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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 26, 1968
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- Matthew Damon Rippy
- Matthew Rippy
Matt Rippy
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Frank McSherry
La Bataille De Gaulle, film 1 : L'âge de fer
2026
7.0
Spanish Find My Pet Voice / Farmhand (voice)
The Garfield Movie
2024
6.7
Charles Sweeny
A Very British Scandal
2021
7.7
Conrad Baumann
FBI: International
2021
6.0
Henri Owl
Ride
2018
6.4
USS Flynn Captain
American Assassin
2017
6.5
Dylan Figgis
Ransom
2017
7.5
Corporal Rostock
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
8.2
US Intelligence Officer
The Crown
2016
0.0
John F Kennedy
A Very British Deterrent
2016
Credits
La Bataille De Gaulle, film 1 : L'âge de fer
as Frank McSherry
2026
0.0
The Garfield Movie
as Spanish Find My Pet Voice / Farmhand (voice)
2024
7.0
A Very British Scandal
as Charles Sweeny
2021
6.7
FBI: International
as Conrad Baumann
2021
7.7
Ride
as Henri Owl
2018
6.0
American Assassin
as USS Flynn Captain
2017
6.4
Ransom
as Dylan Figgis
2017
6.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Corporal Rostock
2016
7.5
The Crown
as US Intelligence Officer
2016
8.2
A Very British Deterrent
as John F Kennedy
2016
0.0
Eddie the Eagle
as US Anchorman
2016
7.2
Roboshark
as Rick
2015
3.8
Crystal Skulls
as Terry
2014
5.0
The Monuments Men
as Colonel Gregg
2014
6.1
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
as FBI Lead Agent Simmons - Dearborn
2014
6.1
Nativity!
as Harrison
2009
6.3
Boogeyman 3
as Kane
2008
5.2
The Dark Knight
as First Mate
2008
8.5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
as Newscaster
2008
6.8
Bonekickers
2008
5.6
Day of the Dead
as Doctor Logan
2008
5.2
Penelope
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
2007
6.7
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
as Jesse
2007
6.8
Cracker: Nine Eleven
as Molloy
2006
7.0
Torchwood
as The Captain
2006
7.3
Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
as Lt. Jack 'Tex' Wheelis
2006
7.0
The Poseidon Adventure
as Lieutenant Mercer
2005
5.2
I Shouldn't Be Alive
2005
7.0
Beyond the Sea
as David Gershenson
2004
6.3
Wild West
as Martin
2002
6.2
Hotel!
as Agent Allright
2001
4.5
Goodnight Sweetheart
1993
7.2