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Matt Nable

Matt Nable

Actor, also writer and director · Born March 8, 1972 (54) · Sydney, Australia.

Matthew Nable (born 8 March 1972) is an Australian film and television actor, writer and former professional rugby league footballer After playing in the Winfield Cup Premiership during the 1990s for the Manly-Warringah and South Sydney clubs, he wrote and starred in the rugby league-centered drama The Final Winter in 2007. Nable went on to act in films such as Killer Elite and Riddick. He appears on The CW's Arrow as Ra's al Ghul.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 8, 1972 (54)
From
Sydney, Australia.
Works as
Actor, also writer and director
Titles
33 on MovieCove · 45 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 3% in 30 days

What are Matt Nable's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
35%
Survival
20%
Bonds
20%
Self
16%
Power
7%
Society
2%
Justice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 10

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 6 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

10 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 3 of 10 analyzed roles.

Shadow
3 of 10
Shapeshifter
2 of 10
Mentor
2 of 10
Ally
1 of 10
Hero
1 of 10
Threshold guardian
1 of 10
Show the 10 roles
  • Shapeshifteras Melville Atkinson in SIS (2008)
  • Mentoras Boss Johns in Riddick (2013)
  • Allyas Sterlo in Son of a Gun (2014)
  • Heroas Thomas/Chris in Fell (2014)
  • Mentoras Harry Perceval in Gallipoli (2015)
  • Shadowas Jake Harris in Winter (2015)
  • Shadowas Knuck in Outlaws (2017)
  • Shapeshifteras Grant Dow in The Dry (2020)
  • Threshold guardianas Jack McGregor in The Sounds (2020)
  • Shadowas Johnny in Transfusion (2023)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Melancholic
14
Dread
9
Thrilling
4
Hopeful
4
Other
11

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous3

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 Matt Nable's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 33 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Matt Nable'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

45 credits, 33 with a MovieCove page.

  • Shark! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 5 episodes · as Self · as Slef

  • Wolfram (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Beast(2026)

    as Barry

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Thrash(2026)

    as Billy Olson

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Apple Cider Vinegar(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Joe

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Plum(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · as Dave

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • NCIS: Sydney(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Det. Sgt. Dan Skelton

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Bay of Fires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 5 episodes · as Thaddeus

  • Last King of the Cross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · as Anthony Stone

  • Transfusion(2023)

    Director · Screenplay · as Johnny

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Poker Face(2022)

    as Billy

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Twelve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 10 episodes · as Nathan Spears

  • Wakefield(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Harold Holt

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Dry(2020)

    as Grant Dow

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Sounds(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · as Jack McGregor

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Standing Up for Sunny(2019)

    as Male Interviewer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Outlaws(2017)

    Screenplay · as Knuck

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Mr Inbetween(2018)

    Show 5 episodes · as Dave

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Dead Lucky(2018)

    Show 4 episodes · as Matt O'Reilly

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Blue Murder: Killer Cop(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mark Standen

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Jasper Jones(2017)

    as Sarge

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Incarnate(2016)

    as Dan

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Hacksaw Ridge(2016)

    as Lt. Cooney

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Hyde & Seek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · as Gary Hyde

  • Quarry(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Thurston

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Barracuda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 4 episodes · as Frank Torma

  • Legends of Tomorrow(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Ra’s al Ghul

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Bluey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Mr. Mystery

  • Gallipoli(2015)

    Show 7 episodes · as Harry Perceval

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Winter(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · as Jake Harris

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Son of a Gun(2014)

    as Sterlo

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Fell(2014)

    as Thomas

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Turning(2013)

    as Max

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Around the Block (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Jack Wood

  • Riddick(2013)

    as Boss Johns

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • K-11(2012)

    as Sergeant Villalobos

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Arrow(2012)

    Show 10 episodes · as Ra's al Ghul

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms(2012)

    Show 6 episodes · as Jock Ross

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Killer Elite(2011)

    as Pennock

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • 33 Postcards(2010)

    as Tommy

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • SIS(2008)

    as Melville Atkinson

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Underbelly(2008)

    Show 8 episodes · as Detective Sergeant Gary Jubelin

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • East West 101 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 7 episodes · as Travis

  • The Final Winter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Story · Writer · as Grub

  • Who Needs Love Songs? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 45 titles, 44 of them dated from 2007 to 2026; peak year 2013.

Biggest box office

Riddick (2013)

$98M worldwide

Highest rated

Mr Inbetween (2018)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
20072026

Peak 2013 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting45 of 45: 42 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score55thDirecting1 of 45: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting3 of 45: 0 only writing, 3 with another role

45 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s4 · 4 acting · 1 crew2010s25 · 25 acting · 1 crew2020s15 · 15 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles
1116

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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Matt Nable's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 33 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 33 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

K-11 (2012)

77th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 45. 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 Matt Nable's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles53–90 · median 76 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles23–68 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles63–91 · median 78 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles30–62 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles60–78 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Matt Nable work with?

People who share at least 2 of Matt Nable's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Eddie Baroo shares the most, 4.

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles