De Gaulle: Résistance
2026 · Movie
as Frank McSherry
Matt Rippy
1968-01-26
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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.
Filmography
Animal Farm
2026 · Movie
as Additional Voices (voice)
De Gaulle: Liberté
2026 · Movie
as Frank McSherry
The Garfield Movie
2024 · Movie
as Spanish Find My Pet Voice / Farmhand (voice)
A Very British Scandal
2021 · TV Show
as Charles Sweeny
FBI: International
2021 · TV Show
as Conrad Baumann
Press
2018 · TV Show
as Max Klein
American Assassin
2017 · Movie
as USS Flynn Captain
Ransom
2017 · TV Show
as Dylan Figgis
Eddie the Eagle
2016 · Movie
as US Anchorman
A Very British Deterrent
2016 · Movie
as John F Kennedy
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Movie
as Corporal Rostock
The Crown
2016 · TV Show
as US Intelligence Officer
Roboshark
2015 · Movie
as Rick
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014 · Movie
as FBI Lead Agent Simmons - Dearborn
Crystal Skulls
2014 · Movie
as Terry
The Monuments Men
2014 · Movie
as Colonel Gregg
Nativity!
2009 · Movie
as Harrison
Day of the Dead
2008 · Movie
as Doctor Logan
Boogeyman 3
2008 · Movie
as Kane
The Dark Knight
2008 · Movie
as First Mate
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Movie
as Newscaster
Bonekickers
2008 · TV Show
Penelope
2007 · Movie
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
2007 · TV Show
as Jesse
Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
2006 · Movie
as Lt. Jack 'Tex' Wheelis
Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006 · Movie
as Molloy
Torchwood
2006 · TV Show
as The Captain
The Poseidon Adventure
2005 · Movie
as Lieutenant Mercer
I Shouldn't Be Alive
2005 · TV Show
Beyond the Sea
2004 · Movie
as David Gershenson
Wild West
2002 · TV Show
as Martin
Hotel!
2001 · Movie
as Agent Allright
Goodnight Sweetheart
1993 · TV Show
as Zeffirelli
