In the 2011 film Bullhead (Rundskop), he played a disturbed farmer involved in the illicit trafficking of cattle hormones, which led to his breakthrough on a global scale. The movie received positive reviews and was even put forward for an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Schoenaerts’ dramatic physical makeover for the part won him a lot of praise.
Amsterdam is a 2022 period mystery comedy thriller film directed, written, and produced by David O. Russell and starring Christian Bale (who also produced), Margot Robbie, and John David Washington alongside an ensemble supporting cast including Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Zoe Saldaña, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Timothy Olyphant, Andrea Riseborough, Taylor Swift, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alessandro Nivola, Rami Malek, and Robert De Niro. The story is based on the Business Plot, a 1933 political conspiracy in the United States, and follows three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and a lawyer—who reunite and seek to uncover the act following the mysterious murder of a retired U.S. general.
Filmed in Los Angeles from January to March 2021, it is Russell’s first film since Joy (2015). Amsterdam premiered at the Alice Tully Hall on September 18, 2022, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 7 by 20th Century Studios. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics, who criticized Russell’s screenplay and direction, as well as the lack of chemistry between Robbie and Washington. It was also a box-office bomb,[5] with estimated losses for the studio of over $100 million.
Matthias Schoenaerts continues to work in both European cinema and Hollywood, solidifying his status as an international star.
