Matthew N. Doran is an Australian actor, known for his role as "Mouse" in The Matrix

The Matrix

The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...

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Early life and education

Doran was born in Sydney. He studied acting for two years at the Australian Film and TV Academy and won an award for Best Performance and Most Improved Student before he graduated in 1991.

Career

After graduation Doran landed a lead role in the film, Pirates' Island, and made an appearance on E Street.

Doran played the part of the schoolboy Damien Roberts in the Australian soap, Home and Away

Home and Away

Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...

, from 1992–1996. He guest starred in G.P., Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels (TV series)

Fallen Angels was an American neo-noir anthology television series that ran from 1993 to 1995 on the Showtime pay cable station and was produced by Propaganda Films. No first-run episodes were shown in 1994....

, Water Rats

Water Rats (TV series)

Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney...

, Medivac

Medivac

Medivac may refer to:* medical evacuation* Medivac , an Australian television series...

, Murder Call

Murder Call

Murder Call was an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and seen on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The idea to the series was born by the books of Tessa Vance by Jennifer Rowe: Suspect/Deadline and Something Wicked...

, Farscape

Farscape

Farscape is an Australian-American science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced originally for the Nine Network. The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Productions and Hallmark Entertainment...

and Stingers

Stingers

Stingers was an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program...

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In 2008, Doran played the role of James Marshall in director Darren K. Hawkins latest film, "Next Door to the Velinskys", a drama co-starring "I Wish I were Stephanie V" actress Chloe Traicos and former "Sons and Daughters

Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)

Sons and Daughters was a Logie Award winning Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation between 1981 and 1987. The first episode aired in December 1981, during the Christmas/New Year non-ratings period, and the official broadcast date of the final...

" actress Oriana Panozzo

Oriana Panozzo

Oriana Panozzo is an Australian actress, best known for playing Susan Hamilton in the television soap opera Sons and Daughters. Her movie credits include Turkey Shoot. Orianna currently is principal of a talent school. She has made various short films for many short film festivals.-External links:*...

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Filmography

• The Thin Red Line
  The Thin Red Line (1998 film)
  The Thin Red Line is a 1998 American war film which tells a fictional story of United States forces during the Battle of Mount Austen in World War II. It portrays men in: C Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division; in particular those soldiers played by Sean Penn, Jim...
  
  , Private Coombs (1998)
• The Matrix
  The Matrix
  The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...
  
  , Mouse (1999)
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
  Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
  Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is a 2002 American epic space opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales. It is the fifth film to be released in the Star Wars saga and the second in terms of the series' internal chronology...
  
  , Elan Sleazebaggano (2002)
• The Great Raid
  The Great Raid
  The Great Raid is a 2005 war film about the Raid at Cabanatuan, adapted from William Breuer's book of the same name. It tells the story of the January 1945 liberation of the Cabanatuan Prison Camp on the Philippine island of Luzon during World War II. It is directed by John Dahl and stars Benjamin...
  
  , Ron Carlson (2005)
• Macbeth
  Macbeth (2006 film)
  Macbeth is an Australian 2006 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. It was directed by Geoffrey Wright and features an ensemble cast including Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill and Lachy Hulme...
  
  , Malcolm (2006)
• Next Door to the Velinskys, James Marshall (2008)

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