Matthias Hues
Matthias Hues has spent four decades in front of the camera and, more recently, on the page — building a body of work as a screen actor and, in parallel, a growing shelf of original novels and nonfiction.
Short bio
German-born, U.S.-based actor and martial artist Matthias Hues has built an international reputation across action cinema — as the towering antagonist, the coldly efficient villain, and, in I Come in Peace, the alien enforcer whose signature line became one of the genre's most quoted moments. A black belt in Tae Kwon Do and an accomplished kickboxer, he brings the same physical precision to a second body of work: the Shadow Affairs and Dane Cross Thrillers series, and the nonfiction Will AI Kill Us All — Analyzed by AI.
The full record
Matthias Hues was born in Waltrop, Germany. Before Hollywood, he was a competitive athlete and a serious martial artist, eventually earning a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and building a career as an accomplished kickboxer. He trained at Gold's Gym and landed his breakthrough role in No Retreat, No Surrender 2. What followed was a long run as one of action cinema's most recognizable presences — including the towering alien enforcer of I Come in Peace. Across dozens of film and television credits, he worked alongside genre names including Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Jeff Wincott, Lorenzo Lamas, Billy Blanks, Bolo Yeung, and Mark Dacascos. In parallel, Matthias began writing — first a screenplay conceived on location in Uzbekistan, which became the foundation for a growing shelf of thriller fiction and nonfiction under his own name.
Record and Invention
Record
The discipline of an athlete and martial artist, the craft of a working screen actor across dozens of productions.
Invention
Built on the same instinct for structure, stakes, and pacing — original stories now published under his own name.
Creative philosophy
Matthias treats acting and writing as the same discipline pointed at different mediums: build the stakes honestly, respect the audience's intelligence, and never let spectacle substitute for a story that's actually been thought through.