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Matt Nable

Nable in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Nable
Born	(1972-03-08) 8 March 1972 (age 53) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Lock, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1991–92 Manly Sea Eagles 5 1 0 0 4 1995 South Sydney 3 0 0 0 0 1996 Carlisle 16 4 0 0 16 1997 London Broncos 4 1 0 0 4 Total 28 6 0 0 24
Relatives	Adam Nable (brother)

Matthew Nable (born March 8, 1972) is an Australian actor, writer, and sports commentator. He used to be a professional rugby league player. He played for the Manly-Warringah and South Sydney clubs in the 1990s.

After his rugby career, Matt Nable wrote and starred in the movie The Final Winter in 2007. This film was about rugby league. He then acted in other movies like Killer Elite and Riddick. He also played the character Ra's al Ghul in the TV shows Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow.

Matt Nable's Early Life

Matt Nable grew up in Sydney, Australia, in an area called the Northern Beaches. When he was a young boy, he lived for two years in Portsea, Victoria, because his father, Dave, was a soldier stationed there. He also spent some time growing up in Albury.

His father worked as a trainer for the Australian national rugby league team. Matt's brother, Adam Nable, also became a professional rugby league player.

Matt Nable's Rugby League Career

Matt Nable started playing rugby league in the junior teams for the Manly-Warringah club. He played five games for the main team in 1991 and 1992. After that, he didn't play in the top league again until 1995, when he played three games for the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Later, he played for Carlisle and the London Broncos in England. After playing rugby, Nable stopped playing football. He then tried boxing as an amateur, fighting for a state title. He also worked as a beer salesman and a personal trainer. Eventually, he decided to become a writer.

Matt Nable's Writing and Acting Career

Matt Nable in 2012

Matt Nable was encouraged by a famous writer named Thomas Keneally. Nable wrote a movie script for The Final Winter. This script was based on a book he had written but not yet published. He and his friends raised money to make the movie, which came out in 2007. The movie received good reviews, but it did not make a lot of money at the box office.

After this, Nable started acting in the United States. He played a detective in a TV movie called S.I.S. in 2008.

Books and TV Writing

In 2009, Matt Nable's book We Don't Live Here Anymore was published. In 2011, he published his second book, Faces in the Clouds, which also received good reviews. He also worked as a writer for a rugby league comedy TV show called The Matty Johns Show.

Acting Roles in Film and TV

Matt Nable was part of the main cast in the TV drama series East West 101. In 2011, he appeared in the action movie Killer Elite with famous actors like Clive Owen and Jason Statham.

In 2012, Nable starred in two Australian TV drama series: Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms and Underbelly: Badness. He also had a role in the movie 33 Postcards.

He appeared in the 2013 science fiction movie Riddick alongside Vin Diesel. In 2014, he was in the TV miniseries Gallipoli.

Playing Ra's al Ghul

On September 4, 2014, it was announced that Matt Nable would play the role of Ra's al Ghul in the third season of the TV show Arrow. Ra's al Ghul is a well-known comic book villain. Nable played this character in ten episodes of the third season. He also played Ra's al Ghul again in an episode of the TV show Legends of Tomorrow.

Recent Work

In October 2019, Nable was featured in the opening video for the 2019 Bathurst 1000 car race. He has since appeared in many promotions for Fox Sports, especially for their Rugby League channel, Fox League. From 2018 to 2021, he had a repeating role in the Australian TV show Mr Inbetween. In November 2024, it was announced that Nable would be in a new Netflix series called Apple Cider Vinegar.

Matt Nable's Filmography

Matt Nable at a movie premiere in 2012

Film Roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Final Winter, TheThe Final Winter	Mick 'Grub' Henderson	Also writer
2011	33 Postcards	Tommy	As Matthew Nable
	Killer Elite	Pennock
2012	K-11	Villalobos	As Matthew Nable
2013	Around the Block	Jack Wood
	Turning, TheThe Turning	Max
	Riddick	Colonel R. 'Boss' Johns
2014	Fell	Thomas
	Son of a Gun	Sterlo
2016	Hacksaw Ridge	Lieutenant Colonel Cooney
	Incarnate	Dan Sparrow
2017	Jasper Jones	Sergeant
	1%	President Knuck	Also writer
2019	Standing Up for Sunny	Male Interviewer
2021	The Dry	Grant Dow
2022	Poker Face	Billy
2023	Transfusion	Johnny	Also writer and director
TBA	In Cold Light	The Inspector	Post-production
TBA	That's Not a Knife	Himself	Documentary; post-production

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television Roles

See also

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