Matthew Nable

Matt Nable
Personal information
Full name Matthew Nable
Born 8 March 1972 (1972-03-08) (age 40)
Australia
Playing information
Position Forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1991–92 Manly-Warringah 5 1 0 0 4
1995 South Sydney 3 0 0 0 0
1996 Carlisle
1997 London Broncos
Total 8 1 0 0 4

Matthew Nable (born 8 March 1972) 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.[1] He has collaborated with Matthew Johns in television as well.[2]

Life and career

Nable grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and also, as a young boy, spent two years at Portsea, Victoria when his father, a soldier, was stationed there.[3][4] 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.[5][6] Matt rose through the junior ranks at the Manly-Warringah[4] 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,[7] Nable quit football aged 23 and then tried his hand at boxing, fighting for the state light-heavyweight title as an amateur.[8] He then worked as a beer salesman and personal trainer,[9] but eventually decided to leave paid employment to become a writer. After encouragement from his mentor, Booker Prize-winning novelist Thomas Kenneally,[4] Nable wrote a screenplay for The Final Winter based on his unpublished novel of the same name.[10] With friends he also managed to raise $1.6m and they worked together to make the film which earned critical praise[11] but was a box office failure.[12]

Nable went on to act in the United States as a Los Angeles detective in the 2008 television movie S.I.S..[13]

In 2009, his book We Don't Live Here Anymore was published,[14] 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.[15]

Nable has since appeared as a detective in the critically acclaimed and award-winning SBS drama series, East West 101,[16][4] and appeared in the film Killer Elite along side Clive Owen, Robert De Niro,[14] Yvonne Strahovski, Jason Statham,[16] and Dominic Purcell.

References

  1. ^ Purcell, Charles (6 September 2007). "Final whistle". Sydney Morning Herald (Australia: Fairfax Media). http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/final-whistle/2007/09/05/1188783289309.html. Retrieved 2 October 2010. 
  2. ^ Webster, Andrew (27 March 2010). "Matthew Johns sitcom in the works at Channel 7". Daily Telegraph (Australia: News Limited). http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/matthew-johns-sitcom-in-the-works-at-channel-7/story-e6frfgbo-1225846144720. Retrieved 2 October 2010. 
  3. ^ Mathieson, Craig (31 August 2007). "The field of broken dreams". Age (Australia: Fairfax). http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/the-field-of-broken-dreams/2007/08/30/1188067232617.html. Retrieved 2 October 2010. 
  4. ^ a b c d "Matt Nable on writing and acting". Life Matters. Australia: Radio National. 7 June 2011. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2011/3233942.htm. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 
  5. ^ Cohen, Joanna (14 February 2008). "Matt Nable on The Final Winter: The RT Interview". rottentomatoes.com (Flixster, Inc.). http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008893-the_final_winter/news/1709264/matt_nable_on_the_final_winter_the_rt_interview. Retrieved 2 October 2010. 
  6. ^ AMNRL (2007). "New York Knights star Adam Nable welcomes brother Matt and his hit rugby league movie The Final Winter for its US premiere in Manhattan on October 10". American National Rugby League News (USA: Super League America, Inc.). http://www.amnrl.com/news/09252007thefinalwinter.html. Retrieved 2 October 2010. 
  7. ^ "Club-by-club guide to the Super League". The Independent (UK: independent.co.uk). 13 March 1997. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-clubbyclub-guide-to-the-super-league-1272658.html. Retrieved 2 October 2010. 
  8. ^ Garry Maddox (1 September 2007). "A league of his own". Sydney Morning Herald (Australia: Fairfax Media). http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/a-league-of-his-own/2007/08/30/1188067267819.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2. Retrieved 2 October 2010. 
  9. ^ Chester, Rodney (6 September 2007). "Hard yards for Final Winter". Courier-Mail (Australia: News Limited). http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/hard-yards-for-final-winter/story-e6freqex-1111114349118. Retrieved 2 October 2010. 
  10. ^ Sutherland, Claire (6 September 2007). "The Final Winter in a league of its own". Herald Sun (Australia: News Limited). http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/movies/the-human-league/story-e6frf9h6-1111114350001. Retrieved 2 October 2010. 
  11. ^ Daniel Williams (31 August 2007). "Footy for Thought". Time (Time Inc.). http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1657920,00.html. Retrieved 2 October 2010. 
  12. ^ Garry Maddox and Kerry Coleman (4 December 2007). "Comeback of the day". Sydney Morning Herald (Australia: Fairfax Media). http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/12/03/1196530570364.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1. Retrieved 2 October 2010. 
  13. ^ Shattuck, Kathryn (24 August 2008). "What's On Today". The New York Times (USA: nytimes.com). http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E5DA133CF937A1575BC0A96E9C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2 October 2010. 
  14. ^ a b Penguin Books (2010). "Matt Nable". Contributors. Penguin. http://www.penguin.com.au/contributors/6157/matt-nable. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 
  15. ^ Ritchie, Dean (5 July 2010). "Afternoon of hot dogs and heroes". Daily Telegraph (Australia: News Limited). http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/afternoon-of-hot-dogs-and-heroes/story-e6frfgbo-1225887790582. Retrieved 2 October 2010. 
  16. ^ a b "Matt Nable as Detective Neil Travis". East West 101. Australia: SBS. http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/eastwest101/cast/detail/id/911. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 

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