
Matt Rippy
Born
January 26, 1968 (57 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
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

The Garfield Movie
Spanish Find My Pet Voice / Farmhand (voice)
2024

A Very British Scandal
Charles Sweeny · (1 episode)
2021

FBI: International
Conrad Baumann · (1 episode)
2021

American Assassin
USS Flynn Captain
2017

Ransom
Dylan Figgis · (1 episode)
2017

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Corporal Rostock
2016

The Crown
US Intelligence Officer · (1 episode)
2016

A Very British Deterrent
John F Kennedy
2016

Eddie the Eagle
US Anchorman
2016

Roboshark
Rick
2015

Crystal Skulls
Terry
2014

The Monuments Men
Colonel Gregg
2014

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
FBI Lead Agent Simmons - Dearborn
2014

Nativity!
Harrison
2009

Boogeyman 3
Kane
2008

The Dark Knight
First Mate
2008

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Newscaster
2008

Bonekickers
(1 episode)
2008

Day of the Dead
Doctor Logan
2008

Cracker: Nine Eleven
Molloy
2006

Torchwood
The Captain · (1 episode)
2006

Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
Lt. Jack 'Tex' Wheelis
2006

Penelope
Chauffeur (uncredited)
2006
De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre
Frank McSherry

Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Jesse · (2 episodes)
2007

The Poseidon Adventure
Lieutenant Mercer
2005

I Shouldn't Be Alive
(1 episode)
2005

Beyond the Sea
David Gershenson
2004

Wild West
Martin · (1 episode)
2002

Hotel!
Agent Allright
2001

Goodnight Sweetheart
(1 episode)
1993