Matthew Nable
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Matthew Nable is an Australian television and film writer, actor, author and former professional rugby league
footballer. After playing in the Winfield Cup
Premiership for the Manly-Warringah
and South Sydney
clubs during the 1990s, he wrote and starred in the rugby league-centred drama The Final Winter
in 2007. He has collaborated with Matthew Johns
in television as well.
of Sydney and also, as a young boy, spent two years at Portsea, Victoria
when his father, a soldier, was stationed there. His father had also worked as a trainer for the Australian national rugby league team
and his brother, Adam Nable
, would become a professional player as well. Matt rose through the junior ranks at the Manly-Warringah club and made half-a-dozen appearances for the first-grade team, later switching to the South Sydney Rabbitohs
for a stint.
After another season in England where he played for Carlisle
before moving to the London Broncos, Nable quit football aged 23 and then tried his hand at boxing, fighting for the state light-heavyweight title as an amateur. He then worked as a beer salesman and personal trainer, but eventually decided to leave paid employment to become a writer. After encouragement from his mentor, Booker Prize-winning novelist Thomas Kenneally, Nable wrote a screenplay for The Final Winter
based on his unpublished novel of the same name. With friends he also managed to raise $1.6m and they worked together to make the film which earned critical praise but was a box office failure.
Nable went on to act in the United States as a Los Angeles detective in the 2008 television movie S.I.S..
In 2009, his book We Don't Live Here Anymore was published,
in 2011 he published his second book Faces in the Clouds.
Nable later worked as a writer on Channel 7's new rugby league comedy programme, The Matty Johns Show
.
Nable has since appeared as a detective in the critically acclaimed and award-winning SBS drama series, East West 101
, and appeared in the film Killer Elite along side Clive Owen
, Robert De Niro
, Yvonne Strahovski
, Jason Statham
, and Dominic Purcell.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer. After playing in the Winfield Cup
Winfield Cup
The Winfield Cup was an Australian rugby league trophy awarded to the winner of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership's Grand Final from 1982 to 1994, and to the winner of the Australian Rugby League Grand Final in 1995...
Premiership for the Manly-Warringah
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia...
and South Sydney
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...
clubs during the 1990s, he wrote and starred in the rugby league-centred drama The Final Winter
The Final Winter
The Final Winter is an Australian drama film released in 2007. It was directed by Brian Andrews and Jane Forrest and produced by Anthony Coffee, and Michelle Russell, while independently produced it is being distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was written by Matthew Nable who also starred as the...
in 2007. He has collaborated with Matthew Johns
Matthew Johns
Matthew Johns is an Australian rugby league football commentator and former professional player...
in television as well.
Life and career
Nable grew up on the Northern BeachesNorthern Beaches (Sydney)
The Northern Beaches is an informal term used to describe the northern coastal suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located near the coast of the Pacific Ocean...
of Sydney and also, as a young boy, spent two years at Portsea, Victoria
Portsea, Victoria
Portsea is a resort town located across Port Phillip from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula....
when his father, a soldier, was stationed there. His father had also worked as a trainer for the Australian national rugby league team
Australian national rugby league team
The Australian national rugby league team have represented Australia in senior men's rugby league football competition since the establishment of the game in Australia in 1908. Administered by the Australian Rugby League, the Kangaroos' are ranked number one in the RLIF World Rankings...
and his brother, Adam Nable
Adam Nable
Adam Nable is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Wests Tigers, Balmain Tigers, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and North Queensland Cowboys. He later played for the New York Knights in the AMNRL, and was vice-captain there...
, would become a professional player as well. Matt rose through the junior ranks at the Manly-Warringah club and made half-a-dozen appearances for the first-grade team, later switching to the South Sydney Rabbitohs
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...
for a stint.
After another season in England where he played for Carlisle
Carlisle RLFC
Carlisle RLFC were a rugby league team based in Carlisle, Cumbria.-Early rugby league in Carlisle:Carlisle City, based at Harraby Greyhound Stadium close to Gillford Park, were admitted to the Northern Rugby Football Union for the 1928-29 season. They withdrew on November 8, 1928 after only ten...
before moving to the London Broncos, Nable quit football aged 23 and then tried his hand at boxing, fighting for the state light-heavyweight title as an amateur. He then worked as a beer salesman and personal trainer, but eventually decided to leave paid employment to become a writer. After encouragement from his mentor, Booker Prize-winning novelist Thomas Kenneally, Nable wrote a screenplay for The Final Winter
The Final Winter
The Final Winter is an Australian drama film released in 2007. It was directed by Brian Andrews and Jane Forrest and produced by Anthony Coffee, and Michelle Russell, while independently produced it is being distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was written by Matthew Nable who also starred as the...
based on his unpublished novel of the same name. With friends he also managed to raise $1.6m and they worked together to make the film which earned critical praise but was a box office failure.
Nable went on to act in the United States as a Los Angeles detective in the 2008 television movie S.I.S..
In 2009, his book We Don't Live Here Anymore was published,
in 2011 he published his second book Faces in the Clouds.
Nable later worked as a writer on Channel 7's new rugby league comedy programme, The Matty Johns Show
The Matty Johns Show
The Matty Johns Show is an Australian variety television show largely focused on the National Rugby League competition, starring former rugby league player Matthew "Matty" Johns. It first aired in 2010 on Thursdays at 7.30pm in New South Wales and Queensland, on the Seven Network. The show usually...
.
Nable has since appeared as a detective in the critically acclaimed and award-winning SBS drama series, East West 101
East West 101
East West 101 is a critically acclaimed and award-winning drama series airing on the SBS network. The series was produced and created by Steven Knapman & Kris Wyld, the team behind other drama series such as Wildside and White Collar Blue....
, and appeared in the film Killer Elite along side Clive Owen
Clive Owen
Clive Owen is an English actor, who has worked on television, stage and film. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for portraying the lead in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991...
, Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...
, Yvonne Strahovski
Yvonne Strahovski
Yvonne Strahovski is an Australian actress. Born in Australia to Polish immigrant parents, Strahovski speaks Polish and English...
, Jason Statham
Jason Statham
Jason Statham born 12 September1967) is an English actor and former diver, known for his roles in the Guy Ritchie crime films Revolver, Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels...
, and Dominic Purcell.
External links
- Matt Nable at yesterdayshero.com.au
- Matthew Nable at rugbyleagueproject.org