Matheus Nachtergaele (born 3 January 1969, in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian actor and director. He has starred in numerous Brazilian films and television programmes but is probably most well known for his appearance in the 2002 film Cidade de Deus (City of God), playing the part of Carrot Sandro. He has twice won the Best Actor award in the Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil (Great Award Brazilian Cinema), for his roles in Midnight (1998) and O Auto da Compadecida (2000). He also won the Best Actor award for Amarelo Manga at XIII Cine Ceará (XIII Festival of Cinema of Ceará) in 2003.