Matthew Le Nevez
Actor · Born January 10, 1979 (47) · Canberra, Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Matthew "Matt" Le Nevez (born 10 January 1979) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Doctor Patrick Reid in the TV series Offspring and as Detective Brian Dutch in the Tasmanian Gothic sci-fi television show The Kettering Incident. Le Nevez was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in 1979 and attended The French-Australian Preschool, Telopea Park School and St Edmund's College, Canberra before accepted into NIDA aged 17. He graduated in 1999. Le Nevez took a small role in an Australian-made sci-fi series, Farscape, followed by a part in teen drama Head Start. In 2002 he appeared in his first feature film Garage Days playing a drug-fuelled rock star. He then played Aaron Reynolds, accomplice to the notorious Brenden James Abbott the Post Card Bandit, in the TV miniseries of the same name. In 2003 came a break-through role, that of rough and ready Bullet Sheather in the ABC Television miniseries Marking Time, for which Le Nevez won an AFI Television Award in 2004 for Best Actor in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama or Comedy. In 2005 Le Nevez star in his first American film in one Marvel feature film Man-Thing as Sheriff Kyle Williams. The film Peaches saw him sharing a screen with Hugo Weaving and Jacqueline McKenzie, but it was the role in 2006 of notorious Mathew Wales (convicted of the murders of his mother Margaret Wales-King and stepfather Paul King) in the TV movie The Society Murders that won Le Nevez critical acclaim. He won the Most Outstanding Actor on Australian television Logie Award in 2006. Le Nevez stars in the Australian film The Tender Hook. Written and directed by Jonathan Ogilvie, it is the story of Iris (Rose Byrne) and a love triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath and Art (Matt Le Nevez), an earnest young boxer. The film also stars his previous acting colleague, Hugo Weaving. Le Nevez appeared as the boyfriend of "Kate" (Sibylla Budd) in the Come Walkabout commercial for Tourism Australia, directed by Baz Luhrmann. In 2010, he appeared in Legend of the Seeker as Leo, the new Seeker. In 2011, he became a regular in the Network Ten comedy/drama Offspring as anaethetist Dr Patrick Reid, and continued in season 3 (2012), 4 (2013) and after his characters death in dream sequences during season 5 (2014). His character was killed off due to his choice to leave the show in 12th episode of season 4 on 7 August 2013, and made Australian headlines following an outpouring of grief from Offspring fans. In 2012 he played the part of former Australian cricketer Dennis Lillee in the miniseries Howzat! Kerry Packer's War about Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket. He played the part of Damien Parer in the 2014 television film Parer's War. In 2014 despite leaving Offspring to pursue acting in America it was reported that Le Nevez was joining the cast of Australian T.V. series Love Child. It was announced in July 2014 that he would be co-starring in upcoming drama series The Kettering Incident. In 2016 he starred in Brock, a Channel 10 miniseries, as Australian motor racing legend Peter Brock.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 10, 1979 (47)
- Canberra, Australia
- Actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Matthew Le Nevez's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 3 of 5 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Kyle in Man-Thing (2005)
- Heroas Art Walker in The Tender Hook (2008)
- Heroas Damien Parer in Parer's War (2014)
- Allyas Brian Dutch in The Kettering Incident (2016)
- Mentoras Cal Isaac in Absentia (2017)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Matthew Le Nevez's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (8).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Matthew Le Nevez's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Widow(2019)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Absentia(2017)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Australia Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Brock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Kettering Incident(2016)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Runner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Parer's War(2014)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Love Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Howzat! Kerry Packer's War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Cops L.A.C. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Offspring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Legend of the Seeker(2008)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
The Tender Hook(2008)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Sea Patrol(2007)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all showsEmulsion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Society Murders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Peaches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Feed(2005)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Man-Thing(2005)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all filmsMarking Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Postcard Bandit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Garage Days(2002)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
White Collar Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Farscape(1999)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Blue Heelers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Career shape
Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 25 titles from 1993 to 2019.
Film career
Top draw in 1 MovieCove title.
- 2002Screen debut· Garage Days
- 2005First top-billed film· Man-Thing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Matthew Le Nevez's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 23rd percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 20th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 53/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 25. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Matthew Le Nevez's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Matthew Le Nevez work with?
People who share at least 2 of Matthew Le Nevez's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brett Leonard shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Brett LeonardShared titles: Feed (2005), Man-Thing (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Brett Leonard
Actors
- John BatchelorShared titles: The Tender Hook (2008), Man-Thing (2005)See all 2 shared titles with John Batchelor
- Alex O'LoughlinShared titles: Feed (2005), Man-Thing (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Alex O'Loughlin
- Jack ThompsonShared titles: Feed (2005), Man-Thing (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Thompson
- Patrick ThompsonShared titles: Feed (2005), Man-Thing (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Patrick Thompson
Cinematographers and editors
- Martin ConnorShared titles: The Kettering Incident (2016), Man-Thing (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Martin Connor
- Steve ArnoldShared titles: Feed (2005), Man-Thing (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Arnold