Biography

Born in Chateauroux, France, Matthieu Charneau moved to Paris after high school where he applied and was accepted into the prestigious Cours Florent, a legendary French acting school.

Soon thereafter a string of successful short-films followed, most notably Coup de Grace, directed by Justin Wu, which was selected at the International Film Festival of San Jose.

This visibility offered Matthieu to collaborate with renowned artists such as Frank Ocean, Pierre and Gilles, Ricardo Gomes, Laurent Humbert... being featured in numerous editorials for publications such as V Magazine, Out Magazine, i-D, Citizen K, Yearbook, Les Inrockuptibles and quickly gained notoriety.

After his acting school graduation, in 2015, Charneau joins Lee Jones, Stephen Moyer and Katey Sagal in Kurt Sutter's new FX Series The Bastard Executioner and in 2016, he plays in Les Nouvelles Folies Francaises, directed by Thomas Blanchard.

Portuguese Director, Carlos Conceicao's Bad Bunny, featuring Matthieu Charneau in a leading role, premiered at the 70th Cannes Films Festival in May 2017 and was selected at the 40th Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2018, and the 48th edition of New Directors/New Films at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and The MoMA in New York.

In 2017, Matthieu worked with British-Nigerian director Joseph a. Adesunloye on his second feature film Faces; a follow up to his much acclaimed White Colour Black. Faces is a multi-narrative feature film set in London. The film which features international stars Terry Pheto & Shingai Shoniwa sees Matthieu playing the leading role of Gaspard and won the Best LGBTQ Feature Film Award at the International Durban Film Festival in 2018.

Continuing on his thriving journey in films de genre, Matthieu has reunited this year with Portuguese Director Carlos Conceicao on his new feature film - Um Fio De Baba Escarlate / Name Above Title - set in Portugal and centered around the exploits of an infamous serial killer, played by Charneau himself.

During the last couple years, Matthieu has been experimenting his passion for film-making while shooting and directing short films on cellphones, using the raw aspect to tell stories set between fiction and nonfiction. His first music video, featuring American singer artist Vylet will be airing at the end of 2019.

- IMDb mini biography by: Sandro