Jeffrey Matthew Settle (born September 17, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for playing

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Ronald Speirs on the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'' and Rufus Humphrey on the CW teen drama series ''

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''.

Early life

Settle was born in

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, the son of Joan and Robert Settle, a

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minister. He is the youngest of six children, having two sisters and three brothers.

Career

Settle made his

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debut in a strictly limited engagement in '' Chicago: The Musical'', appearing as Billy Flynn from April 19 through June 13, 2010. He made his feature film debut in ''

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'' co-starring alongside

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, and

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. 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 ''

''. 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 ''

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''. 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, with whom he had a child, born in 2009. The couple divorced in May 2011.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Settle, Matthew 1969 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors Living people Male actors from North Carolina People from Hickory, North Carolina