- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 26, 1968
- Place of Birth
- Houston, Texas, USA
Matt Rippy
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 …
Filmography
movieDe Gaulle: Liberté
2026 · Frank McSherry
movieDe Gaulle: Résistance
2026 · Frank McSherry
movieAnimal Farm
2026 · Additional Voices (voice)
movieThe Garfield Movie
2024 · Spanish Find My Pet Voice / Farmhand (voice)
tvA Very British Scandal
2021 · Charles Sweeny
tvFBI: International
2021 · Conrad Baumann
tvPress
2018 · Max Klein
movieAmerican Assassin
2017 · USS Flynn Captain
tvRansom
2017 · Dylan Figgis
movieRogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Corporal Rostock
tvThe Crown
2016 · US Intelligence Officer
movieA Very British Deterrent
2016 · John F Kennedy
movieEddie the Eagle
2016 · US Anchorman
movieRoboshark
2015 · Rick
movieCrystal Skulls
2014 · Terry
movieThe Monuments Men
2014 · Colonel Gregg
movieJack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014 · FBI Lead Agent Simmons - Dearborn
movieNativity!
2009 · Harrison
movieBoogeyman 3
2008 · Kane
movieThe Dark Knight
2008 · First Mate
movieHellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Newscaster
tvBonekickers
2008
movieDay of the Dead
2008 · Doctor Logan
moviePenelope
2007 · Chauffeur (uncredited)
tvSecret Diary of a Call Girl
2007 · Jesse
movieCracker: Nine Eleven
2006 · Molloy
tvTorchwood
2006 · The Captain
movieNuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
2006 · Lt. Jack 'Tex' Wheelis
movieThe Poseidon Adventure
2005 · Lieutenant Mercer
tvI Shouldn't Be Alive
2005
movieBeyond the Sea
2004 · David Gershenson
tvWild West
2002 · Martin
movieHotel!
2001 · Agent Allright
tvGoodnight Sweetheart
1993