirl (2026) as Krem · A Hidden Life (2019) as Captain Herder · Suite Française (2015) as Lieutenant Bruno Von Falk
Career snapshot
Ranked #648 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
20
2012–2026
Career length
14 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.1
Supergirl
Average Nutevio score
6.3
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.3
Supergirl
Most frequent director
Craig Gillespie
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Craig Gillespie
Most common genre
Drama
13 titles
Average runtime
1h 52m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.8
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.3
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2010s
6.6 average MV
The 2010s are where the work and the material meet. The Laundromat, A Hidden Life, The Mustang — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
6.6
Across 13 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
6.7
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2010s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. The Laundromat, A Hidden Life, The Mustang.
Most productive era
2010s
13 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.711 films | 3.02 films |
| Action | 6.61 film | 7.04 films |
| Thriller | 6.45 films | 5.71 film |
| Comedy | 6.01 film | 6.11 film |
| Sci-Fi | — | 8.11 film |
| Crime | 6.33 films | 5.71 film |
| Romance | 6.85 films | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2012Rust and Bone
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Alain 'Ali' van Versch.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2026Supergirl
8.1 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026Supergirl
The current state of the argument, as Krem.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
20 of 20 films
as Krem
Directed by Craig Gillespie
as Lieutenant Bruno Von Falk
Directed by Saul Dibb
as Alain 'Ali' van Versch
Directed by Jacques Audiard
as Roman Coleman
Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
as Krem
Directed by Craig Gillespie
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
Showing 20 of 20 titles · 20 total credits · active 2012–2026
Violette
2026 · Actor
Supergirl
2026 · Krem
The Old Guard 2
2025 · Sebastien Le Livre / Booker
The Regime
2024 · TV · Corporal Herbert Zubak
Amsterdam
2022 · Detective Lem Getweiler
Brothers by Blood
2021 · Peter Flood
The Old Guard
2020 · Sebastien Le Livre / Booker
The Laundromat
2019 · Maywood
A Hidden Life
2019 · Captain Herder
The Mustang
2019 · Roman Coleman
Kursk
2018 · Mikhail Averin
Red Sparrow
2018 · Vanya Egorov
A Little Chaos
2015 · Andre Le Notre
A Bigger Splash
2015 · Paul De Smedt
Suite Française
2015 · Lieutenant Bruno Von Falk
Far from the Madding Crowd
2015 · Gabriel Oak
The Drop
2014 · Eric Deeds
The Loft
2014 · Philip Trauner
Blood Ties
2013 · Anthony Scarfo
Rust and Bone
2012 · Alain 'Ali' van Versch
The defining work
#1
Krem
Supergirl (2026)
Performance score8.3
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Krem gives Matthias Schoenaerts a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Lieutenant Bruno Von Falk
Suite Française (2015)
Performance score7.6
Suite Française asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Lieutenant Bruno Von Falk is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Alain 'Ali' van Versch
Rust and Bone (2012)
Performance score7.6
Rust and Bone asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Alain 'Ali' van Versch is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Roman Coleman
The Mustang (2019)
Performance score7.5
The Mustang asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Roman Coleman is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Krem
Start here. Supergirl is the clearest statement of what Matthias Schoenaerts does — accessible, 124 minutes, and rated 8.1 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Matthias at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Rust and Bone (2012)
A deliberate change of key after Supergirl — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Suite Française (2015)
Keeps the romance register of Rust and Bone but asks for a colder reading of it.
The Mustang (2019)
Keeps the drama register of Suite Française but asks for a colder reading of it.
Supergirl (2026)
A deliberate change of key after The Mustang — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Thomas Vinterberg
Director
2 films together
Notably Far from the Madding Crowd
Craig Gillespie
Director
2 films together
Notably Supergirl
Jacques Audiard
Director
1 film together
Notably Rust and Bone
Erik Van Looy
Director
1 film together
Notably The Loft
Michaël R. Roskam
Director
1 film together
Notably The Drop
Saul Dibb
Director
1 film together
Notably Suite Française
Luca Guadagnino
Director
1 film together
Notably A Bigger Splash
Alan Rickman
Director
1 film together
Notably A Little Chaos
Francis Lawrence
Director
1 film together
Notably Red Sparrow
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Director
1 film together
Notably The Mustang
Terrence Malick
Director
1 film together
Notably A Hidden Life
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Director
1 film together
Notably The Old Guard
David O. Russell
Director
1 film together
Notably Amsterdam
Victoria Mahoney
Director
1 film together
Notably The Old Guard 2
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Director
1 film together
Notably Violette
David Krumholtz
Actor
1 film together
Notably Supergirl
Milly Alcock
Actor
1 film together
Notably Supergirl
Eve Ridley
Actor
1 film together
Notably Supergirl
Jason Momoa
Actor
1 film together
Notably Supergirl
Emily Beecham
Actor
1 film together
Notably Supergirl
David Corenswet
Actor
1 film together
Notably Supergirl
Kadiff Kirwan
Actor
1 film together
Notably Supergirl
Thalissa Teixeira
Actor
1 film together
Notably Supergirl
Ferdinand Kingsley
Actor
1 film together
Notably Supergirl
Emily Piggford
Actor
1 film together
Notably Supergirl
Diarmaid Murtagh
Actor
1 film together
Notably Supergirl
Clara Rosager
Actor
1 film together
Notably Supergirl
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Craig Gillespie
Director
2 films together · 7.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
SupergirlThomas Vinterberg
Director
2 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Far from the Madding CrowdTerrence Malick
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Hidden LifeSaul Dibb
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Suite FrançaiseJacques Audiard
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Rust and BoneGina Prince-Bythewood
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Old GuardLaure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The MustangMichaël R. Roskam
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The DropFrancis Lawrence
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Red SparrowErik Van Looy
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The LoftAlan Rickman
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Little ChaosLuca Guadagnino
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Bigger SplashDavid O. Russell
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
AmsterdamVictoria Mahoney
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Old Guard 2Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
VioletteSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Supergirl
as Krem
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Rust and Bone
as Alain 'Ali' van Versch
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Supergirl
as Krem
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
The Laundromat
as Maywood
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Supergirl
as Krem
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Matthias Schoenaerts has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 7.4 | 9.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #639 of 681 | #1 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 3 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 1 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 5 |
| Average Nutevio score | 8.1 | 9.1 |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History |
| Directors | Craig Gillespie | Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese |
| Performance DNA | Physical performance, Action, Screen presence | Transformation, Drama, Screen presence |
| Career timeline | 2026–2026 | 2006–2026 |
| Most iconic role | Krem — Supergirl | Odysseus — The Odyssey |
| Most rewatchable film | Supergirl | Interstellar |
| Filmography | 1 catalogue film | 4 catalogue films |
Films together
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared directors
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared collections
Adventure Movies, Sci-Fi Movies
Collaborators in common
David Krumholtz
Matt Damon edges ahead here — a higher floor across a comparable body of work.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Drama Legend
Awarded
13 catalogue titles in drama, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Supergirl
as Krem
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Supergirl
as Krem
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
A Little Chaos
as Andre Le Notre
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Red Sparrow
as Vanya Egorov
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Supergirl
as Krem
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Supergirl
as Krem
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
The Laundromat
as Maywood
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Supergirl
as Krem
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
Across the library
Every Nutevio collection this name turns up in, and how high they rank there.
Collection footprint
Appears in 3 Nutevio collections
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