Rick Ravanello
{{short description|Canadian actor and ex-bodybuilder (born 1967)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Rick Ravanello
| birth_name = Richard Alexander Ravanello
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
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| occupation = Actor, bodybuilder
| alias = Rick Ravenello
| spouse = Michelle 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.
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/By5l-6fg0tm/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301154229/https://i.imgur.com/CWGhUoF.jpg|title=Yep. That is me at a certain phase of my life|publisher=Instagram. Facebook, Inc.|date=22 April 2020|archive-date=1 March 2021|access-date=1 March 2021}} 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").{{cite web|url=https://hellhorror.com/movies-3009/Stargate-SG-1-Children-of-the-Gods-Final-Cut.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301145031/https://hellhorror.com/movies-3009/Stargate-SG-1-Children-of-the-Gods-Final-Cut.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-03-01|title=Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods – Final Cut (2009) Movie|work=HellHorror|publisher=HellHorror LLC|access-date=1 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fourthhorsemanpress.com/Abyss/Episodes/epi109.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301145352/http://www.fourthhorsemanpress.com/Abyss/Episodes/epi109.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-03-01|title=Millennium: 'Weeds'|publisher=Fourth Horseman Press|access-date=1 March 2021}} He portrayed a young Marine Guard in the 1998 made-for-television action-drama film Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House,{{cite web|url=https://www.videospace.fi/title/loyal_opposition_1998|title=Loyal Opposition (1998), Joan Van Arc action movie|publisher=Videospace|access-date=1 March 2021}} and was subsequently cast as Private J. Vaughn in the superhero TV film Nick Fury (1998), opposite David Hasselhoff.{{cite web|url=https://moviebreak.de/film/nick-fury-agent-of-shield|title=Nick Fury: Agent of Shield – Film 1998|publisher=Moviebreak.de|access-date=1 March 2021}} 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.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&q=Mercy+Point+rick+ravanello&pg=PA888|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present, p. 888|author=Tim Brooks, Earle F. Marsh|publisher=Ballantine Books|date=2007|isbn=9780307483201|access-date=1 March 2021}} He starred as a tough military man named Thompson in the Richard Pepin-directed action film Y2K (also known as Terminal Countdown).{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/y2k-1200458515/|title=Y2k – Variety|work=Variety|author=David Stratton|date=30 August 1999|access-date=1 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/y2k|title=Y2K (1999)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media|access-date=1 March 2021}}
He played a small, supporting role of a handsome welder in the Sally Field–Judy Davis vehicle A Cooler Climate (1999),{{cite web|url=https://mediaverse.plex.tv/show/a-cooler-climate|title=A Cooler Climate (1999)|work=Mediaverse|publisher=Plex|access-date=4 March 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0698500/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_84|title='Seven Days' Adam & Eve & Adam (TV Episode 2001)|publisher=IMDb|access-date=4 March 2021}} In the 2001 television action drama Semper Fi he portrayed the Sergeant of the United States Marine Corps.{{cite web|url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/295908/cast/|title=Всегда верен (Semper Fi, 2001) – Актеры|publisher=KinoPoisk|language=Russian|access-date=4 March 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/harts-war-2002|title=Hart's War movie review & film summary (2002)|author=Roger Ebert|publisher=RogerEbert.com|date=15 February 2002|access-date=4 March 2021}}
In the 1990s Ravanello was also a competitive bodybuilder, with an on-stage weight of approximately 190 pounds (86 kilograms).{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Qpa0tg0XF/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301153602/https://i.imgur.com/uyMzYBt.jpg|title=So.....if that was me at 190lbs....why am I now fat at 180lbs|publisher=Instagram. Facebook, Inc.|date=22 April 2020|archive-date=1 March 2021|access-date=1 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzys4AEAb7s/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210301153930/https://i.imgur.com/gSvxW4r.jpg|title=#tbt yeah, I used to do that stuff for a minute|publisher=Instagram. Facebook, Inc.|date=22 April 2020|archive-date=1 March 2021|access-date=1 March 2021}} He also has a second degree black belt in Taekwondo and trains Muay Thai.
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=Guest appearances=
- Lethal Weapon playing David Garrison in episode "Surf N Turf" (#1.2), 28 September 2016
- Criminal Minds playing Bernard Graff in episode "Internal Affairs" (#11.9), 2 December 2015
- Scorpion playing Marcus Bronson in episode "Young Hearts Spark Fire" (#1.19), 23 March 2015
- Castle playing Steve Adams in episode "He's Dead, She's Dead" (#3.2), 27 September 2010
- In Justice playing Alec Southerland in episode "Golden Boy" (#1.3), 13 January 2006
- The Closer playing Devlin Dutton in episode "The Butler Did It" (#1.9), August 2005
- Desperate Housewives playing Bill Cunningham in episode "There Won't Be Trumpets" (#1.17), 3 April 2005
- The Inside playing Scott Bossi in episode "Aidan" (#1.9), 2005
- Monk playing Detective in episode "Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife" (#2.14), 13 February 2004
- 24 playing Captain Reiss in episode "Day 3: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m." (#3.12), 3 February 2004
- 24 playing Captain Reiss in episode "Day 3: 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m." (#3.11), 27 January 2004
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation playing Ranger Stone in episode "Feeling the Heat" (#4.4), 23 October 2003
- The Lyon's Den playing Larry/Sammy Gentry in episode "Pilot" (#1.1), 28 September 2003
- Boomtown playing Sean Dornan in episode "Crash" (#1.8), 17 November 2002
- Without a Trace playing Brad Dunsmore in episode "He Saw, She Saw" (#1.3), 10 October 2002
- Seven Days playing Major Gary Jones in episode "Adam & Eve & Adam" (#3.10), 10 January 2001
- So Weird playing Lal Nereus in episode "Fathom" (#2.20), 22 April 2000
- Cold Squad playing John Hatcher in episode "Deadly Games: Part 2" (#3.2), 29 October 1999
- First Wave playing Joel Langley in episode "Red Flag" (#2.6), 27 October 1999
- Viper playing Sergio "Sonny" Celeste in episode "The Full Frankie" (#3.6), 26 October 1998
- First Wave playing Anton in episode "Crazy Eddie" (#1.2), 16 September 1998
- The Net playing Mr. Wigan in episode "Deleted" (#1.1), 19 July 1998
- The Outer Limits playing Marcus in episode "In the Zone" (#4.5), 20 February 1998
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show playing Lars in episode "Honey, Meet the Barbarians" (#1.13), 6 February 1998
- Breaker High playing Apollo in episode "Silence of the Lamborghini" (#1.18), 14 October 1997
- Stargate SG-1 playing Fryatt, guard #2 in episode "Children of the Gods: Part 1" (#1.1), 27 July 1997
- The Outer Limits playing Driver in episode "New Lease" (#3.11), 21 March 1997
- Millennium playing Cop (uncredited) in episode "Weeds" (#1.11), 24 January 1997
- Madison playing Erik in episode "Tattoos, Term Deposits and Tainted Love" (#5.9), 1997
- Madison playing Erik in episode "Skin Deep" (#5.8), 1997
- Viper playing Tremaine in episode "Standoff" (#1.6), 28 October 1996
- Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy playing Chilco Evans in episode "The Natural" (#1.3), ????
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0712262}}
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Category:Canadian male bodybuilders
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Male actors from Nova Scotia
Category:Canadian male Muay Thai practitioners
Category:Canadian male taekwondo practitioners
Category:Sportspeople from the Cape Breton Regional Municipality