Matthew Settle | |
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![]() Settle in 2011 | |
Born | Jeffrey Matthew Settle September 17, 1969 Hickory, North Carolina, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1996–2017 |
Spouse | Naama Nativ (m. 2006;div. 2011) |
Children | 1 |
Jeffrey Matthew Settle (born September 17, 1969) is an American former actor. He is known for playing Will Benson in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Captain Ronald Speirs on the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and Rufus Humphrey on the CW teen drama series Gossip Girl .
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]
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 film The Celestine Prophecy.
In 2007, Settle revealed that in 2006, at age 37, he had eloped to marry Israeli actress and model Naama Nativ, [2] with whom he had a child, born in 2009. [5] Settle and Nativ divorced in May 2011.[ citation needed ]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal | Tommy Shaughnessy | Television film |
1997 | What Happened to Bobby Earl? | Tom Stahl | |
A Deadly Vision | Detective Max Seagle | ||
Justice League of America | Guy Gardner / Green Lantern | ||
1998 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Will Benson | |
1999 | Lansky | Benny "Bugsy" Siegel (ages 17–26) | Television film |
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly | Alex Kelly | ||
2000 | U-571 | Ensign Keith Larson | |
The In Crowd | Matt Curtis | ||
Attraction | Matthew | ||
2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Lieutenant Jack Whitman | |
2004 | The Mystery of Natalie Wood | Warren Beatty | Television film |
A Place Called Home | Hank Ford | ||
Until the Night | Michael | ||
Rancid | James Hayson | ||
2005 | Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – Im Reich der Reblaus | Hal Morris | Television film |
2006 | The Celestine Prophecy | John | |
2007 | Blue Smoke | Bo Goodnight | Television film |
Beneath | John | ||
2008 | The Express: The Ernie Davis Story | John F. Kennedy | |
2009 | ExTerminators | Dan | |
2011 | So Undercover | Professor Talloway | |
2012 | Love Sick Love | Norman | |
2013 | A Sister's Nightmare | Phil | Television film |
2014 | Ouija | Anthony Morris | |
Paper Angels | Kevin Morrell | ||
2015 | The Faith of Anna Waters | Sam Harris | |
Marshall the Miracle Dog | Doc Henry | ||
2016 | The Faith of Anna Waters | Sam Harris | |
2017 | Valentine | Bono |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Band of Brothers | Captain Ronald Speirs | Miniseries; 6 episodes |
2002 | ER | Brian Westlake | 5 episodes |
2003 | The Practice | Russell Bakey | 3 episodes |
CSI: Miami | Art Pickering | Episode: "Death Grip" | |
2004 | Decisive Battles | Himself | Host; 13 episodes |
2005 | Into the West | Jacob Wheeler | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jackson Zane | Episode: "Storm" | |
2006 | Brothers and Sisters | Jonathan Sellers | 4 episodes |
2007 | The Wedding Bells | Michael Madison | 2 episodes |
2007–2012 | Gossip Girl | Rufus Humphrey | Main cast; 119 episodes Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Parental Unit |
2016 | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | Daniel Wolf | 1 episode |