CAA signs 'Bullhead' star

SchoenaertsCAA has signed Belgian thesp Matthias Schoenaerts, the star of Michael R. Roskam's Oscar-nominated foreign film "Bullhead."Schoenaerts has won several honours for his performance in "Bullhead," including best actor in the Palm Springs Film Festival and also the New Auteurs Acting Award Prize at AFI Fest. Variety's "Bullhead" review known as Schoenaerts' perf "enchanting."Thesp lately wrapped a starring role opposite Marion Cotillard in Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone," which The new sony Pictures Classics has acquired for U.S. distribution.Past feature credits include Paul Verhoeven's "Black Book" and Erik Van Looy's Belgian thriller "Attic," along with the latter pic's approaching British-language remake that finds Schoenaerts reprising his past role. Schoenaerts remains repped in France by Rosalie Cimino at UBBA. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com