Rick Ravanello

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Rick Ravanello
Born
Richard Alexander Ravanello

(1967-10-24) 24 October 1967 (age 57)
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Other namesRick Ravenello
Occupation(s)Actor, bodybuilder
SpouseMichelle D. Hartman (since 1994)

Rick Ravanello (born 24 October 1967) is a Canadian actor and ex-bodybuilder who has appeared in several television series and movies. Known primarily from action and thriller films, he often portrayed soldiers, military men and detectives.

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Biography

One of several brothers, Ravanello was raised in the Trout Brook Road area of Mira, Cape Breton, and graduated from Riverview Rural High School in 1986. While a young man, he got introduced to weight training. [1] As an actor he debuted in 1996, appearing in several television series, including Stargate SG-1 (episode "Children of the Gods") and Millennium (episode "Weeds"). [2] [3] He portrayed a young Marine Guard in the 1998 made-for-television action-drama film Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House , [4] and was subsequently cast as Private J. Vaughn in the superhero TV film Nick Fury (1998), opposite David Hasselhoff. [5] UPN cast him as Mednaut Thurston—the role which he continued to play throughout 1998 and 1999—in the short-lived science fiction medical drama series Mercy Point . [6] He starred as a tough military man named Thompson in the Richard Pepin-directed action film Y2K (also known as Terminal Countdown). [7] [8]

He played a small, supporting role of a handsome welder in the Sally Field–Judy Davis vehicle A Cooler Climate (1999), [9] and was a recurring actor on the Canadian police procedural television series Cold Squad (October 1999). In January 2001, he guest-starred in the science-fiction–action series Seven Days opposite Jonathan LaPaglia, portraying Major Gary Jones. [10] In the 2001 television action drama Semper Fi he portrayed the Sergeant of the United States Marine Corps. [11] Ravanello's acting breakthrough came with 2002's Hart's War . In the movie, set in a World War II prisoner of war camp, he starred opposite Bruce Willis as Major Joe Clary. [12] In 2022, Ravanello was the lead of the TV series The Pact , where he played a survivor of a mysterious outbreak.

In the 1990s Ravanello was also a competitive bodybuilder, with an on-stage weight of approximately 190 pounds (86 kilograms). [13] [14] [1] He also has a second degree black belt in Taekwondo and trains Muay Thai.

Filmography

YearTitle and role
2015
  • Dangerous Company as Aaron Mitchell
2014
  • Driven Underground as Karl Harvey
  • Outpost 37 /Alien Outpost as Spears
2013
  • Garage Sales Mystery as Jason Shannon
2012
2010
2009
2008
  • Smoke Jumper as Ray Kulhanck|
  • The Christmas Clause as Jake
  • Fatal Kiss (AKA Love to Kill) as Nicholas Landon
2006
2005
2003
  • Monte Walsh as Henry Louis "Sugar" Wyman
  • Criminology 101 as Andy Roitman
2002
2001
  • Semper Fi as Sergeant (uncredited)
  • Out of Line as John Stewart
2000
1999
1998
1997

Guest appearances

References

  1. 1 2 "Yep. That is me at a certain phase of my life". Instagram. Facebook, Inc. 22 April 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods – Final Cut (2009) Movie". HellHorror. HellHorror LLC. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Millennium: 'Weeds'". Fourth Horseman Press. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Loyal Opposition (1998), Joan Van Arc action movie". Videospace. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Nick Fury: Agent of Shield – Film 1998". Moviebreak.de. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Tim Brooks, Earle F. Marsh (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present, p. 888. Ballantine Books. ISBN   9780307483201 . Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  7. ↑ David Stratton (30 August 1999). "Y2k – Variety". Variety . Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Y2K (1999)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media . Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "A Cooler Climate (1999)". Mediaverse. Plex . Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "'Seven Days' Adam & Eve & Adam (TV Episode 2001)". IMDb . Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Всегда верен (Semper Fi, 2001) – Актеры" (in Russian). KinoPoisk . Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  12. ↑ Roger Ebert (15 February 2002). "Hart's War movie review & film summary (2002)". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "So.....if that was me at 190lbs....why am I now fat at 180lbs". Instagram. Facebook, Inc. 22 April 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "#tbt yeah, I used to do that stuff for a minute". Instagram. Facebook, Inc. 22 April 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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