Matt William Knowles

Matt William Knowles

Nascimento : 1985-10-16, Greenville, South Carolina, USA

História

Matthew Knowles is an actor, model, singer, and host known for his work in a number of Chinese films and TV series such as Love Me If You Dare, Deng Xiao Ping at History's Crossroad, Red Sorghum, Eastern Battlefield and Red Star Over China. Knowles began working as a model during his second year in China. In 2012, he transitioned into acting. His first roles were small parts in the Chinese TV series Big Sister's Store and the short film There Will Be Blood. Knowles signed with Phantom Talent and was shortly thereafter cast in the role of a Viking Warrior in the 2013 film Vikingdom starring Dominic Purcell. He later signed a commercial modeling contract with Reco Talent Agency in Manila, Philippines and secured advertising campaigns with HTC and Pepsi. Following Vikingdom, Knowles began hosting a travel TV show in the Philippines and was cast in a number of different Chinese productions, including the TV series Upright Men and Women, the series Red Sorghum (the largest TV series produced in China), and the TV series Deng Xiaoping at History's Crossroads. In addition to acting, Knowles served as the host of a weekly travel and news show, This is Chengdu, during his time living in the city. While hosting, he also continued to film a number of other television series, commercials, and movies, including a series of advertisements for tourism in China. Knowles also hosted the 2014 "Oscars Live" broadcast for Youku to China. In 2014, Knowles was offered a full government scholarship to study at the Beijing Film Academy. Upon enrollment, he became the first non-Asian / Caucasian at the academy. In 2017 he enrolled in the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London where he graduated with a Master of Arts in Acting. In 2015 he joined the cast of Love Me If You Dare in the recurring role of Dr. Barnes. That same year, in August of 2016, he played a lead role in the TV series Eastern Battlefield. Knowles portrayed US General Evans Carlson in Red Star Over China. Knowles is currently portraying a lead role as Jet in the upcoming film Bond: Kizuna and also starring as Rawa in the 2018 film Asura. He was awarded best actor in the Canada China International Film Festival for his role as Charles Harris in Poppies.

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Matt William Knowles

Filmes

Bond of Justice: Kizuna
Jet
A rookie detective's friend is brutally murdered by the Japanese mafia, she must revenge for her and bring justice to the world, as an assassin.
Haunted Trail
Mark
A group of college friends receive the surprise of their lives when they discover there is an actual killer on the scene of a local haunted trail.
Filhos do Ódio
Jim Zwerg
Bob Zellner, neto de um Klansman, chega à maioridade no Sul Profundo e eventualmente se junta ao Movimento dos Direitos Civis.
Love and Four Walls
Matthew
Raised by his grandmother, Owen lives the entirety of his life in the shadow of his parent's abandonment. Owen endures many relationship struggles with both his family and romantic partners which causes him to understand and sympathize with his grandmother and parents.
Poppies
Charles Harris
Fate intervenes, when Charles, a young and over-worked American corporate lawyer, finds himself seated beside an elderly Chinese woman with a mysterious past, Auntie Ling on a contemporary flight from Shanghai to New York. After noticing the beautiful bouquet of Poppies that Charles has brought on-board the flight, Auntie Ling reminisces about the early years of her marriage to Shu Zhen, an opium trader in 1940s Shanghai, and tries to coax Charles out of his solitude. Slowly lured into her stories, Charles begins to see the layers beneath Auntie Ling's polished facade. Poppies brought Charles and Auntie Ling together, underscoring the fine line between joy and sorrow...life and death. Influenced by real events, Poppies explores the cross-cultural and cross-generational relationships that develop between strangers in mid-air.
Asura
Rawa, demi-god
An epic fantasy loosely based on Buddhist mythology, it is set in the mythical realm of Asura — the dimension of pure desire which is threatened by a coup from a lower heavenly kingdom.
Return of the Poker King 2
Jue Ming Qiang
Gao Fan is back gambling his way through life, and this time he will encounter more evil and twisted opponents than ever. From the evil twins to Russian Roulette. From the desert to the casino. Will Gao Fan be able to gamble his way out of his next adventure? Will he survive to gamble another day?
Vikingdom: O Reino Viking
Viking Warrior
Envolto no tempo, surge o retinir do aço contra o aço, o choque entre o mito e a história… O Reino Viking. Baseada nas lendas nórdicas e nos poemas épicos que os vikings deixaram para trás, esta é uma aventura de ação e fantasia sobre um rei esquecido, Eirick, que foi incumbido da impossível missão de derrotar Thor, o Deus do Trovão. Buscando reunir relíquias antigas, Thor vai usá-las com seu martelo durante o Eclipse de Sangue para conquistar os três reinos e dominar toda a humanidade. Somente um homem pode detê-lo… Eirick, o Sanguinário Eirick, o Morto-Vivo.
Time to Show
Matthew
A normal girl, Xiao Wen, decides to enter a singing competition in order to make money to save her mother's life. In the process, Xiao Mi discovers the meaning of life.