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{{short description|German actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name            = Matthias Hues
| image           = Otabek Mahkamov and Matthias Hues (10.24.2011).JPG
| imagesize       = 200px
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| caption         = [[Otabek Mahkamov]] and Matthias Hues in 2011
| birth_name       = 
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|02|14}}
| birth_place      = [[Waltrop]], [[West Germany]]
| death_date       = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} Death date then birth -->
| death_place      = 
| othername       = 
| occupation      = Actor
| yearsactive     = 1988–present
| spouse          = 
| domesticpartner = 
| website         = http://www.matthiashues.com/
}}
'''Matthias Hues''' (born 14 February 1959) is a [[Germany|German]]-born, naturalized [[United States of America|American]] [[actor]] and [[martial artist]]. He was born in [[Waltrop]], Germany, to Dr. Josef Hues and Maria Humperdinck Hues who still reside in Germany. Maria is the niece of [[Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]], composer of the opera ''[[Hansel and Gretel (opera)|Hansel and Gretel]]''. {{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

After graduating from school, Hues moved to [[Paris]] to enter hotel management. Once there, he joined a health club in Paris, which had just been bombarded with the new [[Jane Fonda]] [[Aerobics|aerobic]] exercise program from the United States. Hues recognized an opportunity and after returning to Germany, he opened two health clubs, flying in aerobic teachers from the USA.  During this time, he became obsessed with the American way of life, and subsequently sold his clubs -, boarding a plane to [[Los Angeles]]. {{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

He immediately joined [[Gold's Gym]] in [[Venice, California]], the mecca of [[bodybuilding]] and entertainment personalities. [[Derek Barton]], a former Hollywood stuntman and formerly one of Gold's managing directors, received a call from a producer who had just lost [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]] for his movie and needed a replacement. Barton sent Hues to test for the role, and he managed to convince the producers to give (contracted; show full)
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[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Recklinghausen (district)]]
[[Category:German male film actors]]