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Matt Rippy

1968-01-26

The 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.

Matt Rippy in

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The Garfield Movie

7.115 average rating
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The Dark Knight

8.5 average rating
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army

6.765 average rating
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

7.492 average rating
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

6.1 average rating
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American Assassin

6.402 average rating
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Eddie the Eagle

7.171 average rating
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Day of the Dead

5.2 average rating
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Penelope

6.7 average rating
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The Monuments Men

6.058 average rating
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The Poseidon Adventure

5.2 average rating
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Boogeyman 3

5.1 average rating
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Beyond the Sea

6.3 average rating
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Crystal Skulls

5.1 average rating
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Nativity!

6.3 average rating
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Roboshark

3.8 average rating
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De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre

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Hotel!

4.5 average rating
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Cracker: Nine Eleven

7 average rating
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A Very British Deterrent

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