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Matt Whelan

Actor
Matt Whelan (born 1985) is a New Zealand actor and comedian known for his roles as Brad Caulfield in the New Zealand television comedy-drama programme Go Girls. He has also played Playboy founder Hugh Hefner in the Amazon Original series American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story. Whelan plays DEA agent Van Ness in the Netflix original series Narcos.
Known For
  • The Tank
  • American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
  • The Sounds
  • Pork Pie
  • The Luminaries
  • The Most Fun You Can Have Dying
  • 1480: Radio Pirates
  • My Wedding and Other Secrets
  • The Gone
  • Go Girls
  • 25 April
  • Gary of the Pacific
  • Show of Hands
  • Coverband

Filmography

2024
We Bury the Dead · as Mitch
2024
Madam (TV Series) · as Harry
2023
The Gone (TV Series) · as Mayor Ken Armstrong
2023
The Tank · as Ben
2021
Under the Vines (TV Series) · as Ben
2020
The Sounds (TV Series) · as Tom Cabbott
2020
The Luminaries (TV Series) · as Cowell Devlin
2019
My Life Is Murder (TV Series) · as Connor Farrow
2017
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (TV Series) · as Hugh Hefner
2017
Gary of the Pacific · as Nelson
2017
Pork Pie · as Noah
2016
Of Kings and Prophets (TV Series) · as Mattiyahu
2016
Wanted (2016) (TV Series) · as Alistair Poussin
2015
25 April · as John Persson
2015
Narcos (TV Series) · as Daniel Van Ness
2014
The Brokenwood Mysteries (TV Series) · as Jack Rudd
2014
Coverband (TV Series) · as Alex Gibson
2014
1480: Radio Pirates · as Richard
2013
Bored (TV Series) · as Mediator
2013
Top of the Lake (TV Series) · as Little Shane
2012
2011
2009
Go Girls (TV Series) · as Brad Caulfield
2008
Show of Hands · as Matt
2007
Eagle vs Shark · as Kissing Boy

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