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Matt Rippy
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Matt Rippy
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-01-26,Houston, Texas, USA
Gender
Male
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

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

6.125

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014-01-15

Day of the Dead

5.234

Day of the Dead
2008-04-08

5.178

Boogeyman 3
2008-10-17

Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand

7

Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
2006-08-24

Cracker: Nine Eleven

7

Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006-10-30

4.885

Crystal Skulls
2014-08-12

3.8

Roboshark
2015-07-23

6.747

Penelope
2007-11-17

The Dark Knight

8.531

The Dark Knight
2008-07-16

6.358

Nativity!
2009-11-27

The Garfield Movie

6.989

The Garfield Movie
2024-04-30

De Gaulle: Tilting Iron

7.5

De Gaulle: Tilting Iron
2026-06-03

Eddie the Eagle

7.166

Eddie the Eagle
2016-02-25

American Assassin

6.415

American Assassin
2017-07-14

The Poseidon Adventure

5.199

The Poseidon Adventure
2005-11-20

A Very British Deterrent

0

A Very British Deterrent
2016-09-04

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

7.507

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016-12-14

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

6.769

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008-07-11

6.297

Beyond the Sea
2004-11-16

The Monuments Men

6.062

The Monuments Men
2014-01-24

5.2

Hotel!
2001-02-17

6.147

Animal Farm
2026-04-30

7.304

Torchwood
2006-10-22

Goodnight Sweetheart

7.2

Goodnight Sweetheart
1993-11-18

5.6

Bonekickers
2008-07-08

I Shouldn't Be Alive

7.1

I Shouldn't Be Alive
2005-10-28

6.546

Ransom
2017-01-01

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

6.82

Secret Diary of a Call Girl
2007-09-27

A Very British Scandal

6.7

A Very British Scandal
2021-12-26

8.2

The Crown
2016-11-04

6.5

Wild West
2002-10-22

FBI: International

7.6

FBI: International
2021-09-21

7

Press
2018-09-06