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    Matt Rippy

    1968-01-26 (56 years old) in 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.

    Movies

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    The Garfield Movie
    71.12 %|Apr 30, 2024
    Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure, Action
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    American Assassin
    64.06 %|Sep 14, 2017
    Action, Adventure, Thriller
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    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    74.92 %|Dec 14, 2016
    Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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    A Very British Deterrent
    0 %|Sep 4, 2016
    History, Documentary, Drama
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    Eddie the Eagle
    71.71000000000001 %|Feb 25, 2016
    Comedy, Drama, History, Adventure
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    Roboshark
    38 %|Jul 23, 2015
    Thriller, Action, Science Fiction, TV Movie, Horror
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    Crystal Skulls
    49.58 %|Aug 12, 2014
    Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery
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    The Monuments Men
    60.57000000000001 %|Jan 24, 2014
    War, Drama, History, Action
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    Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
    61.13 %|Jan 15, 2014
    Action, Drama, Thriller
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    Nativity!
    63 %|Nov 27, 2009
    Comedy, Family
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    Boogeyman 3
    51 %|Oct 17, 2008
    Horror, Thriller
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    The Dark Knight
    85 %|Jul 16, 2008
    Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
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    Hellboy II: The Golden Army
    68 %|Jul 11, 2008
    Fantasy, Adventure, Action
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    Day of the Dead
    52 %|Apr 8, 2008
    Action, Horror, Science Fiction
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    Cracker: Nine Eleven
    70 %|Oct 30, 2006
    Crime
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    Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
    70 %|Aug 24, 2006
    History, War
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    Penelope
    67 %|Mar 1, 2006
    Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
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    De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre
    0 %|Invalid Date
    History, Drama
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    The Poseidon Adventure
    52 %|Nov 20, 2005
    Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Action, TV Movie
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    Beyond the Sea
    63 %|Nov 16, 2004
    Drama, Music
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    Hotel!
    45 %|Feb 17, 2001
    Comedy

    Series

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    A Very British Scandal
    69 %|Dec 26, 2021
    Drama
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    Ransom
    65 %|Jan 1, 2017
    Crime, Drama
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    The Crown
    82.15 %|Nov 4, 2016
    Drama
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    Bonekickers
    56.36 %|Jul 8, 2008
    Drama
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    Secret Diary of a Call Girl
    69 %|Sep 27, 2007
    Drama, Comedy
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    Torchwood
    72.75 %|Oct 22, 2006
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    I Shouldn't Be Alive
    70 %|Oct 28, 2005
    Documentary, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Jonathan Creek
    74 %|May 9, 1997
    Mystery, Comedy, Drama
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    Goodnight Sweetheart
    73 %|Nov 18, 1993
    Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Cracker
    65 %|Sep 27, 1993
    Crime, Drama