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Matt Rippy

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57 Years Old

Matt Rippy, is an American actor, born in Houston, Texas. He is most known for his role as the 'real' Captain Jack Harkness in Torchwood in 2006. He also appears in the films Day of the Dead and Boogeyman 3. In 1994, Rippy moved to England and was a member of the theatre group the Reduced Shakespeare Company. In a recent television appearance, Rippy portrayed the namesake of Jack Harkness of Torchwood in the first series' twelfth episode Captain Jack Harkness. In the episode, Captain Jack (Rippy) was a young American volunteer serving as an RAF Group Captain stationed in Cardiff. He was in a heterosexual relationship, and was eventually revealed to be attracted to Torchwood's Jack, who after an unfortunate "temporal shift", landed in 1941 during the height of the Cardiff blitz. Matt Rippy also starred in the fourth series of Ultimate Force, in the final episode, "Slow Bomb". He appeared in an episode of the BBC's Bonekickers on 29 July 2008. He appeared in episode 4, "The Cradle of Civilisation" as an illegal looter of Babylonian artefacts. In 2008 Rippy appeared in The Dark Knight, as the first mate aboard a hostage ship of convicts, as a newscaster in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and in a brief cameo role in Penelope starring Christina Ricci. In 2010, he appeared as a Punter named "Jesse", in the premiere of the third season of Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Rippy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Houston, Texas, USA on 26th January 1968

All Credits

FBI: International Image
FBI: International
Conrad Baumann
The Crown Image
The Crown
US Intelligence Officer
Secret Diary of a Call Girl Image
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Jesse
Torchwood Image
Torchwood
The Captain
The Dark Knight Image
The Dark Knight
First Mate
Ransom Image
Ransom
Dylan Figgis
The Garfield Movie Image
The Garfield Movie
Spanish Find My Pet Voice / Farmhand (voice)
Wild West Image
Wild West
Martin
Bonekickers Image
Bonekickers
A Very British Scandal Image
A Very British Scandal
Charles Sweeny
Goodnight Sweetheart Image
Goodnight Sweetheart
I Shouldn't Be Alive Image
I Shouldn't Be Alive
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Image
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Corporal Rostock
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Image
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Newscaster
American Assassin Image
American Assassin
USS Flynn Captain
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Image
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
FBI Lead Agent Simmons - Dearborn
The Monuments Men Image
The Monuments Men
Colonel Gregg
Eddie the Eagle Image
Eddie the Eagle
US Anchorman
Penelope Image
Penelope
Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Poseidon Adventure Image
The Poseidon Adventure
Lieutenant Mercer
Day of the Dead Image
Day of the Dead
Doctor Logan
Crystal Skulls Image
Crystal Skulls
Terry
Boogeyman 3 Image
Boogeyman 3
Kane
Beyond the Sea Image
Beyond the Sea
David Gershenson
Nativity! Image
Nativity!
Harrison
No Image
De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre
Frank McSherry
Roboshark Image
Roboshark
Rick
Cracker: Nine Eleven Image
Cracker: Nine Eleven
Molloy
A Very British Deterrent Image
A Very British Deterrent
John F Kennedy
Hotel! Image
Hotel!
Agent Allright
Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand Image
Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
Lt. Jack 'Tex' Wheelis