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Matthew Faucher
Born
Salim Matthew Faucher

(1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27)
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present

Salim Matthew Faucher (born February 21, 1997) is a British actor known for his work in film, TV and stage.

Biography

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Faucher was born in Kampala, Uganda of St. Lucian Heritage and moved to London, England at the age of 1. Faucher was raised in Notting Hill with his Aunt. Faucher spent his childhood playing basketball representing London and England at a national[1] and international level. [2] After returning from a stint in Italy, Ascoli Piceno and a tournament With The England U17 Basketball team Faucher decided to switch to acting.

Whilst acting Faucher also did modeling. Primarily e-commerce and editorials for brands such as Hype Beast and Björn Borg[3] alongside working as a Jr. Sous chef.

Faucher studied at Identity School of Acting in 2016. He is currently known for his roles such as Marko in Black Sand - A Sand Man Story [4] directed by Bernhard Pucher alongside Michelle Ryan and Sid Pheonix which won best film at the Fan Film Awards in 2018. Music video 'Times We Had' [5] by SG Lewis. His First Leading Feature film role was Stephan King in the first entirely uk shot, British UK Nollywood Feature The 3 Kings for irokotv which he won best-supporting actor for at the African Voice Online awards 2018[6] Matthew Faucher also played the role of Hairnery in Hairy[7] [8] on stage at Polka Theatre [9] by physical theatre company Spymonkey in which his comedic performance was described as "Slightly Dopey" [10] by The Stage. After a short sting in Wimbledon before touring to Worthing [11] Faucher also played the role of Theo in the bafta qualifying short 'A Fox in the Night'[12]

Career

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
2017 Black Sand - A Sand Man Story Marko Short Film
2017 iBoy Crow gang Member Feature Film
2018 The 3 Kings Stephan King Feature Film
2019 Dirty God Internet Guy Feature Film
2020 Got Game Shaun Short Film
2021 Phizer Gerry Short Film
2022 A Fox in the Night Theo Short Film
2022 Breaking the Band - Prince and the Revolution Brownmark Tv Series

Theatre

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Year Title Role Venue
2023 Hairy' Hairnery Polka Theatre, Pavilion Theatre
2024 Agathe Lucus / The Announcer The Playground Theater

Music videos

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References

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  1. ^ "Another final for NASSA as successful season continues". 5 February 2014.
  2. ^ "LBA International Game 2014". 30 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Björn Borg Unveils Collaboration with London Designer Ryan Hawaii". 29 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Short of the Day: Sandman Gets Another Fan-Film Treatment in 'Black Sand'". 22 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Pigeons & Planes: The Best in New Music Discovery and Curation".
  6. ^ "Winners of the 22nd African Film Awards 2018: See the full list". 6 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Hairy world premiere at Polka Theatre London - First Look". 6 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Hairy".
  9. ^ "Hairy, Polka Theatre review: Gloriously anarchic kids' show". 27 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Hairy review at Polka Theatre, London".
  11. ^ "Ground-braking comedy show for children to light up summer holidays". 3 August 2023.
  12. ^ "A Fox in the Night - Apple TV (CA)". January 2022.
  13. ^ "Jimpster ft Florence Rawlings 'Crave' by Vasilisa Forbes | Videos".
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