Top Stories

Matthew Postlethwaite | Entertainment News, Photos, and Videos

Get to Know 'The Great Artist' Star Matthew Postlethwaite with These 10 Fun Facts (Exclusive)

The Great Artist is a new short film that is up for awards consideration this year and we caught up with the film’s star Matthew Postlethwaite to learn more about him!

The 29-year-old actor is best known for his work as Nipper on the BBC series Peaky Blinders.

Matthew wrote and produced The Great Artist with his creative partner Sunny Vachher. Here’s the film’s synopsis: “A gifted artist finds himself in a broken balance between creating world class art and the all too silent struggle of self care as his life begins to unravel because of his Dissociative Identity Disorder.”

The Great Artist is eligible for Best Live Action Short Film at the upcoming Oscars and the film’s original song “Brave” recently won the award for Original Song in a Short Film at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

Here are 10 Fun Facts about Matthew:

  1. Every morning I meditate and drink coffee.
  2. I can’t whistle.
  3. I played rugby for 20 years.
  4. I’m dyslexic and love it.
  5. I’m British, but I train my voice all the time and usually speak in an American accent as it has the easiest placement.

Click inside to read the rest of the fun facts… More Here! »

matthew postlethwaite 10 fun facts 01
matthew postlethwaite 10 fun facts 02
matthew postlethwaite 10 fun facts 03