Bio

Matt Day has established himself as one of Australia’s leading film and television actors, with an extensive career spanning acclaimed series and feature films. His television credits include Strife, Rake, Tangle, Hell Has Harbour Views, Love Child, A Place to Call Home, My Brother Jack, and Wolf Creek (Season 2).

On the big screen, Matt has appeared in Runt, Sweet Country, Touch, My Year Without Sex, Love and Other Catastrophes, Muriel’s Wedding, and Woody Allen’s Scoop. His performance in Kiss or Kill earned him nominations for both an AFI Award and a Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor.

Internationally, he has featured in Shackleton (opposite Kenneth Branagh), The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Commander, Spooks, Hotel Babylon, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, and Bruce Beresford’s And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself.

As a writer and director, Matt’s short films have garnered significant recognition. The Mother Situation won Best Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress at Tropfest 2017. His other short films include Perry (St Kilda Short Film Festival 2016, Palm Springs ShortFest 2016, CineWest 2016, Flickerfest 2017), Wish (Turner Classic Shorts 2008 Special Mention, London Film Festival 2008, Encounters Short Film Festival 2008, Foyle Film Festival 2008, Edinburgh International Film Festival 2008, Stockholm Film Festival 2008), Beat (St Kilda Film Festival 2011), Title Card (co-written and directed with Brendan Cowell, Flickerfest 2016, St Kilda Short Film Festival 2016), and My Everything (Toronto Short Film Festival 2003, Borges En Curt International Short Film Festival 2003).

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