# Matthew Settle

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

## 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. 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. The couple divorced in May 2011.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal | Tommy Shaughnessy | Television film |
| 1997 | What Happened to Bobby Earl? | Tom Stahl | Television film |
| 1997 | A Deadly Vision | Det. Max Seagle | Television film |
| 1997 | Justice League of America | Guy Gardner / Green Lantern | Television film |
| 1998 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Will Benson | |
| 1999 | Lansky | Bugsy Siegel (ages 17–26) | Television film |
| 1999 | Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly | Alex Kelly | Television film |
| 2000 | U-571 | Ensign Keith Larson | |
| 2000 | The In Crowd | Matt | |
| 2000 | Attraction | Matthew | |
| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Lt. Jack Whitman | |
| 2004 | The Mystery of Natalie Wood | Warren Beatty | Television film |
| 2004 | A Place Called Home | Hank Ford | Television film |
| 2004 | Until the Night | Michael | |
| 2004 | 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 |
| 2007 | Beneath | John | |
| 2008 | The Express: The Ernie Davis Story | President 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 | |
| 2014 | Paper Angels | Kevin Morrell | |
| 2015 | The Faith of Anna Waters | Sam Harris | |
| 2015 | Marshall the Miracle Dog | Doc Henry | |
| 2016 | The Faith of Anna Waters | Sam Harris | |
| 2017 | Valentine | Bono | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Band of Brothers | Capt. Ronald Speirs | Miniseries; 6 episodes |
| 2002 | ER | Brian Westlake | 5 episodes |
| 2003 | The Practice | Russell Bakey | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | CSI: Miami | Art Pickering | Episode: "Death Grip" |
| 2004 | Decisive Battles | Himself | Host; 13 episodes |
| 2005 | Into the West | Jacob Wheeler | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| 2005 | 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 |
| 2007–12 | 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 |