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Matt Rippy
Born: 26th Jan 1968 Houston, Texas, USA
Dept: Acting
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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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 32
Film: 21 (66%)
Television: 11 (34%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Documentary, Family, Mystery, Romance, Animation, Music
Filmography
Original title: La Bataille De Gaulle, film 1 : L'âge de fer
2026
Part one of a two-part biopic following French army officer Charles De Gaulle's life and political commitment between 1940 and 1945, and trace his dev ... view
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Frank McSherry
2024
Garfield, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his ... view
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Spanish Find My Pet Voice / Farmhand (voice)
Dec 2021 (first aired)
The true story of a duchess publicly shamed in a high society divorce that gripped the nation. ... view
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Charles Sweeny (1 ep.)
Sep 2021 (first aired)
Follows the elite agents of the FBI's International Fly Team headquartered in Budapest as they travel the world with the mission of protecting America ... view
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Conrad Baumann (1 ep.)
Sep 2018 (first aired)
Follows the contrasting worlds of left-wing The Herald (broadsheet) and right-wing The Post (tabloid), highlighting the challenges of modern journalis ... view
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Max Klein (1 ep.)
2017
Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigat ... view
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USS Flynn Captain
Jan 2017 (first aired)
Eric Beaumont's crisis negotiator team is brought in to save lives and resolve the most difficult kidnap and ransom cases when no one else can. ... view
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Dylan Figgis (1 ep.)
2016
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy. ... view
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Corporal Rostock
Nov 2016 (first aired)
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny.
The Cro ... view
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US Intelligence Officer (1 ep.)
2016
With Trident renewed for another generation, A Very British Deterrent tells the story of the remarkable events, eye-watering costs, power relationship ... view
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John F Kennedy
2016
The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an enti ... view
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US Anchorman
2014
A millionaire philanthropist collects the famous Crystal Skulls trying to tap into their ancient powers. It is up to a team lead by a college professo ... view
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Terry
2014
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape m ... view
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Colonel Gregg
2014
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack. ... view
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FBI Lead Agent Simmons - Dearborn
2009
Paul, charged with directing his school's Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans to turn the production into a film. ... view
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Harrison
2008
When a college student witnesses the alleged suicide of her roommate, it sets into motion a series of horrific events that cause her to fear the super ... view
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Kane
2008
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the rema ... view
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First Mate
2008
Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim E ... view
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Newscaster
Jul 2008 (first aired)
Bonekickers was a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University. It made its début on 8 July 2008 and ran for one ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2008
When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead, a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive. ... view
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Doctor Logan
2007
Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soulmate ... view
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Chauffeur (uncredited)
Sep 2007 (first aired)
It's her business doing pleasure with you. A witty and provocative series based on the real-life adventures of a high-class escort. Juggling her own r ... view
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Jesse (2 ep.)
2006
After living in Australia for the past decade, Fitz and Judith return to Manchester in 2004 for their daughter Katie's wedding. Drinking too much at t ... view
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Molloy
Oct 2006 (first aired)
The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial. ... view
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The Captain (1 ep.)
2006
The Nuremberg trials, 1946 Goering and the Nazi high command stand trial. Within the prison a dangerous mind game is being conducted by Goering and th ... view
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Lt. Jack 'Tex' Wheelis
2005
A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland securit ... view
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Lieutenant Mercer
Oct 2005 (first aired)
The show features accounts of individuals and groups caught in dangerous scenarios, presented both through interviews and dramatic reenactments. The m ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2004
Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the t ... view
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David Gershenson
Oct 2002 (first aired)
Mary Trewednack lives above her Post Office in the fictitious Cornish village of St Gweep with her neurotic partner Angela. Lesbians until something b ... view
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Martin (1 ep.)
2001
The US president unexpectedly checks into a sleepy hotel in the heart of England, where he is held hostage by terrorists and, even worse, attended to ... view
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Agent Allright
Nov 1993 (first aired)
Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke in 1990s Britain, married to the ambitious Yvonne and working as a TV repairman. Then his whole world changes when h ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)