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Matt Rippy

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.


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Born:
Jan 26, 1968 In Houston, Texas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
25
First Appeared:
In the movie De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre
Latest Project:
Movie The Garfield Movie 2024-04-30
Known For
Poster of A Very British Deterrent
Poster of Crystal Skulls
Poster of Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
Poster of I Shouldn't Be Alive
Filmography
Movie De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre Frank McSherry 2025
Movie The Garfield Movie Spanish Find My Pet Voice / Farmhand (voice) 2024-04-30
Movie American Assassin USS Flynn Captain 2017-09-14
Movie Eddie the Eagle US Anchorman 2016-02-25
Movie A Very British Deterrent John F Kennedy 2016-09-04
Movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Corporal Rostock 2016-12-14
Movie Roboshark Rick 2015-07-23
Movie Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit FBI Lead Agent Simmons - Dearborn 2014-01-15
Movie Crystal Skulls Terry 2014-08-12
Movie The Monuments Men Colonel Gregg 2014-01-24
Movie Nativity! Harrison 2009-11-27
Series Bonekickers Unknown 2008-07-08
Movie Day of the Dead Doctor Logan 2008-04-08
Movie Hellboy II: The Golden Army Newscaster 2008-07-11
Movie Boogeyman 3 Kane 2008-10-17
Movie The Dark Knight First Mate 2008-07-16
Movie Penelope Chauffeur (uncredited) 2006-03-01
Series Torchwood The Captain 2006-10-22
Movie Cracker: Nine Eleven Molloy 2006-10-30
Movie Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand Lt. Jack 'Tex' Wheelis 2006-08-24
Movie The Poseidon Adventure Lieutenant Mercer 2005-11-20
Series I Shouldn't Be Alive Unknown 2005-10-28
Movie Beyond the Sea David Gershenson 2004-11-16
Movie Hotel! Agent Allright 2001-02-17
Series Goodnight Sweetheart Unknown 1993-11-18