Matthew Settle

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Matthew Settle
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Settle in 2011
Born
Jeffrey Matthew Settle

(1969-09-17) September 17, 1969 (age 54)
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Naama Nativ
(m. 20062011)
Children1

Jeffrey Matthew Settle (born September 17, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for playing Captain Ronald Speirs on the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and Rufus Humphrey on the CW teen drama series Gossip Girl .

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Early life

Settle was born in Hickory, North Carolina, the son of Robert, a Baptist minister, and Joan Settle. [1] He is the youngest of six children, having two sisters and three brothers. [2]

Career

Settle made his Broadway debut in a strictly limited engagement in Chicago: The Musical , appearing as Billy Flynn from April 19 through June 13, 2010. [3] [4] He made his feature film debut in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer co-starring alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mekhi Phifer, and Brandy Norwood. He also had a guest appearance in the seventh season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as a reporter in the episode "Storm". From 2007 to 2012, Settle portrayed Rufus Humphrey, the father of Dan and Jenny, on the CW teen drama series Gossip Girl . Other past roles include his portrayal of Capt. Ronald Speirs in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and his role as Jacob Wheeler in the TNT miniseries Into the West . He also played the part of John in the film Beneath . He played John in the 2006 movie, The Celestine Prophecy.

Personal life

In 2007, Settle revealed that in 2006, at age 37, he had eloped to marry actress and model Naama Nativ, [2] with whom he had a child, born in 2009. [5] The couple divorced in May 2011.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal Tommy ShaughnessyTelevision film
1997What Happened to Bobby Earl?Tom StahlTelevision film
1997A Deadly VisionDet. Max SeagleTelevision film
1997 Justice League of America Guy Gardner / Green Lantern Television film
1998 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Will Benson
1999 Lansky Bugsy Siegel (ages 17–26)Television film
1999 Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly Alex Kelly Television film
2000 U-571 Ensign Keith Larson
2000 The In Crowd Matt
2000AttractionMatthew
2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Lt. Jack Whitman
2004 The Mystery of Natalie Wood Warren Beatty Television film
2004A Place Called HomeHank FordTelevision film
2004 Until the Night Michael
2004 Rancid James Hayson
2005Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – Im Reich der ReblausHal MorrisTelevision film
2006 The Celestine Prophecy John
2007 Blue Smoke Bo GoodnightTelevision film
2007 Beneath John
2008 The Express: The Ernie Davis Story President Kennedy
2009 ExTerminators Dan
2011 So Undercover Professor Talloway
2012Love Sick LoveNorman
2013A Sister's NightmarePhilTelevision film
2014 Ouija Anthony Morris
2014 Paper Angels Kevin Morrell
2015The Faith of Anna WatersSam Harris
2015 Marshall the Miracle Dog Doc Henry
2016 The Faith of Anna Waters Sam Harris
2016 Valentine: The Dark Avenger Bono

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Band of Brothers Capt. Ronald Speirs Miniseries; 6 episodes
2002 ER Brian Westlake5 episodes
2003 The Practice Russell Bakey3 episodes
2003 CSI: Miami Art PickeringEpisode: "Death Grip"
2004 Decisive Battles HimselfHost; 13 episodes
2005 Into the West Jacob WheelerMiniseries; 3 episodes
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jackson ZaneEpisode: "Storm"
2006 Brothers and Sisters Jonathan Sellers4 episodes
2007 The Wedding Bells Michael Madison2 episodes
2007–12 Gossip Girl Rufus Humphrey Main cast; 119 episodes
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Parental Unit
2016 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Daniel Wolf1 episode

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