Matt Rippy

Matt Rippy

  • Birthday: 1968-01-26
  • Place of birth: Houston, Texas, USA
  • Also know as: Matthew Damon Rippy

Biography

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.

Filmography

Day of the Dead

2008

As Doctor Logan

Boogeyman 3

2008

As Kane

Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand

2006

As Lt. Jack 'Tex' Wheelis

Crystal Skulls

2014

As Terry

Roboshark

2015

As Rick

The Dark Knight

2008

As First Mate

Nativity!

2009

As Harrison

Eddie the Eagle

2016

As US Anchorman

American Assassin

2017

As USS Flynn Captain

The Poseidon Adventure

2005

As Lieutenant Mercer

A Very British Deterrent

2016

As John F Kennedy

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

As Corporal Rostock

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008

As Newscaster

Beyond the Sea

2004

As David Gershenson

The Monuments Men

2014

As Colonel Gregg

Hotel!

2001

As Agent Allright

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

2014

As FBI Lead Agent Simmons - Dearborn

Cracker: Nine Eleven

2006

As Molloy

Penelope

2006

As Chauffeur (uncredited)

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