Jeffrey Matthew Settle (born September 17, 1969) is an American actor.
He is known for playing Captain Ronald Speirs on the HBO miniseries
Band of Brothers and Rufus Humphrey on the CW teen drama series Gossip
Girl.Settle was born in Hickory, North Carolina, the son of Joan and
Robert Settle, a Baptist minister. He is the youngest of six children,
having two sisters and three brothers.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.In 2007, Settle revealed that in 2006, at age 37, he had
eloped to marry actress and model Naama Nativ, with whom he has a
daughter, born in 2009. The couple divorced 10 May 2011.
He is known for playing Captain Ronald Speirs on the HBO miniseries
Band of Brothers and Rufus Humphrey on the CW teen drama series Gossip
Girl.Settle was born in Hickory, North Carolina, the son of Joan and
Robert Settle, a Baptist minister. He is the youngest of six children,
having two sisters and three brothers.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.In 2007, Settle revealed that in 2006, at age 37, he had
eloped to marry actress and model Naama Nativ, with whom he has a
daughter, born in 2009. The couple divorced 10 May 2011.
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