Matthew Settle
{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Matthew Settle
| image = Matthew Settle.jpg
| caption = Settle in 2011
| birth_name = Jeffrey Matthew Settle
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|09|17}}
| birth_place = Hickory, North Carolina, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1996–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Naama Nativ|2006|2011|end=div}}
| children = 1
}}
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.
Early life
Settle was born in Hickory, North Carolina, the son of Robert, a Baptist minister, and Joan Settle.{{cite web| url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/53/Matthew-Settle.html| title= Matthew Settle Biography (1969-)| publisher=filmreference.com}} He is the youngest of six children, having two sisters and three brothers.{{cite web| url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/Jan/19/binsiderb-sevier-star-announces-hes-married| title=Insider: Sevier star announces he's married| author=Terry Morrow| publisher=knoxnews.com| date=2007-01-19| access-date=2008-10-10}}
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.{{cite web| url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138799-Gossip-Girl-Star-Matthew-Settle-Makes-Broadway-Debut-in-Chicago-April-19| title="Gossip Girl" Star Matthew Settle Makes Broadway Debut in Chicago April 19| author=Andrew Gans| publisher=playbill.com| date=2010-04-19| access-date=2012-07-16| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020092220/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/138799-Gossip-Girl-Star-Matthew-Settle-Makes-Broadway-Debut-in-Chicago-April-19| archive-date=2013-10-20}}{{cite web| url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/150787/whats-up-matthew-settle-chicagos-new-billy-on-his-broadway-debut-and-the-secret-identity-of-gossip-girl/| title=What's Up, Matthew Settle? Chicago's New Billy on His Broadway Debut and the Secret Identity of Gossip Girl| author=Kathy Henderson| publisher=broadway.com| date=2010-04-20| access-date=2012-07-16}} 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 Israeli actress and model Naama Nativ, with whom he had a child, born in 2009.{{cite web| url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20263436,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306230834/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20263436,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=March 6, 2009| title= Gossip Girl's Matthew Settle is a Father!| author=Liza Hamm| publisher=People| date=2009-03-05| access-date=2012-07-16}} The couple divorced in May 2011.{{cn|date=April 2023}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1996
| Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal | Tommy Shaughnessy | rowspan="4"| Television film |
| rowspan="3"| 1997
| What Happened to Bobby Earl? | Tom Stahl |
| {{sortname|A|Deadly Vision|nolink=1}}
| Detective Max Seagle |
| Justice League of America |
| 1998
| I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Will Benson | |
| rowspan="2"| 1999
| Lansky | Benny "Bugsy" Siegel (ages 17–26) | rowspan="2"| Television film |
| Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly |
| rowspan="3"| 2000
| U-571 | Ensign Keith Larson | |
| {{sortname|The|In Crowd|dab=2000 film}}
| Matt Curtis | |
| Attraction
| Matthew | |
| 2002
| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Lieutenant Jack Whitman | |
| rowspan="4"| 2004
| {{sortname|The|Mystery of Natalie Wood}} | rowspan="2"| Television film |
| {{sortname|A|Place Called Home|nolink=1}}
| Hank Ford |
| Until the Night
| Michael | |
| Rancid
| James Hayson | |
| 2005
| Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – Im Reich der Reblaus | Hal Morris | Television film |
| 2006
| {{sortname|The|Celestine Prophecy|dab=film}} | John | |
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| Bo Goodnight | Television film |
| Beneath
| John | |
| 2008
| {{sortname|The|Express: The Ernie Davis Story}} | |
| 2009
| Dan | |
| 2011
| Professor Talloway | |
| 2012
| Love Sick Love | Norman | |
| 2013
| {{sortname|A|Sister's Nightmare|nolink=1}} | Phil | Television film |
| rowspan="2"| 2014
| Ouija | Anthony Morris | |
| Paper Angels
| Kevin Morrell | |
| rowspan="2"| 2015
| {{sortname|The|Faith of Anna Waters|nolink=1}} | Sam Harris | |
| Marshall the Miracle Dog
| Doc Henry | |
| 2016
| Sam Harris | |
| 2017
| Valentine | Bono | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2001
| Captain Ronald Speirs | Miniseries; 6 episodes |
| 2002
| ER | Brian Westlake | 5 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 2003
| {{sortname|The|Practice}} | Russell Bakey | 3 episodes |
| CSI: Miami
| Art Pickering | Episode: "Death Grip" |
| 2004
| Himself | Host; 13 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| Jacob Wheeler | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
| Jackson Zane | Episode: "Storm" |
| 2006
| Jonathan Sellers | 4 episodes |
| 2007
| {{sortname|The|Wedding Bells}} | Michael Madison | 2 episodes |
| 2007–2012
| Main cast; 119 episodes |
| 2016
| Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | Daniel Wolf | 1 episode |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|786136}}
- {{cite web| url=http://www.thetvaddict.com/2008/05/05/exclusive-interview-gossip-girl-star-matthew-settle/| title=Exclusive Interview: GOSSIP GIRL Star Matthew Settle| publisher=thetvaddict.com| date=2008-05-05| access-date=2008-10-10}}
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