
Acting
Matthew Chamberlain
Acting
Biography
Matthew Chamberlain (New Zealand) is a New Zealand film and television actor active since 1995. He is best known for playing Venture Crew in King Kong (2005) and Oliver Oldfield in Black Sheep (2006). He has also appeared in Avatar (2009) as Op Center Staff, Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010) as Ovidius, and the NZ soap Shortland Street. His more recent work includes Tina (2024) and The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014). His filmography includes: The Frighteners (1996) (Robbie Magasiva, Kimberley Walsh); In My Father's Den (2004) (Sam Neill, Sacha Horler); King Kong (2005) (Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody); Black Sheep (2006) (Tahnee Toh, Sam Neill); Avatar (2009) (Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington); Under the Mountain (2009) (Danielle Mason, Nathan Meister); The Insatiable Moon (2010) (Sophie Vavasseur, Tahnee Toh); Hook, Line and Sinker (2011) (Tahnee Toh, Sacha Horler). TV: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1998), Xena: Warrior Princess (1996–1998), Legend of the Seeker (2008) (Craig Horner, Bridget Regan), Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010) (Linda Hamilton, Andy Whitfield), Shortland Street (2010–2011), The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014) (Claudia Karvan, Tahnee Toh), One Lane Bridge (2020).
Feature Films (18)

After a childhood prank by his brother Angus causes Henry to develop a phobia of sheep, he must step up to the onslaught of a genetically-mutated man-eating flock with the help of his friend and a young environmentalist.
Black Sheep

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.
The Frighteners

Hook, Line and Sinker is set in Wellington, New Zealand and tells the story of PJ who loses his truck driving job of 30 years due to failing eyesight, but with the help of his partner Ronnie he finds a new place in the world.
Hook, Line and Sinker

War journalist Paul Prior returns to his New Zealand hometown after his father’s death, rekindling strained relationships with his brother and memories of a troubled past. He befriends Celia, a curious and aspiring writer, who shares a fascination with his world. When Celia mysteriously disappears, Paul becomes the prime suspect, forcing him to confront buried secrets and uncover the dark truths of his family and community.
In My Father's Den

The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone Else's Country) new film - just in time to caution us against campaigning politicians in 2008. Addressing each other like schoolboy Machiavellis, party leader Don Brash and his advisors spelled out how they'd copy the big boys in Australia and the US in order to win the votes of people who'd never support the kind of policies such men are widely presumed to represent. The dividing and conquering began at Orewa.
The Hollow Men

A young Pasifika woman climbing the corporate ladder is constantly bumping up against unconscious bias in the workplace, prompting an internal struggle between the part of her raised to be humble and the part that descended from warriors.
Misadventures of a Pacific Professional

An outbreak of avian flu mutates into a virus that becomes transmittable from human to human.
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America

Jack, Thomas and Wayne are the Stickmen. They like nothing more than having a beer in one hand, a pool cue in the other, a coin on the table and a sexy bird or two. They play pub pool for fun and money at Dave's bar. Desperate to get out of debt, Dave gets the Stickmen entered into a high stakes pool tournament run by vicious crime boss "Daddy". He also gets them into a whole rack of trouble.
Stickmen

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Avatar

Munro, a soldier turned lay preacher, comes to New Zealand to minister to the first British colonists, but he is converted by the powerful chief Maianui to serve a different purpose.
The Convert

The best of plans can be thwarted and, when the pressure comes on, the cracks begin to show. As the incidents in their worlds play out, three families bound by love and broken by betrayal, find their lives unknowingly touch one another, and then a final single event brings them together. This is not a love story but a story about love; three loves, three lies and one more chance.
Broken Hallelujah
Television & Series (9)

Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment.
Spartacus

Johnson and Friends is an Australian children’s television programme broadcast on ABC from 12 November 1990 to 25 December 1995. It was produced by Film Australia and lasted seven seasons. In the UK it was shown in the 1993 on TCC, CBBC, and then on UK Living's Tiny Living strand for under-fives. It was aired in the United States as a segment on the Fox Cubhouse, an educational children's program on Fox, from 1993 to 1996.
Johnson & Friends

Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied by her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who are unable to defend themselves.
Xena: Warrior Princess

The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people.
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

The adventures of woodsman Richard Cypher, who discovers that he was born to fulfill a prophecy of becoming a guardian hero to oppressed people. With the help of a mysterious woman named Kahlan and a wise old wizard named Zedd, he must stop a ruthless and bloodthirsty tyrant from unleashing an ancient evil and enslaving the world.



