Actor
Mathias began his acting career by appearing on the television screen in a small role on an episode of the cult BBC TV series Survivors, in 1977. In the same year, he played an Irish Guards lieutenant in the film A Bridge Too Far.
In 1978, Mathias appeared in a production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, during which time he met actor Ian McKellen who subsequently became his lover of about nine years.
Mathias' acting career continued into the 1980s with minor appearances on TV and in films such as Priest of Love, which starred McKellen as D. H. Lawrence, and The Scarlet Pimpernel, starring Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour and McKellen. He made one notable appearance in the 1988 film White Mischief as Gerald Portman.
Another notable TV appearance was on the TV show Minder in 1982. The episode was entitled "Broken Arrow" and, in it, Mathias played the part of a young darts player named Dafydd.
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