Matthew Nable

Matt Nable fascinates me as a man who has essentially lived two lives. He bled for Manly and South Sydney as a professional rugby league footballer, then reinvented himself as a novelist and wrote and starred in The Final Winter, before sliding into Hollywood with credits like Killer Elite and Riddick. That arc from athlete to author to screen actor is wildly improbable, and it gives his on-screen presence a weathered authenticity that drama-school graduates rarely match. Born in 1972, he carries the gravity of someone who has actually been knocked down and gotten up. I have a real soft spot for late-blooming reinventors, and Nable is a magnificent one.

Name (English)

Matthew Nable

Name (Japanese)

マット・ネイブル

Reading

まっと・ねいぶる

Born

March 8, 1972 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rat

Origin

Australia

Occupation

rugby league player / author / novelist / rugby union player / actor

University

St Paul's Catholic College, Manly

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Nable
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6006485

Tags

• rugby league player
• author
• novelist

Last updated

2026-06-18

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